Star Wars: Imperial March (The Spark) | EPIC HEROIC VERSION 

“You’ve failed, your highness” “I am a Jedi..... Like my father before me”

2:07 It wouldn't be a Samuel Kim video without that sneaky Duel of the Fates ;)

"The Empire gave us a purpose."

"There were many times that Vader sent fear coursing through us, penetrating armor and soul, but there were other times... Like The Battle of Hoth, where he inspired us. The 501st had lost the first Death Star, but with Lord Vader by our side: We had a New Hope."

This feels like an anti-hero version that the Empire itself could have composed. There is the slight underlying menace to show power and the march that shows discipline, coupled with heroic overtones to show a saviour-like quality. The Empire would be saying, yes, Vader does things that may be hard to digest, but he is making the hard decisions that others will not make. And, he is doing what is necessary so that he, with the Emperor, can finally bring peace and order to the galaxy.

This sounds like an alternative scenario, where Luke manages to turn his father to the light side earlier but then he gets himself killed at the hands of the empire. And then, a very angry and now turned Vader, together with Leia, Han and Chewie, would go to hunt down the Emperor and his fleet, maybe even sacrificing himself at the end, to save the others and to destroy Palpatine.

"I hope so, commander, for your sake. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am."

"Imperial march (heroic version)" I have been looking forward to this

“This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker, forever: The first dawn of light in your universe brings pain. The light burns you. It will always burn you. Part of you will always lie upon black glass sand beside a lake of fire while flames chew upon your flesh. You can hear yourself breathing. It comes hard, and harsh, and it scrapes nerves already raw, but you cannot stop it. You can never stop it. You cannot even slow it down. You don’t even have lungs anymore. Mechanisms hardwired into your chest breathe for you. They will pump oxygen into your bloodstream forever. Lord Vader? Lord Vader, can you hear me?”

Me: *Casually scrolling through RU-vid* Samuel Kim: "Imperial March, but HEROIC" Me: ".......A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one."

One of the most underrated pieces in the saga, this is the ultimate hero's return theme

Can you do "imperial march: horror style" that would be awesome

I think a better name for this piece is "The March of Skywalker"

I like to imagine this as the theme Anakin would have had if he hadn't turned toward the Dark Side. Still dripping with raw power, but with a true hero's underlying vibe.

Imagine if the Sequels had ended with the Empire fighting the First Order with this theme playing. Imagine that twist. THE sci-fi villains of all time... now the heroes.

Citizen, you have once again proved yourself a loyal and dedicated member of our glorious Empire, our Stormtroopers, as well as I, salute you.

Ah...My theme never gets old..... Just like the Younglings and clone Wars

Very strong with the Dark Side of the Force, this is...

Every time I see the Mustafar Duel, I can't help but imagine Palapatine cackling loudly at the thought of such a duel happening. To him, this was the prime evidence that he had won. His plan was to turn the Republic into the Empire but his vision was never complete without the addition of Vader. Vader was his crown jewel, the ultimate trophy, the greatest prize in his scheming against the Jedi and the Republic. To have the newly corrupted Anakin fight his former master, brother in arms, and failed father figure to the death proves that the Emperor had succeed in his turning of the young Jedi. It showed that he had more control and more power over Anakin than anyone or anything else in the galaxy. It showed that he could turn the Greatest Hope in the Jedi Order into the Worst Enemy of the Light. The turning of Darth Vader was Darth Sidious's strongest show of power.

Vader: I killed and terrified millions across the galaxy Fans: That's why you are the beloved, the chosen one

"Henceforth you shall be known as Darth Vader"

One question is how do you make these every day since it looks like a lot of work

Can u maybe edit the Indiana Jones Theme to an epic version? :D

I like to think of this theme as being that of an alternate timeline story where Vader is turned back to the light but not in time to save his son and grief pulls Anakin out of the shell of Vader who uses all of his might, all of his love, all of his pain to push back against the unrelenting evil of Sidious. "The last Skywalker has fallen." "No. There is another." Vader would say as he force pulls Luke's Emerald Lightsaber and uses it to block Palpatine's lightning, breathing laboured breaths as the force of their battle shakes the room and crumples steel all around them, even Vader's mask begins to crack and shatter revealing the tear-stained-red blue eyes of a redeemed Anakin Skywalker. Anakin pushes the lightning back on Sidious and when he realizes the Death Star is about to blow he grabs his old master and clamps his robotic arms tight around him ensuring that both of them die on the Death Star and that the Empire dies with them.

