This is a Skywalker Sound sound effect. It was created by Ben Burtt, and debuted in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
Used In[]
TV Shows[]
- Codename: Kids Next Door (Heard once in "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S.")
- The Mandalorian
- Star Wars: Clone Wars
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Star Wars: Droids
Movies[]
- 9 (2009)
- Always (1989)
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007)
- The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
- Armageddon (1998)
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
- The Avengers (2012)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Backdraft (1991)
- Bad Boys II (2003)
- Beowulf (2007)
- Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
- Captain Marvel (2019)
- Cars (2006)
- Cast Away (2000) (An edited variant of this sound or a nearly identical sound is heard once right as the camera whip pans over to the FedEx container right before it starts sliding backwards.)
- Cloverfield (2008)
- Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation Z.E.R.O. (2006)
- Con Air (1997)
- Coraline (2009)
- Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
- Dante's Peak (1997) (A slightly slowed down in tempo variant is heard once when a section of the highway collapses during the earthquake.)
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- Despicable Me (2010)
- Dinosaur (2000)
- Drive Angry (2011)
- Finding Nemo (2003)
- Frequency (2000)
- G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
- Godzilla (1998)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Guardians of the Lost Code (2010)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- Hercules (1997)
- Hulk (2003)
- The Incredibles (2004)
- Incredibles 2 (2018)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
- The Iron Giant (1999)
- Iron Man (2008)
- The Island (2005) (A heavily edited/modified variant of this sound or a near identical sound is heard once slightly slowed down in tempo when the semi-truck hits the highway barrier after its tires had been shot by a gunner onboard a jet bike during the highway chase sequence.)
- James and the Giant Peach (1996)
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
- Jurassic Park 3 (2001)
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- A Minecraft Movie (2025)
- Minions (2015)
- Mission: Impossible (1996)
- Mission: Impossible II (2000)
- Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
- Monster House (2006)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) (Used for the stomping pistons on the garbage chute's conveyor belt.)
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
- Moonfall (2022)
- Pearl Harbor (2001)
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- Pixels (2015)
- The Polar Express (2004) (Heard once slowed down in tempo right as the ice cracks underneath the coaches when the Hero Boy and the Hero Girl grab her ticket and before they yell "Oh no!".)
- Poseidon (2006)
- Quest for Camelot (1998)
- Red Tails (2012)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
- Shrek 2 (2004)
- Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
- Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
- Spies in Disguise (2019)
- Starship Troopers (1997)
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (debut)
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- The Terminator (1984) (Audio Restoration and Re-Mixing)
- Thor (2011)
- Titan A.E. (2000)
- Titanic (1997)
- True Romance (1993)
- Twice Upon a Time (1983)
- Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
- Volcano (1997)
- War of the Worlds (2005)
- Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
Shorts[]
Video Games[]
- The Curse of Monkey Island
- Lego Batman: The Videogame
- Star Wars: Battlefront (2004 Video Game)
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
Image Gallery[]
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Audio Samples[]