I had to fly all around the world to go get them all.
“It was wonderful to have all the actors come back and be able to revisit their characters.
“We got Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson and Sam Jackson,” says Wood. Burtt, now 71, remains at Skywalker Sound, pitching in for the climactic scene during which Rey looks out into a starfield and hears the voices of Star Wars‘ past.Įvery voice in this sequence, with the obvious exception of the late Alec Guinness, was newly recorded. We use some other animal screaming sounds - no animals were harmed during the recordings of that - and some other motor sounds we used to give it more power.”Īll sounds from the previous films are available in a “very sacred” restricted library from which the team found and reused archival elements. “In Rise of Skywalker, for the movement where Rey flips over Kylo’s TIE fighter and that whole approach, we use new elephant scream sounds. For example, Acord explains that Burtt’s TIE fighter audio incorporates an elephant scream and a race car on wet pavement. “That’s the trick, if you’re going to make a new TIE fighter sound, to examine Ben’s recipes for what a TIE fighter sound is and make that the thing, but with your own ingredients, to extend that metaphor.”Ĭreating the sounds of Star Wars involves a lot of imagination and experimentation. “It’s just trying to create that Ben Burtt sound, if that’s at all possible,” says supervising sound editor/designer Acord. So for The Rise of Skywalker, sound editing Oscar nominees David Acord and Matthew Wood of Skywalker Sound were conscientious about staying within the sonic world created by their predecessor. From the swoosh of a lightsaber to the beeps of R2-D2, the world of Star Wars is brought alive not just by groundbreaking special effects but also the innovative sounds that capture a galaxy far, far away - which started with the work four decades ago of legendary Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt.
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