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 ...
Ben Burtt created the sound of my childhood. He gets that a lot. “Yeah, I hear that often,” says the legendary sound designer, creator of the lightsabre swish and Darth Vader’s electronic wheezing, ...
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 ...
The American Film Institute defines an iconic villain as a character whose wickedness of mind and will to power may still in the end mask a tragic side. (Soundbite of movie, "Star Wars") Mr. JAMES ...
Darth Vader’s respirator will change pace depending on if Vader is walking or sprinting on the battlefield. DICE’s Star Wars shooter continues to surprise its fans with hidden features that go ...
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 ...