This's a Skywalker Sound sound effect that debuted in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). It is nearly considered as a stock sound effect.
Sound Effect Description
In reverse, this fire roar sound effect sounds like "ShhhhhhWAH!", but it usually sounds like "rrAAShh!".
Similar Variations
- Sound Ideas, WWII Explosion With Flare 10 - Single, World War II era explosion with flare-up (included)
- Sound Ideas, WWII Explosion With Flare & Fire - Single, World War II era explosion with flare-up and fire finish (included)
Used in
TV Series
- Love, Death & Robots
- Star Wars: Clone Wars
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Mostly heard fairly often in "A Friend in Need" and "The Unknown")
Movies
- 9 (2009)
- Allied (2016)
- Backdraft (1991) (reverse)
- Bumblebee (2018)
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
- Frequency (2000)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Hercules (1997)
- Howard the Duck (1986)
- How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
- The Incredibles (2004) (processed)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (debut, reverse)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- The Iron Giant (1999)
- Iron Monkey (1993) (2001 US Version)
- James and the Giant Peach (1996)
- Mimic 2 (2001)
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
- Planet Terror (2007)
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
- Robots (2005)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
- 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 VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- Super 8 (2011)
- Transformers One (2024)
- Twice Upon a Time (1983)
- Willow (1988)
Video Games
- Lego Star Wars: The Video Game
- Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
- Star Wars: Battlefront (2004 Video Game) (Heard when a haywire grenade sets off, dubbed as "exp_ord_haywireGrenade")
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
YouTube Videos
Image Gallery
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9 (2009) SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01
_SKYWALKER,_FIRE_-_FLAMES_QUICK_ROAR_BY_01.png "Backdraft (1991) SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01.png (1.02 MB)")
Backdraft (1991) SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01 (very low pitched)
_SKYWALKER,_FIRE_-_FLAMES_QUICK_ROAR_BY_01.png "Frequency (2000) SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01.png (262 KB)")
Frequency (2000) SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01
_SKYWALKER,_FIRE_-_FLAMES_QUICK_ROAR_BY_01.png "Howard the Duck (1986) SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01.png (1.32 MB)")
Howard the Duck (1986) SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01
The Incredibles (2004) SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01 (processed)
The Iron Giant (1999) SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01
_SKYWALKER,_FIRE_-_FLAMES_QUICK_ROAR_BY_01.png "Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2010) SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01.png (740 KB)")
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01
Robots (2005) SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01
Star Wars: Battlefront SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01
_SKYWALKER,_FIRE_-_FLAMES_QUICK_ROAR_BY_01.png "Willow (1988) SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01.png (594 KB)")
Willow (1988) SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY 01
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