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This is a Skywalker Sound sound effect. It was created by Randy Thom, and debuted in Howard the Duck (1986).
Similar Variations
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - OMNIDROID LASER GUN, SCREAM-LIKE
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - LIGHTNING BOLT POWER 04
Used In
TV Shows
- Family Guy
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (CGI Animated Series)
- Star Wars: Droids (Heard once in “The Great Heep”.)
TV Specials
Movies
- 9 (2009)
- Abominable (2019)
- Ant-Man (2015)
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
- The Avengers (2012)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Bee Movie (2007)
- Bolt (2008) (Several varying pitches are heard during the introduction of the film's title.)
- Captain Marvel (2019)
- Cars (2006)
- The Croods (2013)
- Dante's Peak (1997) (Used once for sparks flying after Harry and Rachel make their way out of an alleyway during the earthquake.)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
- The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
- Enchanted (2007)
- Epic (2013)
- Extraction (2020) (Heard once from an explosion on a helicopter.)
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
- Free Birds (2013)
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) (Lower pitched variants are included.)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- Hellboy (2004)
- Hercules (1997) (Normal and lower pitches; used when Zeus throws some of his lightning bolts.)
- Hoodwinked! (2005)
- Howard the Duck (1986) (Debut)
- Hulk (2003)
- Ice Age (2002)
- Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) (Heard in varying pitches.)
- In Your Dreams (2025)
- The Incredibles (2004) (Heard in varying pitches.)
- The Iron Giant (1999)
- Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
- Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
- The Lion King (2019)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Mars Needs Moms (2011)
- Minions (2015)
- Moana (2016)
- Moana 2 (2024)
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
- Spies in Disguise (2019)
- Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
- 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)
- The Terminator (1984) (Audio Restoration and Re-Mixing)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Titan A.E. (2000) (Deeper pitched and slightly edited.)
- Tomorrowland (2015)
- Ultraman: Rising (2024)
- WALL-E (2008)
- War of the Worlds (2005)
- Wendell & Wild (2022)
- The Wild Robot (2024)
- Willow (1988)
- Zoom (2006)
Video Games
YouTube Videos
- Buttered Side Down (Can be heard several times in "Speed Challenge".)
Image Gallery
Audio Samples
(Deeper pitched variant.)