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# Toddler Sings the _Star Wars_ Imperial March All Alone in Her Crib

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## Video: Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer

[Watch (HLS stream): Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/UyGxWpXw.m3u8) (2:35)

![Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/UyGxWpXw/poster.jpg?width=720)

_Published 2015-10-20. Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer_


by 

[Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/)


## Samantha Grossman


Nov 12, 2015 6:49 PM UTC

by 

[Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/)


## Samantha Grossman


Nov 12, 2015 6:49 PM UTC

Just about everybody is getting pumped for the upcoming release of [_Star Wars: The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4086077/star-wars-the-force-awakens-supercut-trailers-footage/). That includes toddlers.

Jonathan Liu recently watched _Star Wars_ with his kids — and his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter _really_ seemed to enjoy it. In particular, she really connected with Darth Vader. In a blog post on GeekDad, Liu [says](http://geekdad.com/2015/11/star-wars-toddler/) that when Darth Vader first appeared on screen, “she started mimicking the sound of his breathing.” And when the Imperial March started playing, she got up and danced.

Soon enough, he caught her on her baby monitor singing the tune to herself after a nap:

Now she just needs to get [this 7-year-old cellist](http://time.com/4101573/watch-this-adorably-tiny-darth-vader-play-the-imperial-march-on-a-cello/) to accompany her.

_Read next:_ [_Leia Is No Longer Called ‘Princess’ in_ ](http://time.com/4109339/princess-leia-force-awakens/)[Star Wars: The Force Awakens](http://time.com/4109339/princess-leia-force-awakens/)


## Transcript

[ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ MUSIC ] Who are you? [ MUSIC ] I'm no one. [ MUSIC ] I was raised to do one thing. [ MUSIC ] [ NOISE ] I've got nothing to fight for. [ MUSIC ] Nothing will stand in our way. I will finish what you started. No! [ MUSIC ] There are stories about what happened. [ MUSIC ] It's true. All of it. [ MUSIC ] The Dark Side. [ MUSIC ] The Jedi. [ MUSIC ] They're real. The force. It's calling to you. [ MUSIC ] Just let it in. [ MUSIC ] Dispatch inquisitors to hunt the rebels. The The Empire's looking everywhere for us. We can't just run. We're being pulled out of hyperspace. It's a star destroyer.

No.

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