UPDATE!: HAMILTON/STAR WARS Connection Spawns #LinManuelsStarWars, #Force4Ham on Twitter
By: Michael Dale Dec. 01, 2015
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As reported on BroadwayWorld, J.J. Abrams, director of the upcoming seventh installment of the STAR WARS film series, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS revealed on last night's THE TONIGHT SHOW that HAMILTON creator and star, Lin-Manuel Miranda has composed music for the Cantina Scene in the new release.
Legendary film scorer John Williams composed the jaunty cantina melody used in the original STAR WARS movie, but declined to add another for the newest flick.
Naturally, such news sends social media awhirl, and two new hashtags, #LinManuelsStarWars and #Force4Ham have been testing the cleverness of musical theatre and sci-fi fans across the country.
UPDATED: Newest Tweets on top:
"You disgust me." "Ah, so you've discussed me!" #Force4Ham pic.twitter.com/yy8zjVs0ep
- Whovian Feminism (@WhovianFeminism) December 1, 2015
@Lin_Manuel was confused as 2 why #Force4Ham is trending. So grateful it's a #Hamilton reference & not a mashup of Star Wars pig carvings.
- Josh Gad (@joshgad) December 1, 2015
#LinManuelsStarWars Helpless! Look into his eyes, he's encased in carbonite! Helpless!
- Megan Gogerty (@megangogerty) December 1, 2015
He gives ride for yo' side, he's no rookie Everyone give it up 4 our favorite fighting Wookiee! #LinManuelsStarWars pic.twitter.com/RhQGi9u7Tc
- Ryan Garcia (@SoMeGeekLawyer) December 1, 2015
Hear ye, hear ye! My name is Admiral Akbar, and I present "Free thoughts on the proceedings of the Empire!" IT'S A TRAP #LinManuelsStarWars
- King Duncan (@kingduncan42) December 1, 2015
Han, do you yield?! You froze him in carbonite! yes he yields! #Force4Ham #LinManuelsStarWars pic.twitter.com/JnvzwLUqnq
- Ryan Maxwell (@rmaxwell) December 1, 2015
You know it's going to be a day when TOMMY KAIL calls and says, "Have you been on Twitter yet?" HE'S NOT ON TWITTER. Gmorning! #force4ham
- Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) December 1, 2015
You disgust me. Ah, so you've discussed me. I'm a trust fund baby, you can trust me #Force4Ham pic.twitter.com/ZfEocpOHdn
- Jonathan Mandell (@NewYorkTheater) December 1, 2015
I got the same virtuosity & brains as my pops. The ladies say that's not where the resemblance stops... #force4ham pic.twitter.com/VRdEH7TECp
- Hamilton's Squad (@hamiltonssquad) December 1, 2015
"I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love" #force4ham pic.twitter.com/nWuYavAwkQ
- laura (@laurjbrown) December 1, 2015
"You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied." #Force4Ham pic.twitter.com/dwaoJalBVw
- Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) December 1, 2015
"You have no control: who lives, who dies, who tells your story." #Force4Ham pic.twitter.com/va65DOM9rm
- Dreyesbo (@Dreyesbo) December 1, 2015
They say the Wookiees on Kashyyyk all seek to woo a new king. #LinManuelsStarWars pic.twitter.com/PYFAIxb7Vf
- Ryan Garcia (@SoMeGeekLawyer) December 1, 2015
#LinManuelsStarWars My Dearest Yoda, In a letter I received from you two weeks ago, you switched some words around; It changed the meaning.
- King Duncan (@kingduncan42) December 1, 2015
#LinManuelsStarWars "I will send an armed battalion of Imperial stormtroopers to remind you of my love."
- Howard Sherman (@HESherman) December 1, 2015
"Talk less. Smile more." #Force4Ham pic.twitter.com/Uh6RlqDVJu
- Jonathan Mandell (@NewYorkTheater) December 1, 2015
"Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction. When you knock me down, I get the f--k back up again." #Force4Ham pic.twitter.com/O3ehpckxXA
- Crystal Bell (@newyorkbell) December 1, 2015
"I survived, but I paid for it... Now I'm the villain in your history." #Force4Ham pic.twitter.com/Mo9JrR0NlU
- Crystal Bell (@newyorkbell) December 1, 2015
The new musical Hamilton has book, music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composerLin-Manuel Miranda, who also plays the title role. The musical is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and music direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. Hamilton is inspired by Ron Chernow's biography "Alexander Hamilton."
The cast of Hamilton is comprised of Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton), Daveed Diggs(Marquis De Lafayette,Thomas Jefferson), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Angelica Schuyler),Christopher Jackson (George Washington),Jonathan Groff (King George), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Peggy Schuyler, Maria Reynolds), Javier Muñoz (Hamilton alternate), Okieriete Onaodowan(Hercules Mulligan, James Madison), Leslie Odom, Jr. (Aaron Burr),Anthony Ramos (John Laurens, Philip Hamilton) and Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton).
HAMILTON is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut too short, he served as George Washington's chief aide, was the first Treasury Secretary, a loving husband and father, despised by his fellow Founding Fathers and shot to death by Aaron Burr in their legendary duel.
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