Image Example of a Hyperdrive for the Sound.
Skywalker Hyperdrive Failure is a sound effect designed and created by Ben Burtt which debuted in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). It's the sound of an inertia starter on a 1928 U.S. Army biplane mixed with other sounds for the hyperdrive of the Millennium Falcon. The inertia sound is commonly used in Star Wars media for many cannons and guns in the series, namely those of the AT-AT Walkers.
Used In
TV Shows
- Amphibia (Briefly heard once in "All In" and twice in "The Hardest Thing" during the final battle scene.)
- Ben 10 (Heard once in "And Then There Were 10".)
- Family Guy (Heard once in "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side".)
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Heard once in "Hey, Water You Doing?".)
- Johnny Bravo (Heard once in "A Johnny Bravo Christmas"; used incorrectly on a jet as an audio gag.)
- M.O.D.O.K. (Heard once in "O, Were Blood Thicker Than Robot Juice!".)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Star Wars: Rebels
- Star Wars: Resistance
TV Specials
- A Johnny Bravo Christmas (2001) (Used incorrectly on a jet as an audio gag.)
- Madly Madagascar (2013) (Heard twice; used incorrectly on a car engine as an audio gag.)
Movies
- 9 (2009)
- 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) (Heard once in a low volume when Brian's Skyline starts shutting down after it gets shot at by an officer with a harpoon launcher.)
- The A-Team (2010)
- Agent Cody Banks (2003)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
- Barnyard (2006)
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
- Bee Movie (2007)
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
- The 'Burbs (1989)
- Daddy's Home 2 (2017)
- Despicable Me 4 (2024)
- Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
- Empire of the Sun (1987)
- The Fate of the Furious (2017) (Heard once when the plane that lands for Dom to board in Berlin slows down for him to drive his Challenger in.)
- Flushed Away (2006) (Heard when Rita pulls out the master cable.)
- Geostorm (2017)
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
- Gremlins (1984)
- Harry and the Hendersons (1987) (Heard often in a low volume.)
- Hop (2011)
- Hotel for Dogs (2009)
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
- Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (Heard subtly as Indy starts a biplane in escape.)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- The Island (2005)
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
- The Lego Movie (2014)
- The Little Prince (2015)
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
- The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
- Osmosis Jones (2001) (Heard when the dam broke down and the snot comes down like water.)
- Over the Hedge (2006)
- The Pacifier (2005)
- Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) (US Dub only.)
- RoboCop (1987)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (Debut)
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- Storks (2016)
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
- Titan A.E. (2000) (Modified version heard after a getaway ship crashes through a tight entrance.)
- We Were Soldiers (2002)
- Zootopia (2016)
Shorts
- Ice Age: Scrat Tales (Heard once in "Teeter Toddler".)
- Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension (1996)
- Runaway Brain (1995)
Video Games
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Xbox 360:
- Batman: Arkham City (Heard in a cutscene when Penguin destroys the iceberg pillar that Batman was standing on.)
- Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Xbox One:
Promos
YouTube Videos
Anime
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Audio Samples