2:00 to end of song. Vader’s lightsaber ignites, lighting the rebels terrified faces. One man screams “OPEN FIRE!!!!” In a last ditch effort to save themselves, and the mission. The music slams back as the first laser ricochets off of Vader’s blade, a lone glow in a hallway leading to the rebel escape ship. Rebel soldiers cry in pain as their own weapons are reflected back upon them as the black clad *monster* lifts one of their friends to the ceiling. He doesn’t last long as Vader slices him in half with as little care as you would swat a gnat on a countertop. The man closest to the jammed door pounds furiously on the door screaming for help, but nobody hears. Everyone else is more worried with evacuating the crumbling star cruiser while these men are doomed to oblivion. Using the Force, Vader rips the blasters out of the hands of the helpless soldiers, quickly dispatching them. Only two men stand between him and his goal. An evacuating rebel notices the increasingly panicked cries for help and tries to open the door, but it doesn’t budge. The man at the door watches as the final rebel with a weapon is lifted by his throat and thrown his into the wall next to him. Reaching his hand with the Death Star plans through the crack in the door the rebel says “TAKE IT! TAKE IT!!!” The man who helped him grabs the plans and runs as the rebel is run through by Vader’s lightsaber and the door slides open. The few remaining rebels finally take notice of Vader and begin covering the man as he runs, granting him time to reach the docking clamps and bellow a single word: LAUNCH!!! Vader watches as his quarry escapes through the now empty airlock, his rage at being so close building. ‘Well’, he thinks, ‘they won’t get far.’ Video ends on a shot of the Tantive IV escaping. Thanks for reading

Don't be silly. You can't make the imperial march more epic.... I stand corrected. That was EPIC!

Ok, today its my Birthday and you really improved my mood with this music samuel, Thank You

"You do not know the full power of the Dark Side." ~ Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith

I think you could make a decent AU just based off of this song. Imagine, an alternate Star Wars where Palpatine seduced Anakin to the Dark side not just by appealing to his fears, but by convincing him that everything - the slaughter of the Jedi, the destruction of the Republic - was the Will of the Force. This theme would play as we see a scene from Anakin's perspective, of himself as the hero leading his gleaming warriors to victory, cutting down champions of evil and cruel terrorists left and right. Then the scene would shift, the music would change to the cruel Imperial March we know and love - and we would see Anakin from the perspective of the younglings, slaughtering every single one of them in the name of the Force's Will.

I love that picture. It reminds me of that comic scene where he's surrounded by rebels and he says "All I am surrounded by is fear and dead men." Darth Vader is one of the greatest villains of all time.

PERFECTLY BALANCED AS ALL THINGS SHOULD BE

In any Star Wars game, when you play the Empire, this is a must for background music!

The end of the skywalker saga that has not happened....yet. *Anakin steps in with newly synthesized voice and respirator after Rey Palpatine turns to the dark side: “you are not a Sith Lord yet”

RIP James Earl Jones, this song will forever mark Darth Vader

Imagine they make a show that's about the POV of a Stormtrooper slowly realizing how screwed up the Empire is. In the earlier parts, when he still views the Empire as being the force of good in the galaxy, this is the music that plays.

Darth Vader: “When I left you, I was but the learner. Now I am the master.” Luke Skywalker: "Amazing. Every word of that you just said was wrong."

I love how the spark is a heroic version of the imperial march. It's as if Luke is carrying on the legacy of Skywalker by facing his failures in the broad light of day to instill hope in the entire galaxy, at a time when all hope is lost, while saving his sister in the process. Much like what Vader did with him aboard the death star (and what Ben did with Rey on Exegol). Either way, great composition!

Last time I was this early obi wan hadn’t said “Hello there”

Thrawn-"Your orders sir?" Vader-"Go and Conqure." Thrawn-Smiles sinisterly.

"Luke, Leia, Ben. You've handled yourselves tremendously, but now you can take a break for once. Abeloth is mine to handle."

This would have been great to build in over Aniken's heroics during the clone wars so when we hear it as the full Empire bombast we would still remember the good in him. It's impressive how, by shifting just a couple of notes, the tune takes on such heroic flare. Impressive, most impressive.

I love it when there are little clips from movies or shows because the music is timed perfectly with what is going on, for example in particular song the beat just explodes exactly when the lava in the background explodes as well and it just adds to the theatrics elements making something that is already amazing even more amazing. Mad props to you my man.

