One of the great things aboutThe Last Jedi, the most audacious and possibly the bestStar Warsfilm to be released to date, is that it makes rejection of mythology not just its guiding theme but the implicit heart of the story. This has pissed off plenty of people who were either looking for something more directly akin toThe Empire Strikes Backor wanted somethingeven moreradical thanRian Johnson’s space opera. Though I wholly empathize with the latter group, the former group strikes me as a baffling contingency of traditionalists, a portion of which screamed bloody murder overThe Force Awakensadmittedly being nearly identical in story structure toA New Hope. you may' please everyone. Change is inevitable and required.
Somethings don’t change in the world ofStar Wars, however. In a recent interview withVariety,John Williams, who has composed the score for all eight volumes of the so-called Skywalker Saga, revealed that he will write the main theme forSolo: A Star Wars Story.John Powell, best known for writing the score forHow to Train Your Dragon, will still compose the score forRon Howard’s spin-off, which Williams thinks he will do “brilliantly.“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,the other recent one-off in theStar Warsuniverse, was scored byMichael Giacchino, a regular collaborator ofJ.J. Abramsand on a number of Pixar movies, including the upcomingIncredibles 2.
When Powell was announced as the composer this summer, he said he would approach Solo in his own way but would also keep in line with what Williams and Giacchino have composed for the movies thus far. In the same interview, Williams said he’s very happy about Powell’s assignment and is anxious to hear what he has composed for the latest adventure. He’s not the only one.
