ADRIAN — Play even just a few bars of the main theme from the movie “Star Wars,” and chances are that just about anyone hearing it will know what they’re listening to because John Williams’ music for that movie is one of the most iconic film scores there is.

But Williams also scored eight other movies in the “Star Wars” canon, and while some of that music has been played at previous Adrian Symphony Orchestra pops concerts, “there are some lesser-known things that we’ve been sitting on,” said ASO Music Director Bruce Anthony Kiesling.

And so, for this year’s edition of the ASO’s traditional February movie-music pops concert slot, the orchestra will pull out some of those other works — along with a healthy dose of “Star Wars” audience favorites.

The concert, which the ASO has titled “Star Wars: The Sequel,” is at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, at Adrian College’s Dawson Auditorium.

Tickets are $39/$33/$25 for adults, $37/$31/$25 for senior citizens, and $20/$17/$13 for students. They are available by calling 517-264-3121; online at adriansymphony.org; at the ASO office in Mahan Hall, Adrian College, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; or at the door beginning two hours prior to the concert.

The evening also features a “Star Wars” costume contest. Audience members are invited to dress as their favorite character and compete in the contest, with an audience vote determining the winner.

The concert features music spanning Williams’ “Star Wars” work, including some of the most familiar pieces such as that famous main theme, “Princess Leia’s Theme,” the “Imperial March,” “Yoda’s Theme,” and the tune played by the Cantina Band in the first movie, which Kiesling said audience members have specifically requested over time.

There’s also “Rey’s Theme” from “The Force Awakens,” the “Speeder Chase” from “The Rise of Skywalker,” and much more. The much-maligned JarJar Binks from “The Phantom Menace” even gets his moment, with the piece “Adventures of JarJar.”

“Sometimes unpopular characters have some really great music,” Kiesling said, laughing.

The concert ranges beyond “Star Wars” as well, with “Adventure on Earth” from “E.T.” and “The Adventures of Mutt” from “Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” also on the program to add some variety — “a palate-cleanser after all that ‘Star Wars’ music,” Kiesling termed it.

One of the stories told about “E.T.” is that Williams had trouble timing his music to fit the final chase scene, resulting in director Steven Spielberg’s stopping the projector and telling Williams to record the music as he wished and Spielberg would edit the movie to fit the music.

“It’s a really challenging section,” Kiesling said. “It’s a really great sequence with all sorts of emotions. There’s a little bit of everything. … I just think this is a really special sequence.” 

The ASO conceived the idea of a movie-themed pops concert, starting earlier in the evening and somewhat shorter in length than most of its other performances, a number of years ago for its February concert slot as a family-friendly way to reach out beyond the orchestra’s classical-music lovers, many of whom are out of town at this time of year.

And that concept has worked out very well, Kiesling said.

“This continues to be our bestseller year after year,” he said. “We’ve had tremendous success with the movie-music idea, and we’re thrilled that people get excited about this.”