Star Wars
Since no single book contains all the standard piano arrangements of any of the three Star Wars trilogies, this page lists the availability of each piece in the various folios and anthologies.
The first John Williams folio, Star Wars (1977), contained only two piano arrangements and two sketch scores. Several other arrangements appeared in other folios over the following four decades, only one of which ("Ben's Death / TIE Fighter Attack") is not reprinted in the latest Piano Anthology (2023).
No new arrangement has supplemented the four themes published in the original folio of The Empire Strikes Back (1980). They are all available in the latest Piano Anthology.
The folio for Return of the Jedi (1983) was the most generous publication until the sequel trilogy. Three further arrangements were published in 1997. However, most of these pieces have not been reissued since the 1990s. The latest Piano Anthology includes only four of them.
No new arrangements were introduced after the original folio publications of the prequel and sequel trilogies. With the exception of "Jar Jar's Introduction", the prequel trilogy arrangements are all reprinted in the latest Piano Anthology, but most of the sequel trilogy arrangements have not been reissued.
List of 14 folios and 5 anthologies featuring standard arrangements of pieces from John Williams' Star Wars scores:
IV: Star Wars (1977)
V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
SWS: The Star Wars Saga (1980)
VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
MSW: Music from the Star Wars Saga (1983)
1983: The John Williams Songbook
1989: John Williams: Fanfares and Themes
1991: John Williams Anthology (Revised & Updated) [same content as the 1987 edition minus "Lapti Nek"]
SWT: Music from the Star Wars Trilogy (1997)
I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
2000: John Williams: Greatest Hits 1969-1999
II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
MJ: Star Wars: A Musical Journey (2007)
VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
2017: The John Williams Piano Anthology
VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
PA: Star Wars: The Piano Anthology (2023)
The first compilation of Star Wars piano arrangements appeared soon after The Empire Strikes Back (1980). It included the entire content of the first two folios with the addition of "Cantina Band" (previously available as a separate sheet music). More compilations were published following the completion of each trilogy (1983, 2007, 2023) as well as to mark the release of the Special Edition (1997).
In addition to the standard arrangements, two folios of professional piano arrangements by Tony Esposito (advanced level) and Phillip Keveren (intermediate level) are listed below.
Star Wars: Suite for Piano (Classic Film Scores Series)
1987, 41 pages of music (Warner Bros. Publications PF0353, No ISBN)
Reissued in 1997 (Warner Bros. Publications 00-0010B, ISBN 978-1-5762-3936-0)Â
Adapted and Arranged for Piano by Tony Esposito
Main Title (12 p.)
Princess Leia's Theme (4 p.)
Cantina Band (6 p.)
The Battle (13 p.)
The Throne Room and End Title (6 p.)
Star Wars
12 Classics from a Galaxy Far, Far Away... (The Phillip Keveren Series)
2017, 48 pages of music (Hal Leonard HL00210445, ISBN 978-1-4950-8352-5)
Arranged by Phillip Keveren
"A dozen Star Wars classics penned by John Williams and masterfully arranged here by Phillip Keveren for piano solo."
Across the Stars (4 p.)
Battle of the Heroes (5 p.)
The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) (3 p.)
Cantina Band (4 p.)
Duel of the Fates (4 p.)
Luke and Leia (6 p.)
March of the Resistance (5 p.)
Princess Leia's Theme (3 p.)
Rey's Theme (5 p.)
Star Wars (Main Theme) (3 p.)
The Throne Room and Finale (3 p.)
Yoda's Theme (3 p.)