Thanks for the suggestion! However, my goal is actually to make the score less Star Wars. Giacchino’s original, albeit largely ignoring the drama and being generic, already has that vibe to it.
What I’m trying is to give the music more depth and impact on an emotional level. Make it more serious. Thematically it’ll probably be less coherent than the original score, but again, putting emphasize on the human drama and an overall adult tone of the film is what I’m aiming for.
However, I’m going to use snippets from William’s original trilogy scores, namely The Imperial March for parts of Vader’s scenes as well as the Death Star motif from A New Hope. I think both of those make sense to be in the movie.