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1:57 Major vs Minor
2:56 Chords vs Melody
4:03 Imperial Melody is Major
4:58 Rebel Melody is Minor
6:43 Why It Works
7:40 Balance to the Force

John Williams composed the Imperial March and the Rebel Fanfare Themes to represent the good guys and bad guys in the Star Wars universe. But musically, each theme both does and doesn't do what we expect, because John Williams played with our expectations of major and minor. This is why that works!

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