--- title: J.J. Abrams, Lin-Manuel Miranda Perform Star Wars Song description: Miranda brought Abrams up to rap "Jabba Flow," the song they collaborated on for the cantina scene in the intergalactic epic. canonical: https://time.com/4319331/j-j-abrams-lin-manuel-miranda-duet-star-wars-day/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-05T15:25:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:09.505Z og:title: J.J. Abrams and Lin-Manuel Miranda Performed 'The Force Awakens' Cantina Song og:description: The pair got together to celebrate Star Wars Day og:url: https://time.com/4319331/j-j-abrams-lin-manuel-miranda-duet-star-wars-day/ 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: J.J. Abrams and Lin-Manuel Miranda Performed 'The Force Awakens' Cantina Song twitter:description: The pair got together to celebrate Star Wars Day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch J.J. Abrams and Lin-Manuel Miranda Perform _The Force Awakens_ Cantina Song  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 5, 2016 3:25 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 5, 2016 3:25 PM UTC In his [TIME 100 tribute](http://time.com/4299633/lin-manuel-miranda-2016-time-100/?iid=sr-link1), director [J.J. Abrams](http://time.com/3954446/j-j-abrams-star-wars-cast-fans/?iid=sr-link1) described Lin-Manuel Miranda as “one of the most miraculous creative minds of our time.” So it should come as no surprise that Abrams enlisted the _Hamilton_ creator’s help with the music for [_The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4275495/star-wars-the-force-awakens-deleted-scenes/). At Wednesday’s #Ham4Ham performance — the weekly sidewalk show that takes place outside Richard Rodgers Theatre — Miranda brought Abrams up to rap “Jabba Flow,” the song they collaborated on for the cantina scene in the intergalactic epic. The duet was a celebration of the May 4 unofficial holiday known as [_Star Wars_ Day](http://time.com/4318399/star-wars-mark-hamill-force-awakens-original-opening-scene/). **Read More:** [Advice for Surviving Your 20s From _Hamilton_’s Lin-Manuel Miranda](http://time.com/4300102/lin-manuel-miranda-time-100-video/?iid=sr-link2) Watch the full performance below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4319331/j-j-abrams-lin-manuel-miranda-duet-star-wars-day/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4319331/j-j-abrams-lin-manuel-miranda-duet-star-wars-day/"},"headline":"Watch J.J. Abrams and Lin-Manuel Miranda Perform The Force Awakens Cantina Song","datePublished":"2016-05-05T15:25:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:09.505Z","description":"The pair got together to celebrate Star Wars Day","url":"https://time.com/4319331/j-j-abrams-lin-manuel-miranda-duet-star-wars-day/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Music","Star Wars topic","J.J. Abrams","Hamilton","star wars: the force awakens","The Force Awakens","lin-manuel miranda"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"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/4319331/j-j-abrams-lin-manuel-miranda-duet-star-wars-day/","name":"Watch J.J. Abrams and Lin-Manuel Miranda Perform The Force Awakens Cantina Song"}}]}] ```