As you all know, Black Metal Friday is our weekly celebration of the worship of “The Dark Side” in heavy metal music. Well, in honor of today’s long-awaited premiere of Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens, we here at Geeks of Doom present to you a video from the folks over at Galactic Empire. In the clip, we get to check out a metal rendition of John Williams’ iconic Star Wars theme performed not for the dark side but rather by the dark side.
That’s right kiddies, Darth Vader, a shadow guard, and an imperial guard on lead guitars; a run of the mill storm trooper on bass (hey, are they implying that bass players are non-descript?); everyone’s favorite bounty hunter Boba Fett on drums; and one very unlucky guitar tech. So take the advice of a very wise master: “Watch it below, you must… Enjoy it, you will.”
P.S. Anyone who puts spoilers for this film on the internet should be thrown into the Sarlac Pit. Also, am I the only one who thinks the video should have ended with that stormtrooper who asked to go to the bathroom just completely missing the urinal?
Starring
Boba Fett, drums – Grant McFarland
Stormtrooper, bass – Carson Slovak
Darth Vader, lead guitar – Chris Kelly
Shadow Trooper, guitar – CJ Masciantonio
Imperial Guard, guitar – Josh Willis
Co-Starring
Imperial Officer drum tech – Nash Doud
Imperial Officer guitar tech – Eric Forberger
Imperial Guard crew member – Drew Shumaker
Written and Directed by Carson Slovak & Grant McFarland
Produced by Aurora Films
Executive Producer: Bob Black
Director of Photography: Brad Kenyon
Editor: Carson Slovak
Visual Effects and Animation: Darren Iovino
Sound Design: Grant McFarland
Voice Acting: James Dorton, Matt Murr, Carson Slovak, Grant McFarland
3D Set Construction: Cosedimarco
Practical Set Construction: Carson Slovak
Gaffer: Dan Joyce
Key Grip: Nash Doud
Grip: Anthony Stock
Still Photography: Eric Forberger
Wardrobe: Janet Slovak
Production Assistants: Gina Melasecca, Rich Abraham, Ryan Adams
Intern: Malei Walton
Music originally written by John Williams
Music Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Atrium Audio
Management: Dave Shapiro, Velocity Artist Management
Students of the Unusual™ comic cover used with permission of 3BoysProductions
The Mercuri Bros.™ comic cover used with permission of Prodigal Son Press
