The Imperial March (Martial music)

"The Imperial March" was a song that played within the Galaxy. It was most well known as the martial theme of the Imperial Navy of the Galactic Empire, where it often played during graduation ceremonies. A piano variation also existed.

Description
"The Imperial March," in its beginning, composed of repetitive drum beats, which are composed of the beats "Dum, Dum, Dum, Dum-te-dum, Dum-te-dum," before brass instruments blared loudly, the beats getting louder with the passing stanzas.

History
The Imperial March, or a similar song, was briefly hummed by Jedi Padawan Ashara Zavros around 3,643 BBY. The song later appeared throughout the Clone Wars, where it had been used both as elevator music and by a Rocket Battle Droid when he and his party were preparing to intercept Jedi Master Plo Koon's escape pod. Eventually, "The Imperial March" entered the use of the Galactic Empire, where it acted as their martial theme for the Imperial Navy, and presumably the other branches of the Imperial Military. As such, members of the Stormtrooper Corps and other Imperial personnel frequently hummed the song during their battlefield operations. Because of its stance as the martial theme of the Imperial Navy, it played during various graduation ceremonies for the Navy, including that of then-Imperial Navy cadet Han Solo in 10 BBY. In 11 ABY, the Imperial researcher Leonis Murthe hummed this song when attempting to cut up via lightsaber one of his "patients," a member of the Gulmarid species that were tortured by him.

Behind the scenes
"The Imperial March" was a song used in both the films (barring A New Hope) and the Expanded Universe of the Star Wars saga. Although it was normally an out-of-universe song (see main article), there have been instances in the Expanded Universe where it was used as an in-universe music piece, most notably in A.C. Crispin's book The Paradise Snare.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic
 * The Paradise Snare
 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Boba Fett: Agent of Doom
 * Boba Fett: Agent of Doom