That there’s been a composer switch is a bit surprising but the replacement choice isn’t really.

What this tells us is we’ll probably be getting a very typical JW-sounding SW score. It was also a possibility with Desplat but there was the potential with him to go a different direction. I can’t really complain with this though.

I just hope they don’t use the Force theme (since it’d be out of place with these characters) but somehow I really doubt they won’t.

I’m also hoping the Imperial March is kept to a minimum and they use the original Imperial motif but that’s kind of pie in the sky. I do expect we might hear a new theme for the new villains though, which could be cool.