May the Fourth be with you in these 'Star Wars'-themed rock, hip-hop and pop songs

May the Fourth be with you — and also the music.

"Star Wars" fanatics ready to celebrate what's become known as Star Wars Day this coming Saturday no doubt are cueing up their movie score albums. But there are a lot of other songs, across multiple genres, with either intentional or indirect ties to the smash cinematic franchise. Here's a playlist for your May 4 observance:

21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin, 'Darth Vader'

This all-star hip-hop lineup closes their 2017 joint album on a tune that begins with otherworldly keyboard sounds and a sort of fugal hook — and ends in the line "All black like Darth Vader." Like the best descriptions of debauchery and self-destruction, the collective makes the Darth Vader life sound glorious and despairing.

Blink-182, 'A New Hope'

This barn-burner from the iconic punk band's 1997 record "Dude Ranch" is a love song for Leia, the muse Blink's Mark Hoppus would "do anything for," whether searching Endoor's moons or walking naked through Tatooine's deserts (to be fair, it didn't take much for Blink's members to shed their clothes early in their career).

Bonus points to the band for their "Leia ... laying there" wordplay and a number of other "Star Wars" references sprinkled throughout.

Miguel with Travis Scott, 'Sky Walker'

This smash from 2017's "War and Leisure" (to the tune of more than 581 million streams on Spotify alone) finds Miguel and Scott comparing themselves to everyone from Michael Jordan to Tom Cruise. But the song's title and intergalactic tie comes when the modern R&B great delivers the line "I'm Luke Skywalkin' on these haters."

Queens of the Stone Age, 'These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For'

The desert rockers added this late '90s instrumental — taking its title from a famous/infamous "Star Wars" line — to the 2011 reissue of their self-titled debut. Josh Homme and Co. build from a squalling, stutter-step intro to rip off three minutes, seven seconds of scuzzy, note-bending blues.

RJD2, 'Seven Light Years'

Look, the artist born Ramble Jon Krohn doesn't really delve into actual George Lucas-like songs. But his stage name alone makes him worth including and this slice of organ-soaked funk — appearing on 2004's "In Rare Form" — has an interstellar disposition.

Tenacious D, 'Deth Starr'

Perhaps the only band as epic as the "Star Wars" saga itself, Jack Black and Kyle Gass could rock any planet known or as-yet-undiscovered. This 2012 jam — equally influenced by Led Zeppelin and early '80s arena metal — doubles as a completely profane anthem and a blueprint for living at the end of the galaxy. "Deth Starr" arrives with lyrical references to evil alien squid, Uranus (yep) and apocalyptic sex.

John Williams, 'Duel of the Fates'

Of course, we have to nod to Maestro Williams here, who's won an Oscar and seven Grammys for his "Star Wars" scores. This dramatic anthem, from the score to 1999's "The Phantom Menace," features some of the great choral writing of Williams' illustrious career.

Aarik Danielsen is the features and culture editor for the Tribune. Contact him at adanielsen@columbiatribune.com or by calling 573-815-1731. He's on Twitter/X @aarikdanielsen.

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