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'Star Wars' without John Williams is painfully awkward

'Star Wars' without John Williams is painfully awkward

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Star Wars has spawned plenty of parodies over the years, but the latest and greatest comes from The Auralnauts, makers of highly-polished pop culture spoofs like last year's viral hit "FREESTYLE BANE." With John Williams' iconic fanfare removed, the medal ceremony scene from the end of A New Hope takes on a jarring and decidedly different tone — especially when Chewbacca pipes up. If two minutes of aurally-tweaked hilarity isn't enough for you, the internet duo has already whipped up plenty more overdubbed Star Wars remixes, starting with the easiest target: the prequels.


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