--- title: Baby Stops Crying When He Hears Star Wars Imperial March description: Clearly the Dark Side of the Force is strong with this one. canonical: https://time.com/4172710/baby-stops-crying-imperial-march/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-08T17:18:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:28:27.368Z og:title: This Baby Stops Crying When He Hears the 'Imperial March' og:description: Stormtrooper in training? og:url: https://time.com/4172710/baby-stops-crying-imperial-march/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Baby Stops Crying When He Hears the 'Imperial March' twitter:description: Stormtrooper in training? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Baby Stops Crying When He Hears the 'Imperial March' by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 8, 2016 5:18 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 8, 2016 5:18 PM UTC In [_The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4150168/review-star-wars-the-force-awakens/)we learn that [stormtroopers](http://time.com/4096421/star-wars-force-awakens-corgi-stormtrooper/) are trained from birth to become soldiers. So when YouTube user [Micah Hayman](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHLnWX4inX%5FYVNK6aPzfsgw) posted a video showing that his infant son is soothed by the dulcet tones of John Williams’s “Imperial March” you have to wonder if the tiny tot is an adorable stormtrooper in training. In the video, the baby is crying and seemingly inconsolable until his father hits play and cranks up the volume on the _Star Wars_ tune. Soon enough the kiddo has stopped wailing and seems to be intently listening for Darth Vader’s footsteps as they stomp down the long hallway of an Imperial Star Destroyer. Clearly the [Dark Side of the Force](http://time.com/4129579/adam-driver-masters-dark-side-star-wars-the-force-awakens/) is strong with this one. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4172710/baby-stops-crying-imperial-march/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4172710/baby-stops-crying-imperial-march/"},"headline":"This Baby Stops Crying When He Hears the 'Imperial March'","datePublished":"2016-01-08T17:18:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:27.368Z","description":"Stormtrooper in training?","url":"https://time.com/4172710/baby-stops-crying-imperial-march/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Babies","movies","viral","Star Wars topic","Viral Videos","The Force Awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4172710/baby-stops-crying-imperial-march/","name":"This Baby Stops Crying When He Hears the 'Imperial March'"}}]}] ```