‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’: New Clip Showcases The Song Lin-Manuel Miranda Helped Create
HamiltonandIn the HeightscreatorLin-Manuel Mirandahad a cameoinStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkeras a Resistance fighter, but now you can hear his musical cameo in the movie as well. The officialStar WarsTwitter account has shared a clip from the movie showcasing “Lido Hey,” a song which Miranda helped create that’s heard during the movie’s Pasaana celebration sequence. Listen to the song in the clip below.
New Lin-Manuel Miranda Star Wars Song
The official Twitter accountbrought this to our attention, but the video included in the tweet isn’t as complete as this one, which hit YouTube recently and features more of the scene in question:
Not to be confused with theBoz Scaggs jam"Lido Shuffle" (though admittedly, “Boz Scaggs” absolutely should be aStar Warscharacter name), Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Lido Hey” forStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkeris…fine? It’s a far cry from the catchy tune found inA New Hope, and frankly sounds a little bit boring in comparison. I’m sure there was a lot of thought put into how this song should sound considering the cultures of Pasaana’s inhabitants, what type of instruments they have access to, and how appropriate the music is for this 42-year celebration, but the result just sounds sort of generic, without any of the flair or musical vibrancy I’ve come to expect from the multi-talented performer’s work.
Of course, this isn’t Miranda’s first trip to a galaxy far, far away. ForStar Wars: The Force Awakens, the Tony Award winner joined forces (ha!) with writer/director J.J. Abrams – who also occasionally dabbles in music himself – to create some music for that film’s cantina sequence, the one which took place at Maz Kanata’s Takodana castle. At least that song had some identifying characteristics and some vitality to it; I can’t imagine “Lido Hey” generating a performance that’s half as entertaining as this one:
