Obviously — and bringing our extended suite of Yankees/Galactic Empire metaphors to a satisfying close — this is the John Williams piece we wanted to be playing in a few days. The triumphal celebration of an unlikely, hard-fought victory over pure evil!
Of course, we were handed a much grittier alternate version, where Han Solo cannot swoop in because he has suffered a stress fracture in his back, and Luke Skywalker failed to place that critical shot into the bowels of Yankee Stadium at the last possible moment. Instead, Dantooine is destroyed and the scrappy band of rebels are sent scattering, while the Yankee battle station continues to spread terror throughout the Galaxy.
So we here in Minnesota will retreat back to our Ice Planet Hoth, in the meantime, and strike back next season.
