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How Star Wars created the legendary lightsaber sound effect

So much goes into making the signature weapon of the "Star Wars" franchise, the lightsaber, special. The colorful blades, the wide variety of hilts, their unique appearances and functions — so many ...
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Hayden Christensen Couldn’t Stop Making Sound Effects While Filming STAR WARS Lightsaber Battles

Give an actor a lightsaber and apparently it becomes very difficult not to make the sound effects yourself. Hayden Christensen learned that firsthand while filming the Star Wars prequels, when his ent ...
CNET

Sabine Wren’s ‘Star Wars’ Lightsaber Comes to Life with LEDs, Sound Effects

Exclusive: After debuting in the Ahsoka series, the new green-bladed Force FX Elite Lightsaber will cost $279. As the new Ahsoka series continues on Disney Plus, Star Wars fans have been watching the ...
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Sound effects

The original recording for the scream heard across hundreds of movies, shows, and games has been found just as it hits its 70s. If I say “Bad Guy in Helmet from Star Wars” first you think of Darth ...
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‘Star Wars’ R2-D2, Darth Vader & Lightsaber Sound Designer Ben Burtt To Be Feted At Locarno

The Locarno Film Festival will pay tribute to award-winning Star Wars, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Indiana Jones sound engineer, editor and voice actor Ben Burtt at its upcoming 77th edition in ...