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UPDATE!: HAMILTON/STAR WARS Connection Spawns #LinManuelsStarWars, #Force4Ham on Twitter

By: Dec. 01, 2015
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As reported on BroadwayWorld, J.J. Abrams, director of the upcoming seventh installment of the STAR WARS film series, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS revealed on last night's THE TONIGHT SHOW that HAMILTON creator and star, Lin-Manuel Miranda has composed music for the Cantina Scene in the new release.

Legendary film scorer John Williams composed the jaunty cantina melody used in the original STAR WARS movie, but declined to add another for the newest flick.

Naturally, such news sends social media awhirl, and two new hashtags, #LinManuelsStarWars and #Force4Ham have been testing the cleverness of musical theatre and sci-fi fans across the country.

UPDATED: Newest Tweets on top:

The new musical Hamilton has book, music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composerLin-Manuel Miranda, who also plays the title role. The musical is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and music direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. Hamilton is inspired by Ron Chernow's biography "Alexander Hamilton."

The cast of Hamilton is comprised of Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton), Daveed Diggs(Marquis De Lafayette,Thomas Jefferson), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Angelica Schuyler),Christopher Jackson (George Washington),Jonathan Groff (King George), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Peggy Schuyler, Maria Reynolds), Javier Muñoz (Hamilton alternate), Okieriete Onaodowan(Hercules Mulligan, James Madison), Leslie Odom, Jr. (Aaron Burr),Anthony Ramos (John Laurens, Philip Hamilton) and Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton).

HAMILTON is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut too short, he served as George Washington's chief aide, was the first Treasury Secretary, a loving husband and father, despised by his fellow Founding Fathers and shot to death by Aaron Burr in their legendary duel.





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