SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE

This is a Skywalker Sound sound effect. It debuted in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) for fireworks and Boba Fett's jetpack.

A number of variants exist of this sound, processed into various pitches.

Similar Variations

• SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - CARTOON FALL WHISTLE (nearly identical or may be the same as this, but the audio sample for that page/sound is slightly different than this)

Used in

TV Shows

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Used occasionally for rockets of R2-D2 and Mandolorians)
• Star Wars: Resistance (Heard once in normal and reverse in "Fuel for the Fire")
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Movies

• Armageddon (1998)
• The BFG (2016)
• A Bug's Life (1998) (Used for some of the raindrops falling.)
• The Croods (2013) (some of its variants are used.)
• Despicable Me 2 (2013) (Heard once in a different pitch.)
• Despicable Me 3 (2017) (Heard once when Fritz is still holding onto Gru's rocket and still flies around before it explodes in the ground after Hollywoodedge, Bottle Rocket 2 Picco PE098501.)
• Fantastic Four (2005)
• Galaxy Quest (1999) (very high pitched)
• The Great Wall (2016)
• Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992) (Heard only the first time a tranquilizer cartridge is fired at Adam.)
• Monkeybone (2001) (Heard once after the line "That old fart?".)
• Monsters, Inc. (2001) (Can be Heard in a very high pitch.)
• Next Gen (2018)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) (An elongated, lower-pitched edit is used for the firework that the monkey launches.)
• The Polar Express (2004) (A reversed, extended and edited variant is heard once when the capsule car the kids use increases in speed as it flies through the pneumatic tube system.) (needs clarification)
• Ready Player One (2018)
• Red Tails (2012) (Used in various pitches for bombshells falling.)
• A River Runs Through It (1992) (Various pitched edits.)
• Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) (debut; used for Boba Fett's jetpack and some fireworks.)
• Toy Story (1995) (Heard once in reverse before "The Big One" explodes.)
• Toy Story 2 (1999) (Used for Buzz Lightyear's jetpack.)
• War Horse (2011)
• Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye (1995)
• Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen (1995)
• Young Indiana Jones and the Trenches of Hell (1997)
• Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life (1999)

Shorts

• Megamind: The Button of Doom (2011) (Shorts)

Video Games

PC:

• Disney's Activity Center: Toy Story (reverse)
• Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Xbox 360:

• Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Xbox One:

• Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens

PlayStation 3:

• Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens

PlayStation 4:

• Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens

PlayStation Vita:

• Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Wii U:

• Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens

YouTube Videos

• WhitneyGoLucky

Image Gallery

A Bug's Life (1998) SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE

Galaxy Quest (1999) SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE (very high pitched)

Galaxy Quest (1999) SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE (very high pitched)

The Great Wall (2016) SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE (Elongated; lower pitched)

The Polar Express (2004) SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE (Reversed, extended; edited) (needs clarification)

Project A-ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group (1987) SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE

Red Tails (2012) SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE (repetitive)

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE (Debut)

Toy Story (1995) SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE (reversed)

Toy Story 2 (1999) SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE

Toy Story 2 (1999) SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE

Audio Samples