Binary Sunset " The Force Theme " is a musical theme repeated across the musical score of the " Star Wars " saga . The theme is a signature line of music and one of the most recognizable of John Williams ' s " Star Wars " motifs . It is also known as " Binary Sunset , " or in a version featured in a " Star Wars " music book , " May the Force be with you . " Though originally intended by Williams to be Ben Kenobi ' s theme , the music is also considered " Luke ' s Theme , " due to the music first being used with Luke looking out at the sunset , and its connection with not only the Force , but Luke as well . " The Force Theme " can be heard in all the main " Star Wars " movies and is one of the basic themes for the franchise . Use . In the movies . It was introduced in when Prince ss Leia Organa gives R2 - D2 the Death Star plans , but its most prominent inclusion was in the scene where Luke Skywalker gazes out to the twin suns of Tatooine . Later in the film , the theme plays as Luke comes upon his burning homestead and when a TIE fighter chases him during the battle over the Death Star , It once again starts near the end of this battle , when Obi - Wan Kenobi starts talking to Luke . Lastly in " A New Hope " , the theme plays twice during the victory celebration scene . In , it plays when Luke grabs his lightsaber using the Force in the wampa ' s cave , when the Rebels are retreating from the AT - AT walkers , when Yoda reveals himself as the Jedi Master Luke had been looking for , and then several times on Dagobah . As Luke calls to Leia as he hangs from the bottom of Cloud City , Leia hears him through the Force , a unique ability for someone who is untrained . " The Force Theme " can again be heard when Leia hears her brother ' s words . In , when Luke asks Leia of her memories of her real mother , " The Force Theme " is played . At the end of the film , " The Force Theme " is played when Anakin Skywalker grabs Emperor Palpatine and throws him into a chasm . As Vader is burned , the theme is reprised as he passes into the Force . At the beginning of , the theme accompanies Qui - Gon Jinn trying to cut through the Trade Federation ' s door . It plays again when Qui - Gon advises Anakin just before the podrace and when Shmi tells him Anakin has no father . As Anakin leaves Tatooine to become a Jedi , the theme comes in an outburst as he leaves his mother . It can also be heard when Obi - Wan uses the Force to summon his master ' s lightsaber and slay Darth Maul , during the climactic lightsaber duel in the Theed Royal Palace . The theme is hinted at in the funeral music of Qui - Gon Jinn , which is brought back in . In , the theme plays as Anakin and Padmé Amidala depart incognito to Naboo . As Anakin stands looking out to the sunset of Tatooine , the theme returns as he decides to venture out to look for his mother , who he just learned had been kidnapped by Tusken Raider s . The theme is reprised during the Battle of Geonosis as Anakin pleads with Obi - Wan to halt their pursuit of Count Dooku to recover Padmé , and Yoda senses the impending confrontation . Episode III " Revenge of the Sith " opens with " The Force Theme " accompanying the Battle of Coruscant backdrop as the camera follows Anakin and Obi - Wan in their starfighters , and playing again as they land on the " Invisible Hand " . It plays when Anakin tells Padmé about her death in his dreams . Due to his nightmares , Anakin tells Yoda of his preoccupations : the theme is played with deep tones as Yoda tells him that " death is a natural part of life . " The theme is reprised during Obi - Wan ' s and Anakin ' s conversation before the Jedi Master departs to Utapau , and again as he arrives . It is played again when Anakin gets into an airspeeder and goes to Mace Windu and Palpatine ' s duel and then when Anakin asks Windu not to kill Palpatine . The theme can be heard when Anakin and Obi - Wan both use the Force against each other . The piece " Battle of the Heroes " quotes the theme as Obi - Wan tries desperately to bring Anakin back to the light . It is played again as Darth Vader wakes up for the first time in his new suit and when Yoda reveals to Obi - Wan that his former master , Qui - Gon Jinn , became immortal . The song can be heard again when Darth Vader and Palpatine watch the construction of the Death Star . The movie closes with this theme in a reprise of " Binary Sunset , " just as it opened with it . In the film " " , " The Force Theme " underscores the film ' s resolution . It is used in a similar fashion in several early episodes of the subsequent . It reappears in " Overlords , " underscoring Obi - Wan ' s comments to his vision of Qui - Gon Jinn regarding Anakin . The episode also introduces an ascending variant of the theme , using the first few notes , as a motif for the family on Mortis — most prominently heard during establishing shots of the temple . It is also reused and connects to " Ahsoka ' s Theme " in " The Wrong Jedi . " In , the tune appears in the tracks " Maz ' s Counsel " and " Han and Leia , " as well as in " The Ways of the Force , " when Rey and Kylo Ren are fighting , and in " The Jedi Steps and Finale " at the end of the film , when Rey finds Luke Skywalker on Ahch - To . A version of the tune plays three times in " " : when Bail Organa is seen onscreen for the first time in the Rebellion ' s debriefing with Jyn Erso at the beginning of the film , once when Jyn , Cassian Andor and K - 2SO depart Yavin for Jedha , and again at the end of the film as Leia ' s " Tantive IV " jumps into hyperspace fleeing Scarif with the Death Star plans . Although the Jedi and the Force are mentioned , no Jedi appear in the film , thus the slightly altered version of the piece . In video games . Portions of the theme are in the Taris and Star Forge scenes of " , " in the context of " Bastila ' s Theme . " " The Force Theme " sometimes briefly plays when the Jedi Exile in " " receives Light Side Points . In popular culture . The group Coyote Kisses covered " Binary Sunset " in a track titled " Star Wars - Binary Suns . "