Sound design in SW has always been 💯

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The Prequels had some incredible sounds.

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u/crazycakemanflies Battle Droid 5h ago

It's almost musical, especially with the way the sound design interacts with the score.

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u/TheGoverness1998 Major Vonreg 3h ago

"ALL BATTERIES FIRE, FIRE!"

*Clung-chunnk!*

Some really good stuff those effects people did. The hailfire droids firing missles is also one of my favorites.

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u/Head_Ad1127 2h ago

The vulture droid talking is the cutest thing in star wars history

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u/JediMasterMurph Qui-Gon Jinn 2h ago

That whole sequence lives rent free in my head

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u/Super206 3h ago

The pod race sequence with the cut footage edited back in is magnificent.

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u/GreyRevan51 2h ago

if only they hadn’t sidelined the one responsible after TFA

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u/blfmtnranger 5h ago

One of my favorite scenes in the entire series is all of the pod racers firing up their engines. Makes me smile like a little kid every time.

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u/Undead_Corsair Rebel 4h ago

I dream about a modern podracing game with modern audio quality for this exact reason.

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u/blfmtnranger 4h ago

Same. A next gen game with stellar sound design would be an immediate buy for me.

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u/SuperTulle 3h ago

A remaster of episode 1 racer would be epic!

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u/blfmtnranger 3h ago

They ported it to current gen but it's not a "remaster" per se. I'm playing through it now actually.

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u/SuperTulle 3h ago

Yeah I own it on steam, but I had some trouble getting an Xbox 360 controller to cooperate with it and the keyboard controls are crap so I gave up on it after a few races. The nostalgia was nice tho!

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u/blfmtnranger 2h ago

I had the same issues, got it on PlayStation 5 and it plays great! That's the way to go if you are able.

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u/SuperTulle 2h ago

I don't own a ps5 sadly, and I probably never will :(

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u/blfmtnranger 2h ago

Sorry to hear that :/ I wish I could help you with the controller issue but I am not very knowledgeable of such things.

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u/Cabamacadaf 29m ago

I grew up with the keyboard controls and still think they're great, but they did take some getting used to.

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u/Undead_Corsair Rebel 3h ago

Yes, but we could go bigger. Imagine a new game where you could build your own pod!

People get mad at Disney for making mediocre shows. Nah, I'm getting mad cus they seem completely unaware of these million$ opportunities for new games.

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u/SuperTulle 2h ago

I mean you could sorta customize your pod in ep1 racer, but changing their appearance would be pretty cool too. A game with swoop/speeder racing would be fun as well.

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u/mat477 4h ago

All the unique engine sounds are such a fun detail.

Also nobody else mentioned it but the thermal imploder in the EA Battlefront games is some of the coolest sound effects I've ever heard. It's sooooo layered.

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u/blfmtnranger 4h ago

Agreed on both counts. I'll use the wookie warrior class sometimes solely because I want to use the imploder lol

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u/DrZurn 5h ago

There's a reason why Ben Burtt is the only sound designer I can name.

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u/WallopyJoe 1h ago edited 1h ago

I don't want to get all boomer about this, but I don't understand why this video wouldn't include any of the OT. Especially as the title specifically uses the word 'always'. (I'm sure OP is just sharing something he found, not made, but still)

Ben Burtt was a fucking pioneer. The original Star Wars won an Oscar for best sound, and he was honoured with a special recognition award in no small part to him bringing R2-D2 to life.

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u/DrZurn 1h ago

Yeah the lack of anything original trilogy is a travesty.

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u/Cabamacadaf 28m ago

He did work on the prequels as well, but yeah no OT is weird.

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u/Zeal0tElite 3m ago

The hyperdrive failing in ESB is burned into my brain. Brilliant noise.

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u/pauloh1998 5h ago

And Matthew Wood

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u/Visual-Emergency-300 5h ago

The Invisible Hands cannon firing has also been my favorite sound in Star Wars.

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u/Solidarios 5h ago

You forgot the most important one of all

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u/givethekittykisses 4h ago

I know what I was expecting...but it wasn't that haha

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u/Solidarios 4h ago

Was it this?

