J.J. Abrams, director of Star Wars: The Force Awakens announced Sunday night on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon that the Cantina song in the upcoming movie was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer of the hit musical Hamilton.
J.J. Abrams reveals his @StarWars collaboration with @HamiltonMusical's @Lin_Manuel Miranda https://t.co/ag6Wmwagdh
(The catchy song played in the Mos Eisley cantina during an important scene in Star Wars: A New Hope has become a fan favorite over the years.)
Naturally, Twitter collectively lost its shit over the news.
Sooo, Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the cantina music for the new Star Wars?! Everything hurts in the most beautiful way.
THE MAN WHO WROTE AND PLAYS HAMILTON COMPOSED MUSIC FOR STAR WARS my ghost wrote this tweet
Sensing a potential disturbance in the fandom Force, TV critic and Twitter all-star Ryan McGee soon came up with a hashtag to facilitate Star Wars and Hamilton mashups: #Force4Ham.
Hey @AlannaBennett are we down for #Star4Ham? #Kylo4Ham? #Force4Ham? https://t.co/JLmR5HxliA
"Such a blunder sometimes it makes me wonder why I even bring the thunder" #force4ham
"We are outgunned, outmanned, outnumbered, outplanned" #force4ham
Soon, other people joined, clearly sensing the endless potential in combining these two universes.
@TVMcGee "Look ‘em in the eye, aim no higher Summon all the courage you require" #force4ham
"CALL ME 'SON' ONE MORE TIME!" #Force4Ham
"You have no control: who lives, who dies, who tells your story." #Force4Ham
There's a million things I haven't done, but just you wait. Just you wait. #Force4Ham
How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower somehow defeat a global superpower? #Force4Ham
I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love. #Force4Ham
Whatever it is Jefferson started it. #Force4Ham
And something truly beautiful was born (and quickly trending on Twitter)
You know you gotta get your right hand (man) back #Force4Ham
"Burr, you disgust me" "Ah, so you've discussed me" #Force4Ham
"AND PEGGY." #Force4Ham
HERE COMES THE GENERAAAL. #Force4Ham
SERIOUSLY. HOW WELL DO THESE WORK TOGETHER!?!?!
Do whatever you want, I'm super-dead #force4ham
"I’m only nineteen but my mind is older Gotta be my own man, like my father, but bolder" #Force4Ham
"You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied." #Force4Ham
I'm a general! Wheeeeee #Force4Ham
I arranged the meeting. I arranged the menu, The venue, the seating. #Force4Ham
“You have married an Icarus. He has flown too close to the sun.” #Force4Ham
Imma compel him to include women in the sequel ✌️ #Force4Ham
LOOK AROUND
Be careful with that one, love. He will do what it takes to survive. #Force4Ham
It's quiet uptown. #Force4Ham
"So what'd I miss?" #Force4Ham
"Well he's never gonna be president now / Never gonna be president now" #Force4Ham
"Here's an itemized list of seven years of disagreements." #Force4Ham
LOOK AROUND
"Yo, if you can marry a sister, you're rich, son." "Is it a question of if, Burr, or which one?" #Force4Ham
"Iiiiiiii want to be in the room where it happens, the room where it happens" #Force4Ham
Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead #Force4Ham
"Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction. When you knock me down, I get the f--k back up again." #Force4Ham
Judging from his tweets, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has seen some of the mashups inspired by the hashtag.
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
Approve, he seems to.
"Just soak it in; absorb it--don't go retweeting everything, you'll never stop. This is the internet at its best." -Kail, my Obi-Wan
