TROS 3: Independent Jedi Study (Minutes 11-15 with Riley Silverman)

Star Wars Music Minute

In minutes 11-15 of The Rise of Skywalker, we see Rey training in the jungle of Ajan Kloss under the light guidance of General Leia Organa; Kylo and Rey have their first Force chat of the film; and Rey reunites with Poe and Finn. Star Wars author and Rey aficionado Riley Silverman is here with me to discuss Rey's epic "training suite" theme, Leia's as a "lowercase j" jedi, shortcuts in music and filmmaking, and more!

Timestamps:

• 0:00 - Hello there!
• 1:43 - Leia as a lowercase "j" jedi
• 6:40 - End of the lightspeed skipping scene.
• 8:51 - Shortcuts. Re-using the Martial Chords/Holst Chords from the Death Star blow-up scene in ANH.
• 17:56 - Peaceful soundscape of Rey training on Ajan Kloss.
• 20:58 - "Leia Trains Rey" – new incidental motif – a tender string line.
• 26:31 - Mishearing the Rey/Leia conversation in theaters.
• 32:46 - Rey's pump-up training suite is reminiscent of Luke's lifestyle montage on Ahch-To (in TLJ minutes 21-25).
• 39:33 - Imperial March and Kylo Ren's Aggressive theme with one note out of place.
• 44:10 - Music raising the stakes during Rey's training. Duelistic Strings (incidental motif). Kylo's intrusion.
• 49:46 - Awesome sound design in Rey/Kylo's concurrent flashbacks.
• 1:00:14 - Rey studies ancient texts. Independent Jedi Study. Continuity from TLJ to TROS.
• 1:10:57 - Poe and Rey bicker like divorced (but still good) co-parents.
• 1:22:47 - Final thoughts about these minutes and TROS as a whole.
• 1:34:53 - SWMM Questionnaire
• 1:45:09 - Where to find Riley's books.

Things to Check Out:

• Holst: Mars (from The Planets) - https://youtu.be/UJbEgyhx1ng
• Complete Catalogue of the Musical Themes of Star Wars (by Frank Lehman): https://franklehman.com/starwars/

Musical Themes:

• Martial Chords
• Force
• Rey A (Theme A-Phrase)
• Leia Trains Rey
• Rey B (Chimes)
• Imperial March (Theme)
• Kylo Ren A (Aggressive)
• Duelistic Strings

Where are we in the soundtrack?:

• End of FYC 2. "Falcon Flight"

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STAR WARS MUSIC MINUTE QUESTIONNAIRE:

1. In exactly 3 words, what does Star Wars sound like?

• New: Wondrous space magic.
• Previous: Epic space magic.

2. What's something related to Star Wars music or sound that you want to learn more about?

• New: How many different people are involved in the process of putting music in the film? Who has the final say?
• Previous: How many different screams are there? How do people go about designing music for a scene or character in the first place? Writers start with a blank page and somehow use words to convey scenes; what is the musical/sound version of that process like?

3. What's a score or soundtrack you're fond of besides anything Star Wars?

• New: Across the Spider-Verse (composed by Daniel Pemberton)
• Previous: Gentlemen Jack (composed by Murray Gold), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (composed by Danny Elfman). Doctor Who.

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Guest: Riley Silverman

• Check out all of Riley's Star Wars books: https://www.rileysilverman.com/books
  • Star Wars: Exploring Tatooine: An Illustrated Guide
  • Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Treasures from Batuu
  • Star Wars: The Life Day Pop-Up Book and Advent Calendar
• The She Series Book (Riley wrote essays for Lucille Ball and Marsha P. Johnson): https://www.etsy.com/listing/1448145344/the-she-series-book
• Riley is on BlueSky, Threads, and Twitter as rileysilverman or rileyjsilverman

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