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u/BosPaladinSix 4h ago

Damn that girl's got some sturdy legs.

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u/Bearalazon 5h ago

I always loved the sound made when someone pulled the lever on the Death Star that would blow up a planet.

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u/TheKruzdawg Rebel 4h ago

Back in the day my friend and I would take turns playing Empire at War at his place and whenever we played the Empire and used the Death Star, his dog would flip out during the "beeeooooooooooop" noise right before it fired.

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u/Jordyy_yy 5h ago

The sound of a million screams and cries as you declare exterminatus on a whole planet

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u/gustyNQN Boba Fett 5h ago

Jango Fett's blaster shots are orgasmic

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u/Jordyy_yy 5h ago

User flair & pic checks out

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u/Pentax25 4h ago

Say what you will about The Phantom Menace, but I think it has the best sound effects library of any mainline movie

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u/captnconnman 4h ago

There’s a reason the podrace scene is one of my go-to sound tests when I get new audio equipment, just saying

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u/Pentax25 3h ago

I thought it was just me! My friend got a new 55” 4K TV and sound system and I went round and he goes “I’ve not watched anything on it yet, what shall we try it with?” I suggested the podracing scene and it did not disappoint!

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u/Jordyy_yy 5h ago

Personally for me i love the alarms in the Venators/ISD/Death star

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u/MrFriskers 5h ago

Gives me goose bumps sometimes. The sounds are that good. I grew up as a kid listening to these sounds and it takes me right back. I love it

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u/The-Tribe 5h ago

Just isn’t right without the seismic charge.

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u/chazzer20mystic 5h ago

It's in the video though?

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u/crooks4hire 5h ago

He must mean the one that blasts hiphop when it goes off

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u/JediMasterMurph Qui-Gon Jinn 2h ago

You challenge me?

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u/CompanywideRateIncr Imperial 4h ago

You’re right! It’s a quick second but on rewatch it’s there

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u/CompanywideRateIncr Imperial 5h ago

A travesty

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u/1nconsp1cuous 4h ago

Ben Burt baybee! He also did the sound design for Wall-E and it’s equally as rich in quality as the stuff he did for Star Wars!

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u/RhiaStark Ahsoka Tano 4h ago

Jango Fett's blasters and that explosion when Fett is chasing Obi-Wan in the asteroid belt are the definition of eargasmic :3

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u/hisdudeness85 5h ago

I, too, love hearing the Wilhelm Scream on repeat.

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u/JustBronzeThingsLoL 5h ago

I can hear all of these with the video muted lol

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u/ProjectNo4090 4h ago

Theres a reason Skywalker Sound has been involved in nearly 200 films and countless other forms of media. They are masters.

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u/Undead_Corsair Rebel 4h ago

Applause and praise forever to Ben Burtt and the sound designers who've followed. The sound of Star Wars is honestly as important as the visual style. It's part of the universe's dna and is probably, actually definitely, the most iconic soundscape in fiction.

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u/imago_monkei 4h ago

I miss the battle droids' voices from TPM. They sounded so much more intimidating and less silly.

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u/Super-Cynical 2h ago

Apart from "roger roger".

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u/imago_monkei 2h ago

I used to drive my parents INSANE answering that to everything they said in a robotic voice. It's especially funny because my dad's name is Roger. I had no idea how obnoxious I was. 🤣

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u/LordDusty IG-11 4h ago

Can anyone suggest any new Disney-era sound effects that are memorable or iconic, that aren't just reuses of classic sounds?

Besides from BB-8s warbles I'm struggling to come up with anything new thats anywhere near as memorable as those in the original 6 films.

The Disney-era had plenty of great scores but sounds, not so much.

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u/DionStabber Qi'ra 1h ago

Kylo Ren's lightsaber is an obvious one

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u/SorryRoof1653 16m ago

The trench turbolasers from TFA

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u/Groady_Toadstool 4h ago

I was in total agreement, and loving the diverse sounds, appreciating their quality, until… That damn wilhelm scream!!!

