A Brief Respite On A Galaxy Far Far Away...

“A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away….”


A line so familiar to geeks and videophile like myself. For more than two decades now, this movie franchise never cease to amaze the young and old alike, new fans and old fans. Ever since the first Star Wars movie came out in 1977, fans continued to drove in millions to the movie houses when the sequels, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi were shown. More fans were drawn in when the prequels came out knowing that the movies will finally reveal what made Anakin Skywalker turn to the dark side and became the dark lord known as Darth Vader.


Last Saturday, I was treated again to the genius that is Star Wars not via the movie but by its Original Score. John Williams whose career spans six decades composed the Star Wars scores as well as many of the most famous film scores in Hollywood history, including Superman, Home Alone, the first three Harry Potter movies and all but two of Steven Spielberg's feature films including the Indiana Jones series, Schindler's List, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park and Jaws. He also composed the soundtrack for the hit 1960s television series Lost in Space as well as the fanfare of the DreamWorks Pictures' logo. Williams has composed theme music for four Olympic Games, the NBC Nightly News, the rededication of the Statue of Liberty, and numerous television series and concert pieces. He served as the principal conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra from 1980 to 1993, and is now the orchestra's laureate conductor.

The live orchestra and choir conducted magnificently by Lucas Richman treated hundreds of audience in The Orleans Arena to a brand new Star Wars experience by synchronizing the original scores with the footages from all six episodes beamed thru a huge high definition LED super screen with a recorded intro by James Earl Jones, the voice behind Darth Vader plus a brilliant series of introductions for each musical piece performed live by actor Anthony Daniels who appeared as C3-PO in all six episodes. The lasers and pyrotechnics thrown in for good measure were a spectacle to see.

Should the concert come to your city, don’t let it pass without you experiencing the Saga that is STAR WARS…may the Force be with you…

I promised a menu for today. I can’t post it right now due to time constraints but I will tomorrow. Stay tuned. Godspeed!