Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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#StarWars #DarthVader #ImperialMarch #shorts #starwarsshorts #vaderthemesong #johnwilliams

Recognise this? You should because it is the most recognisable theme song to come out of Star Wars. Most people who hear this might automatically think, ah Vader’s theme song, which is not entirely wrong since both are often paired together. But when you search up the song its official name is the Imperial March not Vader’s theme. So if the imperial march was intended to be Vader’s theme, why not call it just that?

That’s because the imperial march is intended to represent the Empire. Vader doesn’t have his own separate theme song and is associated with the imperial march because following Anakin’s transformation into Vader, Anakin has been stripped of all individuality. Vader in essence has become one with the Empire. Making Vader a slave as much as he is the face of the Empire. So the next time you hear this…