The Acolyte‘s Pop Song Builds on a Long Star Wars Tradition

This week’s occurrence of The Acolyte, “Choice,” gave fans with an end-credits opus inspired by the show’s halfway sisterhood betwixt Osha and Mae (Amandla Stenberg). Though it’s not what fans expect erstwhile they telephone Star Wars euphony to caput (cue the John Williams), “Power of Two” is not really Star Wars‘ archetypal authoritative popular song.

The way from Victoria Monét closes retired the penultimate section of play one, a flashback that reveals the information astir the calamity that yet separated the twins. Titled “Power of Two,” its lyrics research the themes of duality and destiny shared by the sisters. More similar a opus of Star Wars lore than a Disney-style soundtrack needle drop, the opus would acceptable close into the in-universe canon arsenic a philharmonic portion astir the twins’ High Republic-era saga.

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As caller arsenic “Power of Two” is, this is not the archetypal authoritative popular opus sanctioned by Lucasfilm. Fans of Galaxy’s Edge astatine Walt Disney World and Disneyland, and the now-shuttered Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, volition cognize that popular and stone does so beryllium alongside the in-universe jizz music. Gaya, a Twi’lek singer, was introduced into the lore post-Star Wars: The Last Jedi as a existent personage with a afloat medium of galactic popular songs inspired by the mythology of the absorption and figures wrong it. She was a cardinal quality aboard Galactic Starcruiser‘s Halcyon cruise ship, performing a performance that was a item for visitors. Her dependable was precise overmuch successful the vein of “Power of Two,” and portion the opus is conscionable an end-credits way successful the discourse of The Acolyte, you could ideate Gaya having it successful her repertoire arsenic a classical from the High Republic era.

Other musicians precocious added to Star Wars canon see Star Waver, a stone set from Lucasfilm’s animated anthology Star Wars: Visions; it was featured successful “Tatooine Rhapsody” playing “Galactic Dreamer.” And adjacent earlier Weird Al’s unthinkable saga of Star Wars parody songs with hits similar “Yoda” and “The Saga Begins,” the infamous but beloved Star Wars Holiday Special featured archetypal euphony too, performed by formed members similar Carrie Fisher with “A Day to Celebrate,” Bea Arthur’s “Good Night But Not Goodbye,” and philharmonic impermanent Jefferson Starship’s “Light the Sky connected Fire”. And let’s not hide the Max Rebo Band’s “Lapti Nek” showstopper successful Return of the Jedi.

There person been highs and lows crossed the decades, but popular has ever been successful the Star Wars universe. And we’d accidental “Power of Two” is much subdued arsenic an fantabulous opus added for storytelling subtlety. Whether successful the canon itself oregon conscionable connected soundtracks, we are present for much genre euphony in Star Wars. Give america an officially licensed, sick Sith metallic medium from the set Ghost.

Star Wars: The Acolyte airs Tuesdays connected Disney+.

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