This's a Skywalker Sound sound effect, probably designed by Gary Rydstrom.
Used in
TV Shows
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Heard once in "Downfall of a Droid" and "The Zilio Beast" when the proton bomb explodes)
- Star Wars: Rebels (Heard once in "In The Name of the Rebellions" Part 1)
Movies
- China: The Wild East (1994) (Used for a nuclear explosion)
- Hercules (1997)
- The Iron Giant (1999)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) (Accents some explosions, more or less small, on Mustafar)
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) (Used for the gate's explosion from the battering ram cannon)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (debut? Used for the Nuclear Nightmare)
Image Gallery
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - NEARBY HEAVY EXPLOSION
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - NEARBY HEAVY EXPLOSION
Audio Samples