Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

May 25, 1983 (United States)

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi is a movie released in 1983. It was the third Star Wars movie.

Sound Effects Used

• BEN BURTT PUNCHING SOUNDS
• DARTH VADER BREATHING
• George Lucas Astromech Critical Yell
• H-B SCI FI - ROCKET BY, NOISY
• Hollywoodedge, Machine Gun Silence PE1103601
• Hollywoodedge, Thunder Rip Rumble PE1008603 (used for explosions and once for Force Lightning.)
• Hollywoodedge, Synth Gun Shot Ricoch PE206601/Sound Ideas, GUN, LASER - LASER GUN: SINGLE SHOT 01
• REN HÖEK SCREAM
• SKYWALKER, ALARM - IMPERIAL SIREN
• SKYWALKER, ANIMAL, ALIEN - WOOKIEE CALL 01
• SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 04
• SKYWALKER, BULLET - DESCENDING DOUBLE RICOCHET WHIZZING (debut)
• SKYWALKER, BULLET - HOTH BLASTER RICOCHET
• SKYWALKER, BULLET - RICOCHET WHIZZING BY 01
• SKYWALKER, BULLET - VARIOUS ARRAY OF RICOCHETS (debut)
• SKYWALKER, CRUNCH - CRUNCHING CHOKE (Heard once in a normal and high pitch as Han is released from carbon.)
• SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - THE FORCE WHINE
• SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - PULSE SHRIEK 01
• SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - PULSE SHRIEK 02 (debut)
• SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - SINGLE SPARK CHIRP 01 (debut)
• SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - SINGLE SPARK CHIRP 02
• SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 01 (Many variants of this were used in addition)
• SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 02
• SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 03
• SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 05
• SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 07
• SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 12
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - AT-AT STOMP
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - CRACKLING EXPLOSION, MEDIUM 01 (debut)
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - EXPLOSIVE RICOCHET, HIGH RICCO, EXPLOSION ACCENT (debut)
• SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - THERMAL DETONATOR: CHARGE 02 (debut)
• SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 02
• SKYWALKER GLASS, SMASH - LARGE WINDOW CRASH 02
• SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED POW SOUND
• SKYWALKER, HUMAN - YELL, LONG, MALE 01 (debut)
• SKYWALKER, HUMAN - YELL, SHORT, MALE 01 (debut)
• SKYWALKER LASER BLAST SOUND (debut) (Part of a SFX cluster commonly used by most Skywalker sound creatives; used for explosions and beaming into hyperspace.)
• SKYWALKER LIGHTSABER SOUND
• SKYWALKER, METAL - BIG CLANK WITH SQUEAL
• SKYWALKER, METAL - HIGH-PITCHED TWANGY RING (debut)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - LID CLANKING (debut)
• SKYWALKER, METAL - LIGHT CRACKLE AND SQUEAK
• SKYWALKER, METAL - PROTOCOL DROID MOVING
• SKYWALKER, METAL - WEIRD CLANK
• SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - CHEWIE'S BOWCASTER GUN
• SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - ION CANNON GUN
• SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - TIE FIGHTER GUN
• SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - X-WING FIGHTER GUN
• SKYWALKER, SPACECRAFT - TIE FIGHTER ROAR BY 01
• SKYWALKER WHISTLING RICOCHET, EXPLOSION ACCENT
• SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - FIREWORK WHISTLE (debut; used for Boba Fett's jetpack and some fireworks)
• SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - SMALL FIREWORK WHISTLE (debut; used for the Skiff as it flies away from Jabba's place exploding)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - ARTILLERY FALL 01
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - INDY'S WHIP CRACKS
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SINGLE SWISH (reverse)
• SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SYNTHESIZED JET FLY BY
• SKYWALKER, WIND - HEAVY WIND WHISTLING
• SKYWALKER, WIND - REACTOR SHAFT EXPLOSION, WIND, WEATHER
• SoundDogs, Guns Military, Battles - Grenade Launcher Sweetner; Synthy Zap Followed By Wavy Trail - Off. From
• Sound Ideas, COUPLING - FREIGHT CARS COUPLING IMPACT, TRAIN (various pitches/processed.)
• Sound Ideas, Electric - Sparks & Hum - C U - Series Of Amazingly Creaky Sparks And Reverberant Decay
• Sound Ideas, ELEPHANT - VARIOUS SNORTS, GROWLS, TRUMPETS, ANIMAL (Used for the Rancor.)
• Sound Ideas, Explosions - Incoming Artillery - C U - Very Good, Explosions With Incoming Whoosh Of Shell, Large Concussive Whumps From Explosion, Some Whistles An
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - SMACK
• Sound Ideas, MOTOR, AIR - COMPRESSED AIR DIESEL STARTER (higher-pitched)
• Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 04 (Heard briefly / low volume)
• Sound Ideas, SPACE, WHOOSH - FAST WHOOSH BY, SCI FI 09
• Sound Ideas, WIND - BLAST, MODULATION & HOWL, WEATHER (Only the first half of the sound is heard)
• Sound Ideas, WIND - DESERT WIND, LONELY, HAUNTING, OMINOUS, WEATHER
• Sound Ideas, WIND - WIND MACHINE: CLEAN, ARTIFICIAL BREATHY WHISTLES (Debut)
• TARZAN YELL
• WB BOULDER CRACK
• WILHELM SCREAM (4th scream; an Imperial officer played by Ben Burtt also imitates this when Han knocks him over)

Other Audio Used

• 20th Century Fox Fanfare (1980 John Williams Version)

Image Gallery

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)/Image Gallery

Audio Samples

The reversed variant of SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SINGLE SWISH as heard in the movie.