the Imperial March

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Description	This is a brief clip of The Imperial March from Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, Finale (end credits).
Author or copyright owner	John Williams / London Symphony Orchestra
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Immediate source: 192 KHz / 32-bit FLAC of the original soundtrack
Date of publication	1980
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	The Imperial March
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	A small clip to illustrate one use of The Imperial March as heard in one of its original settings
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	The musical work is subject to copyright, so any freely produced version would still not be free, and be an unauthorized reproduction, depriving the reader of hearing an accurate representation of the work as its creators intended it to be heard
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	One file, of a length that would not be sufficient for reuse, for use with only one article, in a lossy quality level that does not lend itself to alteration without further degradation.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The segment is 30s (seconds) out of one track that is 6m 23s in length (the full soundtrack length is 1h 13m 22s) and is being uploaded in a lossy format.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of The Imperial March//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Imperial_March_(Star_Wars_-_The_Empire_Strikes_Back,_Finale).oggtrue

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:14, 19 June 2022		30 s (2.12 MB)	(talk \| )	tweaked slightly, moved the beginning forward by about a second, reduced fade in/out to 250ms
	05:33, 19 June 2022	No thumbnail	30 s (2.11 MB)	(talk \| )	Uploading a non-free file using File Upload Wizard

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The Imperial March

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Format	Bitrate	Download	Status	Encode time
MP3	222 kbps		Completed 02:07, 28 June 2022	2.0 s

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