This's a Star Wars/Skywalker Sound sound effect created by Ben Burtt and made its debut on Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). It kind of sounds like an echo variant of the Katyusha/Nebelwerfer Rocket Launcher sound effect, based on these actual Soviet rocket launchers used during World War II in the early 1940s. However, the author generated it by banging a rock on a small Californian radio tower that had a cable with a broken brace, then mixed the sample with other sounds.
Used In
TV Shows
- Family Guy
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- Muppet Babies (1984 TV Series) (Heard in "Noisy Neighbors".)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (CGI Animated Series)
- Star Wars: Droids
- Star Wars: Rebels
- Transformers (1984)
Movies
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Backdraft (1991)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
- Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
- 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)
- Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) (Debut)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Tango & Cash (1989)
- War of the Worlds (2005) (A condensed and muffled version of the sound effect is heard once.)
Shorts
Video Games
- Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Lego Star Wars: The Video Game
- Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
- Star Wars: Battlefront
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Star Wars Battlefront II (2017 Video Game)
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Image Gallery
_SKYWALKER,_SCI-FI_GUN_-_STAR_DESTROYER_TURBOLASER_GUN.png "Rogue One; A Star Wars Story (2016) SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - STAR DESTROYER TURBOLASER GUN.png (523 KB)")
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - STAR DESTROYER TURBOLASER GUN
_SKYWALKER,_SCI-FI_GUN_-_STAR_DESTROYER_TURBOLASER_GUN.png "Star Wars; Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - STAR DESTROYER TURBOLASER GUN.png (391 KB)")
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - STAR DESTROYER TURBOLASER GUN (Debut)
_SKYWALKER,_SCI-FI_GUN_-_STAR_DESTROYER_TURBOLASER_GUN_(1).png "Star Wars; Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - STAR DESTROYER TURBOLASER GUN (1).png (582 KB)")
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - STAR DESTROYER TURBOLASER GUN
_SKYWALKER,_SCI-FI_GUN_-_STAR_DESTROYER_TURBOLASER_GUN_(2).png "Star Wars; Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - STAR DESTROYER TURBOLASER GUN (2).png (556 KB)")
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - STAR DESTROYER TURBOLASER GUN
_SKYWALKER,_SCI-FI_GUN_-_STAR_DESTROYER_TURBOLASER_FIRE_(condensed).png "War of the Worlds (2005) SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - STAR DESTROYER TURBOLASER FIRE (condensed).png (911 KB)")
War of the Worlds (2005) SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - STAR DESTROYER TURBOLASER FIRE (heavily condensed and muffled)
Audio Samples