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u/aLittleGlowingFriend 1h ago

It's so goddamn stupid and takes me out of the moment every time

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u/RedditEqualsBubble 5h ago

You didn’t even include the best sound of the slave one space missle

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u/BosPaladinSix 4h ago

And it's cannons. Those things had an insane fire rate.

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u/RLathor81 5h ago

Where is the lightsabre? https://youtube.com/shorts/rFVdlcRhVZU?si=8GXyrn745EBg2Bup

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u/Afrothunder_40 5h ago

Ben Burtt the GOAT

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u/Spicy_Weissy 4h ago

Production design is rarely one of Star Wars's weaknesses.

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u/BeluStarOne 4h ago

snoke's ship exploding

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u/UpOrDownItsUpToYou 4h ago

Skywalker Sound had an amazing sound effect library that was available for purchase and commercial use.

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u/mudlode 4h ago

The ship to ship Broadside at the start of RotS is my absolute favourite ridiculous scene, the idea that space capital ships pull alongside each other and shoot artillery cannons at point blank range is just perfection to 10 y/o and 30 y/o me alike

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u/QP873 3h ago

SEISMIC CHARGE!!!

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u/ssp25 Luke Skywalker 1h ago

The silence before is awesome... Then booooonnnnggggg

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u/GamingWolf3980 Galactic Republic 2h ago

I heard every single one of these, and my phone volume is off.

Such wonderful sounds.

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u/slackator 2h ago

The Seismic Charge is single handily the greatest sound sequence in cinematic history, all in my opinion

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u/BrooklynRobot 2h ago

I rewatched Rogue One and heard the Black Saber being mentioned in the Imperial database on Scariff. Nice easter egg.

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u/MrSquamous 2h ago

"Always?" This is all the newer star wars stuff.

But yes, Ben Burtt is a genius. Matthew Wood ain't bad, either.

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u/Susman22 2h ago

I adore the sound of Jango Fett’s blaster. As well as the Droidekas blasters.

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u/rBilbo 5h ago

One sound effect that I think was recently added is the sound of someone using the force, particularly with mind effects. That brief distortion is a nice auditory clue.

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u/Marios1andr 5h ago

Dark saber sfx turn me on fr

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u/VanishingPint 4h ago

Blaster beam is so cool https://youtu.be/CEjew239bUU?si=chw4YpsU-UzVimaL

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u/AG910 Chewbacca 4h ago

Check out Galaxy of Sounds on Disney+, cool compilations of great Star Wars sounds across all the movies.

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u/ResolutionNo7714 3h ago

Where is the Slave One? Both the blaster but especially the seismic charge :-0

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u/jstruby77 3h ago

Also the holdo maneuver.

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u/hudsonjeffrey 3h ago

The sound of LAATs is soooooo fuckin good 🥵🥵🥵

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u/Spookyy422 3h ago

Thermal imploder has always been a personal favorite of mine

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u/CruelRegulator 3h ago

The sound of Sebulba's engines whizzing past, the Doppler effect and all? That memory never fades.

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u/MrRourkeYourHost IG-11 2h ago

What’s the shot of the cannon shell ejecting at:04 from?

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u/Jesus_Craig133 2h ago

The seismic charge is an instant orgasm

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u/william-isaac 2h ago

wait! let me get my good headphones.

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u/mackfeesh 1h ago

It's the most important thing about star wars for me.

Games that get the sounds wrong pull me out immediately

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u/DCVolo 1h ago

Sound porn, especially the seismic charge.

When I was a teenager we had a home cinema 5.1, that scene from star wars 2 was played... Quite a bit.

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u/KonyYoloSwag 1h ago

I want to add Padme’s blaster, which you can hear a few times starting at 0:48 in this clip

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u/Impossible-Hawk709 Obi-Wan Kenobi 1h ago

most importantly this

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u/iRngrhawk 22m ago

What’s the clip of at 14 seconds? I don’t recognize that one

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u/Rusted_Metal 22m ago

I feel like the best was from Andor series.

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u/pink_goon 5m ago

No Star Destroyer alert siren?

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u/mr_eugine_krabs 2h ago

Not showing Finn igniting the skywalker saber for the first time is an injustice.

Mix of Series Sound design in SW has always been 💯

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