A desperation motif was created by John Williams to accompany the 2017 movie Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi and its musical score. This leitmotif, which symbolizes the protagonists' hardships and feelings of desperation, lacks rhythmic stability. It evolves from the tension motif found in The Force Awakens, and subsequently, in The Rise of Skywalker, this desperation motif evolves further into the "Anthem of Evil." Interestingly, the aforementioned tension motif bears resemblance to the theme for the Grand Army of the Republic from the Attack of the Clones piece titled "The Arena."