This's a Skywalker Sound sound effect. It debuted in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and was recorded by either Ben Burtt and/or Randy Thom.
Used in
TV Shows
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Heard once in "The Zilio Beast" in a +12 pitch as the proton bomb is released)
- Star Wars: Resistance (Heard twice in "Station Theta Black" in a low pitch)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Movies
- 9 (2009) (Processed into a very low pitch ala "The Incredibles")
- 102 Dalmatians (2000) (very high pitched)
- Cast Away (2000)
- Drive Angry (2011)
- The Eye (2008)
- The Five Heartbeats (1991) (Heard once as a truck hits Jimmy's car, along with Jimmy)
- Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
- Hoodwinked! (2005) (Heard twice near the end, in 2 high pitches)
- Howard the Duck (1986)
- The Incredibles (2004) (Processed into a very low pitch for the Omnidroid)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005) (Heard once in 2 different pitches and low volume)
- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
- Pearl Harbor (2001)
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) (low-pitch)
- Pitch Black (2000)
- Pixels (2015)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) (Heard once near the end)
- Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) (Used a number of times in the film, including the variant in Lorelei at normal volume)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (debut, low-pitched)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) (heard once in a low pitch)
- The Suicide Squad (2021)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (Used in various pitches)
- Twice Upon a Time (1983)
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
- The War of the Worlds (1953) (Heard once in the 2018 4K version in a low pitch.)
- Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (1997)
- Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure (1997)
Video Games
PC:
- Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (high-pitched)
Xbox:
- Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (high-pitched)
PlayStation 2:
- Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (high-pitched)
GameCube:
- Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (high-pitched)
Policy Trailers
Theme Parks
YouTube Videos
Anime
- Basquash!
- Corrector Yui
- FLCL
- Genji Tsūshin Agedama
- HeartCatch Pretty Cure
- Heybot!
- Hugtto! PreCure
- Jewelpet Twinkleâ
- Kamiwaza Wanda
- The King of Braves GaoGaiGar
- Macross 7
- Macross Frontier
- Magical Witch Punie-chan
- Slayers Try
- Tokyo Mew Mew
- Vandread
- Wedding Peach
Image Gallery
Audio Samples
Normal: File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL.ogg File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL (1).ogg Pitches: File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL (high-pitched variant 2).ogg File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL (high-pitched variant 4).ogg File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL (high-pitched variant 1).ogg File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL (high-pitched variant 3).ogg File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL (low-pitched variant 1).ogg File:SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL (low-pitched variant 2).ogg Other: "BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL" as heard with various other metallic sounds and foley in "The Five Heartbeats" (1991).