The Imperial March was composed by John Williams for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 as the theme for Darth Vader, while Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up was released in 1987 and later became the centre of the rickroll prank, which spread online in the late 2000s as a bait-and-switch link joke. Combining the two creates an instantly recognisable mashup that plays on both fandoms, and versions of it now circulate widely on soundboards, TikTok and YouTube Shorts because the opening bars alone tell listeners exactly what joke is coming.
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The Imperial March mixed with Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up for a Star Wars rickroll. Use it to prank friends with a bait-and-switch meme moment.
The clip opens with the ominous brass fanfare of the Imperial March, instantly setting up a serious, cinematic Star Wars moment before it suddenly flips into the bright, unmistakable opening of Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up. The contrast between Darth Vader's dark, marching theme and Astley's cheerful 1980s pop vocals is the whole joke, turning tension into instant recognition and laughter. It sounds grand and playful at once, like a villain entrance interrupted by a karaoke classic, and it lands best when listeners expect something epic and get rickrolled instead.
