2026-04-18-ben-burtt-wikipedia-1 Commentary

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url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Burtt#Career title: "Ben Burtt - Wikipedia" clipped: 2026-04-18 mode: selection

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1. Lightsaber and blaster sound origins

The lightsaber hum, for instance, was derived from a film projector idling combined with feedback from a broken television set, and the blaster effect started with the sound acquired from hitting a guy-wire on a radio tower with a hammer.

Placed in: Ben Burtt, as sound designer — intro paragraph What changed: Added specific examples of the "found sounds" technique (lightsaber = projector + TV, blaster = guy-wire).

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