Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ben Burtt created the sound of my childhood. He gets that a lot. "Yeah, I hear that often," says the legendary sound designer, ...

Yes, that’s me breathing. It came about because the script described Darth Vader as having a respirator, some kind of breath mask with a life support system. That’s about as far as the description ...

Rafael Motamayor is an entertainment writer and critic for sites like Collider, Observer, Rotten Tomatoes, /Film, IGN, and more. He specializes in writing about horror and animation, and yearns for ...

How do you design a futuristic laser sword? Take a stick, rotoscope it, and then let a sound design genius work his magic. How The “Star Wars” Lightsaber Was Designed How do you design a futuristic ...

The sounds of Return of the Jedi, from Hutts to Rancor beasts to Ewoks, are explored in-depth in this fascinating new video. Few films in cinema history have as many instantly iconic sound effects as ...

Star Wars sound design pioneer and Lucasfilm royalty Ben Burtt confirmed that it’s his breathing we hear as Darth Vader. How many actors does it take to play Darth Vader? Well, there’s David Prowse, ...

How many actors does it take to play Darth Vader? Well, there’s David Prowse, the original physical Vader in the original trilogy. Then there’s James Earl Jones providing his iconic voice. In Revenge ...