Luke's theme from TLJ mixed with the Imperial March Vader's theme... Like father like son... Genius. An absolute master piece

imagine if they used this music for the trailer of an open world star wars game.... just imagine how epic that would be...

This feels like the soundtrack to a trailer for an Imperial POV show/movie. Love it!

You were My brother Anakin I loved you .

“Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you’ve constructed. The ability to destroy a planet, is insignificant next to the power of the force.” This actually hits a little different when Luke completely tricks the First Order walkers at the end of TLJ

Incredible! Can you do a walkthrough of your arrangements and your workflow? I'm amazed at how quickly you pump out such great arrangements!

"WE ARE THE SWORD! WE ARE THE PROCTECTORS! WE FIGHT FOR THE EMPIRE! THE EMPEROR SEES US!"

The spark piece from TLJ is my favorite from that movie I legit get goosebumps everytime i hear it

I always felt like “The Spark” should have been called “The Son of Vader” or something just because of how similar it was to the Imperial March.

I have heard many "epic" versions of the Imperial March. This is the first good one I've heard. Darth Odium approves.

I can’t even begin to stress how fucking awesome this was. My mind is blown

THIS IS SO EPIC, OMG HOW DOES IT NOT HAVE A BILLION VIEWS BY NOW?!

Brought tears to my eyes... This was amazing. Thank you.

Can you please do an epic Indiana Jones X Han Solo theme??

This work is admirably great, just like the others Mr Kim.

Damn I need to get you to make some music for my game you are super talented.

Rest in peace James Earl Jones and to the legend of the sith and franchise!

I come here from time to time and i find this MASTERPIECE amazing each single time. You did an "epic version" of the MOST EPIC theme of all the times. Chilling acrose my spine. Congratulations

So I was thinking about this, and I came up with sort of a scenario. Starting from the beginning, the backstory is that Palpatine has been vanquished, but Grievous and Dooku are still at large, and plotting the Republic's demise. So at one part, Ahsoka, Obi Wan, and Anakin were following Dooku, when he led them into a room. All 3 of them went in, and Dooku disappeared. Then, the ground opens and all of them start to fall. There is nothing but a drop which leads to lava beneath them. They the opening from where they came from, and try to get back up. But it was way too slippery, so their hands can't grip on. Anakin quickly takes off his glove, grabs on to the floor with his metal arm, and grabs Obi Wan and Ahsoka with his other. He tries hard to hold them both, but realizes his metal arm is slipping. Then, he decides there is no other choice. He summons all his power, uses the force and get Ahsoka and Obi Wan back up, but loses his grip and falls. Obi Wan and Ahsoka fall onto the ledge and immediately shout "NO" and look down. Anakin is nowhere to be seen. The Lava is bubbling. Ahsoka starts crying, and Obi Wan is too shocked to say anything. They both stay there in grief for awhile, and then eventually leave, too sad to continue the mission. They go back to the Twilight, with grief, and are about to leave, when a bolt from a turret hits the Twilight, taking out one of its engines. Obi Wan and Ahsoka run outside, and come face to face with Dooku, Grievous, and a bunch of droids. The ignite their lightsabers, grief struck. Dooku smirks, and says "Where is young Skywalker? I would think that the Chosen One would live a bit longer" Ahsoka yells and rushes at him, while Obi Wan shows signs of anger and runs behind her. Dooku electrocutes Ahsoka and pushes her away, and locks sabers with Obi Wan. Ahsoka recovers and looks at Grievous rushing at her. She quickly gets up, and deflects Grievous's saber and engages with him. Both Obi Wan and Ahsoka are holding their ground, when the droids open fire. Ahsoka and Obi Wan both are pushed back and keep deflecting the droids, while Grievous and Dooku keep taunting them. Then all of a sudden, all the droids are crushed by a giant magnetic thing from the top. Then, this music starts playing. Obi Wan and Ahsoka both look up, looking excited. Dooku turns off his lightsaber, with a shocked expression on his face. Grievous can't sense anything but notices something is wrong with Dooku and decides to look shocked as well. Then, we get a glimpse of smoking black boots and slowly moves up to dark brown battle pants. Then we go back to Ahsoka and Obi Wan, who both also switch off their lightsabers and look surprised again. Then we go back, and see a battle robe, and a lightsaber attached to it and 2 arms, one with tan skin and the other robotic. Then we cut back to Grievous, when he turns off his lightsabers and starts walking towards the entrance slowly. Then we cut back, and see dark brown hair in a part, and a scar coming off an eye. Then, 0:41 plays and we hear the force sound and the lightsaber gets pulled to the hands, ignites, and we see Anakin and he says "How come you started without me?" Then he pushes Grievous and the battle starts again. Looks epic in my head!

