--- title: Stormtroopers Dance on Britain's Got Talent description: The Force was with them canonical: https://time.com/4347543/dancing-stormtroopers-britains-got-talent/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-25T15:54:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:43.272Z og:title: Watch Dancing Stormtroopers But a Move on Britain's Got Talent og:description: The Force was with them og:url: https://time.com/4347543/dancing-stormtroopers-britains-got-talent/ 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: Watch Dancing Stormtroopers But a Move on Britain's Got Talent twitter:description: The Force was with them twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch the Dancing Stormtroopers Take Over Britain's Got Talent by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 25, 2016 3:54 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker May 25, 2016 3:54 PM UTC When [George Lucas](http://time.com/4129406/star-wars-george-lucas/) created [_Star Wars_](http://time.com/4346101/chewbacca-mom-jj-abrams-star-wars-james-corden/) he probably never envisioned the fearsome stormtroopers moonwalking. Yet they did just that, not in a galaxy far, far away, but during an episode of _Britain’s Got Talent._ “What we’re about to witness could be described as historic,” said judge Simon Cowell by way of introduction for Boogie Storm, the stormtrooper dance squad that is taking over the planet (and the galaxy). Before they busted out their moves, [Darth Vader](http://time.com/4294289/darth-vader-suit-cost/) reminded his Imperial forces not to embarrass him on the dance floor, and they did not disappoint Lord Vader. Instead they showed him what they could do with a Michael Jackson soundtrack. Inspired by the songs, they did a moonwalk and a bunch of other sick moves sure to impress Sith Lords, droids, Ewoks and even Simon Cowell. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4347543/dancing-stormtroopers-britains-got-talent/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4347543/dancing-stormtroopers-britains-got-talent/"},"headline":"Watch the Dancing Stormtroopers Take Over Britain's Got Talent","datePublished":"2016-05-25T15:54:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:43.272Z","description":"The Force was with them","url":"https://time.com/4347543/dancing-stormtroopers-britains-got-talent/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Star Wars topic"],"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/4347543/dancing-stormtroopers-britains-got-talent/","name":"Watch the Dancing Stormtroopers Take Over Britain's Got Talent"}}]}] ```