Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The veteran technician will be feted with the festival’s Vision Award Ticinomoda, the prize dedicated to creatives whose work has ...

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 ...

1977’s “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope” was one of the first films he worked on. It was Burtt who created the lightsaber’s famous hum, which he says came from a broken TV set and a film projector.

Audio-Technica‘s ATH-CKS50TW2 earbuds initially launched at CES 2025 in Black and Beige, now feature four new Star Wars-themed editions. These include R2-D2, Grogu, The Mandalorian, and Darth Vader ...

Lego Smart Play is extremely clever. On the face of it, the prospect of a Lego model being able to make sound effects as you play could sound pretty run-of-the-mill, but it’s how it makes those sounds ...

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 Locarno Film Festival will honor multiple Oscar winner Ben Burtt — the sound designer, editor and voice actor behind the ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Indiana Jones’ franchises — with its lifetime achievement ...