



Prior to Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Palpatine trained under Darth Plagueis, the master he would later tell Anakin Skywalker about in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Across the years, Palpatine played his dual role to perfection, allowing the Sith to re-emerge and defeat the Republic and the Jedi, but his plans started long before the Star Wars prequels. As Sheev Palpatine and Darth Sidious, the man who eventually become the Emperor of the Star Wars galaxy was both one of its shrewdest political players and one of its most powerful Sith Lords. Collins and host Jimmy Mac explore the music of Star Wars in-depth.While much of Emperor Palpatine's EU backstory has been left in Legends, Star Wars canon has brought back one part of it via a tie-in book. Renowned Concept Designer, Art Director and Star Wars nut, Paul Bateman famously described John Williams’ music as ‘the oxygen of Star Wars.’ His remark would later stem a series of hugely popular podcasts from Rebel Force Radio called Star Wars Oxygen, in which the super talented ex-LucasArts sound designer David W. Like the Force itself, it’s what binds the galaxy together. The scores themselves are the lifeblood of the Saga. The 1977 Star Wars soundtrack has also been voted the ‘most memorable film score of all time’ by the American Film Institute. They are multi-award winning, platinum selling masterpieces, earning Williams an Oscar, a Golden Globe, two BAFTAs, and five Grammy’s. John Williams’ masterful scores for all six films are widely accepted as defining contributions to modern classical music. By Daniel Allinson 7 years ago Follow TweetĮver since we were first blasted out of our seats by the opening crawl, the music of Star Wars has had a profound effect on all of us.
