SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - LONG DESCENDING WHOOSH

This is a Skywalker Sound sound effect. It debuted in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).

Used in

TV Shows

• CatDog (Heard once in "Adventures in Greaser Sitting".)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (Heard once in "Tea at the Treedome" and "Squeaky Boots" and quadrice for Patrick Star as Elastic Waistband in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V".)
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (CGI Animated Series)
• Sylvanian Families (Normal and cut-short edits.)
• The Mandalorian
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Movies

• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) (Heard once when Gaetan Moliere flew his fish mobile after he says "I'm so excited".)
• A Bug's Life (1998) (Heard once when the rain first comes in, and before Flik shouts, "RAIN!".)
• Cloverfield (2008) (Heard once reversed and once normally.)
• Daylight (1996)
• Despicable Me (2010) (Heard once when Gru drives the Grumobile away after the flame burns the child's balloon.)
• Dinosaur (2000) (Used once in reverse for the meteor shower off-screen before Pilo asks "Aladar, where's Suri?".)
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) (Normal and cut-short edits.)
• Hercules (1997) (Heard once in reverse when one of the vases got exploded by a fireball after Hades threw it.)
• Interstellar (2014)
• The Iron Giant (1999) (Normal and distorted edits: heard once in a slightly lower volume when the Giant does a banzai and the missile is launching up to the sky.)
• The Island (2005)
• La Haine (1995)
• Lilo & Stitch (2002) (Heard once when Nani and Cobra Bubbles watches the rocket flew up before she says "C.I.A".)
• The Polar Express (2004) (An edited/processed variant that has been sped up is heard once when the star falls past the camera as it slowly falls it's way down to the square before the elves catch it.) (Needs clarification)
• Rango (2011) (A small portion of this sound or a near identical sound is heard twice.)
• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020) (Heard once when the rocket ship flies around in young Sandy's imagination.)
• 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 IV - A New Hope (1977) (debut)
• Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• 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)
• Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
• Titanic (1997) (Heard once when half of the Titanic breaks off and quickly sinks into the ocean; this sound is most audible in mono playback.)
• Toy Story (1995) (Heard once when Lenny saw Woody, Buzz and RC coming up fast with The Big One firework rocket blasts off with the binoculars view.)
• Toy Story 2 (1999) (Heard once in reverse when the Far East Airlines jet is lining up for the runway.)
• The Whole Nine Yards (2000) (I [SkillEDItS] think?)
• Volcano (1997) (Heard once in reverse when the ground is still shaking as the Bed Bath & Beyond letters fell and the Cal-State Rent-A-Fence sign started to fall.)
• Willow (1988)
• Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen (1995) (Normal and cut-short edits.)

Video Games

• Disney's Activity Center: Toy Story

Logos

• THX: Tex 3 Action (2006-2007) (Heard once when Tex falls off-screen before he lands into the piston.)

YouTube Videos

• Air Accidents: American Airlines Flight 587 (Heard once in a low volume in the cockpit.)
• American 587 (Queens Catastrophe) FSX (Heard once when the Japan Airlines airplane flies up.)
• American Airlines Flight 587 (FSX) (Heard cut-short twice in a low volume in the cockpit and heard twice in a low volume in the cockpit.)
• Ghibli Fan Productions
  • Timon and Pumbaa at the Movies (Heard in:)
    • "Episode 8: Ratatouille"
    • "Episode 39: Toy Story III: The Sunnyside Curse"
• Queens Catastrophe | American Airlines Flight 587 (Heard once when the Japan Airlines airplane takes off and flies up.)
• Queens Catastrophe: American 587 | FSX (Heard once in a low volume in the cockpit.)

Anime

• Castle in the Sky (1986) (Heard once when Captain Dola and her gang flew their flaptors out of their tiger moth off to Colonel Muska's airship and once when Dola and her gang get off of their flaptors and once when Dola's gang flew their flaptors off-screen and once when Captain Dola, her gang and Pazu flew their flaptors off to save Sheeta and once when Dola, her gang and Pazu flew their flaptors towards the sheep field and once when Captain Dola and her gang flew their flaptors out of their tiger moth before Laputa collapsed; this sound is most audible in mono playback.)

Image Gallery

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Audio Samples