@alweyman
Depending on the type of rights the videos have, (if they have any) both videos have aspects that could be considered “legal” and not. After reviewing the creative commons license, I found a simple definition to be: “a simple, standardized way to give the public permission to share and use your creative work — on conditions of your choice.” Now, if Star Wars had a CC on their work and allowed for limited use such as music mashups and commericals, then this should not be a problem.
I am unaware of the exact status of the works, but I find it interesting that the ‘Essence of the Force” also decided to include a mountain dew ad. Depending on if they got permission, this provides the opportunity for a double copyright. However, if Star Wars and/or Mountain Dew had very strict copyrights laws then I doubt they could’ve gotten away with it. The techno song is a little bit different because it uses direct scenes from Star Wars. With proper citations I think that this could be allowed because the actual image isnt being distorted in any way, although the soundtrack and layout of the video is different and does not carry the “star wars” storyline. The Essence of the force video is almost an exact representation of the original and even includes the same intro and font and everything. The Essence of the force will most likely have greater copyright issues compared to the techno remix.