Imagine this playing while people in danger gets saved by Darth Vader itself, right before they become part of the Empire

"My father is Darth Vader, not Jedai. Obiwan lied me." - Luke Skywalker

Man, you deserve all the fkn world!!!!! Just art bro!!!!!!

From an alternate reality where Anakin survives, but while he's turned back to the light side, he's still bound by his suit, terrifying most he encounters

Imagine this being used for a star wars movie that's from the empire's perspective

"Be careful not to choke on your aspirations, Director..."

This oughta be your best one yet.

I couldn't watch you for 3 days and you have 200k subscribes now! Well done

“We built civilisations. Forged our own stars. Carefully and cautiously constructed an Empire a galaxy wide. We tamed the interstellar frontier and placed it in the palms of your hands on a silver platter. The galaxy was yours. And you threw it away, for what? A hotheaded teenager’s empty promise of something better? We ruled the heavens. Now squalor in the ruins you created, 𝘑𝘦𝘥𝘪.”

This is rightfully the theme for the redeemed Vader. I'm sure many of you EU comic readers know which version i'm talking about. Oh the glorious music if he enters a scene with this...

1:58 gave me goosebumps

If Darth Vader joined the Avengers.

RIP, James Earl Jones. 💔

When samuel makes a villain song heroic. The Force is strong within you young samuel.

Star wars, a franchise in which villians are more famous than any hero.

Mother of God. This should be used in next Star Wars film

A massive extra-galactic threat shows up to do some damage to the whole galaxy. New Republic and Mandalorian ships getting wrecked. Tense moment. All seems lost. Just then a fleet of Star Destroyers drops out of hyperspace and launches TIE Fighters. Hundreds of red dots appear on the situation display, adding to the swarm. A hail comes through on the NR flagship. Leia answers, Ahsoka and Sabine at her side: "This Is Ezra Bridger aboard the ISD Chimera. We are answering your distress call. Grand Admiral Thrawn sends his compliments and requests that you switch your tactical communications to frequency ITC-Eight-Five-Three. We are standing by to render aid." Leia nods at the comms officer to comply, and hundreds of red dots turn green. This theme is playing

Goose bumps... the whole time!!!! this is flawless!

You've gained a fan of your style of remaking music, for probably life. I've been looking for something that I could share with a Star Wars D&D group for a LONG time, I'm thinking the whole party will love this, and I'll be sure to let them know you have even more!

Meanwhile in an alternate universe: -My Emperor, the Jedi are killing and dismantling our men. Emperor Palpatine: Our hopes rest in the hands of the Sith.

- "So how can you make the Imperial March sound even more epic then all the other remixes out there?" Samuel Kim - "Hold my beer." - "OK but how epic is it? Samuel Kim - "Yes!"

This is the power of the empire in a song. Others think this is a Darth Vader turned Anakin kinda thing, but I think this is what the imperial March should be. Pride, and bravery.

Jesus crist that is so FREAKING EPIC!!!!!!!!!!! i just got goosebumps. this is some of the best stuff

Damn this is so perfect. I also think "The March of Skywalker" will be a better name for this song

2k views. 0 dislikes. "Balanced, as all things should be."

Imagine having a trailer with this song, and the trailer’s name is called: “Darth Vader, A Star Wars Story”

Anyone else here envisioning Darth Vader and Luke taking on Emperor Palpatine in a lightsaber duel? Well done!

The transition from the Vador theme to the Skywalker theme is successfull ! Well done !

Whoa, you have just bent the fabric of reality with this one.

1:46 Ugh, just that slow sound of the force theme building up got my heart pumping even more!

This music is so good I use it for stop motion all the time.

Waw, amazing version!

You have a special ability to combine songs to create amazing compositions.

MAN WTF really !!!!! i get goosebumps all over from this remake wow keep it coming thanks

This should be used for that one scene in episode 6 of Obi Wan Kenobi where Darth Vader and Obi Wan Kenobi fight. It fits perfectly

EMPIRE FOREVER

“You were the Chosen One! You were supposed to bring balance to the Force!” “That’s exactly what I’m doing.”

we cry at seeing the jedi being betrayed during order 66... 0:42 but then we smile with the dark side when the Younglings scene plays before saying "This is where the fun begins"

This one, this is it. The one who sent shivers in my spine.