Did you know that the legendary composer John Williams was making a brief appearance in the feature film “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”, broadcast this Sunday evening on TF1? Back to a cameo (really) unlike any other …
The composer John Williams, true legend of the seventh art, it is an incomparable work since the beginning of the Sixties, with to its credit the timeless music of Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Dents de la mer, ET l alien or the first three Harry Potter. But the most famous score of the American is undoubtedly that of the Star Wars saga, and in particular this main theme which launches each of the opus and gives the thrill to moviegoers for more than four decades now.
In 2019, director JJ Abrams wanted to pay tribute to the New York maestro by offering him a cameo in his Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the final opus in the Skywalker saga broadcast this Sunday evening by TF1. John Williams briefly appears soldering a droid in Babu Frik’s workshop, located on the planet. snowy by Kijimi (photo below).
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John Williams was initially reluctant to make this intergalactic cameo. “At first I said” no that’s silly I’m not going to do that “, tells the composer in the making-of of the scene, visible below. “But I talked to my wife Samantha who said to me ‘you have to try, it’s important! You made the music, you must be in the movie! ”
In this making-of, a special moment brings a smile to the face, when JJ Abrams introduces Williams to the entire film crew. “In case you didn’t know, we are dealing with a supernatural genius, someone who achieves the impossible, and someone who is now an actor.”, says the filmmaker. “Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only maestro, Mr. John Williams! “
This cameo by John Williams is very particular, at the height of the genius of the American. The scene in which the latter appears is indeed full of winks, precisely 51, like the number of times the composer has been nominated for the Oscars.
The 51 objects in the middle of which is John Williams were thus chosen to represent each of the feature films for which he was cited. “On thought it would be fun to do something that would kind of be a celebration of what he did and who he is “, says JJ Abrams. If you skip the sequence in slow motion, you will be able to guess Hook’s hook (photo below), ET’s spaceship the alien, the military plates of Saving Private Ryan or the whip of Indiana Jones.
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It should be noted in conclusion that John Williams is not the only composer to make a wink appearance in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker since Michael Giacchino, regular collaborator of JJ Abrams, is also in the game. The American, to whom we owe in particular the music of Up there, Jurassic World and Spider-Man: Homecoming, indeed slips under the armor of a Sith Trooper, a few years after playing a Stormtrooper in The Awakening of the Force.
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