These're Skywalker Sound sound effects consisting of 2 medium explosions. They debuted in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and were recorded by either Ben Burtt and/or Randy Thom.
Similar Variations
- Sound Ideas, ROCKS, EARTHQUAKE - RUMBLE, CREAKS, CRASHES, TUMBLING, AVALANCHE (Included in various pitches)
Used In
TV Series
- 12 oz. Mouse (Heard once processed and very high-pitched in "Adrift".)
- Star Wars: Clone Wars
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Heard once in "Storm over Ryltoh" and "Children of the Force"; also, both takes heard in "Children of the Force" as a Mustafar facility's floor begins to split)
- Star Wars: Rebels (Used for the stomps of AT-AT walkers)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Movies
- Avalon (2001)
- The Avengers (2012)
- Cloverfield (2008)
- Doctor Strange (2016) (Heard once in reverse)
- F/X 2 (1991) (Includes and introduced the sound in various pitches / processing)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Hart's War (2002)
- Hellboy (2004)
- Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
- Hulk (2003)
- The Incredibles (2004)
- Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Pearl Harbor (2001) (Heard once in the Director's Cut only)
- Red Tails (2012)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (debut)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
- The Terminator (1984) (Audio Restoration and Re-Mixing)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye (1995) (Heard once in a high pitch)
- Volcano (1997)
TV Specials
- Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out (2012) (Used for the stomps of AT-AT walkers)
Video Games
- Secret Weapons Over Normandy
- Star Wars: Battlefront (2004) (Used for explosions, dubbed as "exp_ord_rocket_med02". Also heard in lower pitches for AT-RT, AT-TE, and AT-AT walkers)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) (Video Game) (used for AT footsteps, files "res_m11a_uta_order66_00144-00147")
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002) (Video Game)
Image Gallery
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12 oz. Mouse SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH (very high-pitched, processed)
The Avengers (2012) SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH
The Avengers (2012) SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH
The Incredibles (2004) SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH
Pearl Harbor SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH (Director's Cut only)
_SKYWALKER,_EXPLOSION_-_BIG_CRUNCH.png "Red Tails (2012) SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH.png (436 KB)")
Red Tails (2012) SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH
.png "Star Wars Clone Wars CHAPTER 5 SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH (low volume & pitch).png (622 KB)")
Star Wars: Clone Wars SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH (low volume & pitch)
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Star Wars: Clone Wars SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH (low volume)
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Star Wars: Clone Wars SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH (low volume)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH
Star Wars: The Clone Wars SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH
Star Wars: The Clone Wars SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH (debut)
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH
.png "Terminator 2 Judgement Day SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH (very high-pitched).png (1.11 MB)")
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH (very high-pitched)
Audio Samples