'Hamilton' creator performs his 'Star Wars' song with JJ Abrams
Remember the strange and wonderful reggae music from The Force Awakens, which you hear in the background when Han, Finn and Rey enter Maz Kanata's castle?
As you may already know, that's a song called Jabba Flow, composed for director J.J. Abrams by Hamilton creator and noted genius Lin-Manuel Miranda. The guy wrote it in secret, during breaks in his Broadway show. Not even the cast knew he was working on Star Wars.
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Jabba Flow was missing from the official Force Awakens soundtrack -- but as of May the 4th, you can now listen to Lin-Manuel sing it on StarWars.com and buy it on iTunes.
Lin-Manuel announced this during his #Ham4Ham lotto performance Wednesday morning in New York City -- and performed the song live with J.J. Abrams making his Broadway debut.
Here's the live version in all its glory:
Proving Miranda's nerd cred, the song is written in Huttese, the language of noted gangster and giant slug Jabba the Hutt.
"It translates as 'no, lover lover, it wasn't me,' Miranda explains. "It's literally a Shaggy intergalactic remix."
Sorry, fans of non-Apple streaming services -- Jabba Flow itself is not currently available on Spotify. But you can get it in the form of a Rick Rubin "re-work":
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Chris is a veteran tech, entertainment and culture journalist, author of 'How Star Wars Conquered the Universe,' and co-host of the Doctor Who podcast 'Pull to Open.' Hailing from the U.K., Chris got his start as a sub editor on national newspapers. He moved to the U.S. in 1996, and became senior news writer for Time.com a year later. In 2000, he was named San Francisco bureau chief for Time magazine. He has served as senior editor for Business 2.0, and West Coast editor for Fortune Small Business and Fast Company. Chris is a graduate of Merton College, Oxford and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is also a long-time volunteer at 826 Valencia, the nationwide after-school program co-founded by author Dave Eggers. His book on the history of Star Wars is an international bestseller and has been translated into 11 languages.
