Where Star Wars Got Its Pew-Pew [Video]

For anyone who’s ever taken the a stormtrooper’s laser blasts or the roar of the Millennium Falcon’s engine without any consideration, you need to watch this immediately.

Once you wade past the initial promo for The Sounds of Star Wars -a book that I’m sure is superb in its own right but isn’t the following in front of you-you get to the goods: an account from sound designer Ben Burtt of the way, and especially where, he created all of those glorious noises that make up the Star Wars universe. And then back to the book promo, which, again, fine.

It’s a tidy taste of aural history, the behind the curtain stuff that helps you appreciate what you notice on the screen the entire more. Now all I would like to understand is how they made Harrison Ford’s voice so damn rugged, and kept it that way. [ Buzzfeed ]

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