This sound effect can be found on Soundstorm Sound Effects Library, which was made by SoundDogs. It was originally and exclusively a Skywalker Sound sound effect that debuted in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and was probably created by either Randy Thom or Ben Burtt.
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect[]
Similar Variations[]
- Anime Logo Sting Sound 3 (included)
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - FORCE LIGHTNING (included)
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - PULSE SHRIEK 01 (included in a low pitch.)
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - THE FORCE WHINE (included)
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 21 (Processed)
- WIND - BLAST, MODULATION & HOWL, WEATHER (included at the beginning.)
Used In[]
TV Shows[]
Movies[]
- Bolt (2008)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Space Cowboys (2000)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- 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: The Clone Wars (2008)
- The Terminator (1984) (Audio Restoration and Re-mixing)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Titan A.E. (2000)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
- Twice Upon a Time (1983)
- Volcano (1997) (Heard once mixed with SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED POW SOUND from an off-screen explosion.)
- War of the Worlds (2005)
Video Games[]
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002) (Video Game) (One spark used in a higher-pitched, dubbed as "sound307.wav" and "sound351.wav")
Image Gallery[]
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Mars Attacks! (1996) Sound Ideas, Electric - Sparks & Hum - C U - Series Of Amazingly Creaky Sparks And Reverberant Decay
Mars Attacks! (1996) SoundDogs, Electric - Sparks & Hum - C U - Series Of Amazingly Creaky Sparks And Reverberant Decay
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) SoundDogs, Electric - Sparks & Hum - C U - Series Of Amazingly Creaky Sparks And Reverberant Decay (slightly lower volume)
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Titan A.E. (2000) SoundDogs, Electric - Sparks & Hum - C U - Series Of Amazingly Creaky Sparks And Reverberant Decay
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Titan A.E. (2000) SoundDogs, Electric - Sparks & Hum - C U - Series Of Amazingly Creaky Sparks And Reverberant Decay (high-pitched)
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Titan A.E. (2000) SoundDogs, Electric - Sparks & Hum - C U - Series Of Amazingly Creaky Sparks And Reverberant Decay
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War of the Worlds (2005) SoundDogs, Electric - Sparks & Hum - C U - Series Of Amazingly Creaky Sparks And Reverberant Decay
Audio Samples[]
External Links[]
Ben Burtt discusses the sound of Force Lightning in "Return of the Jedi"