This is a Skywalker Sound sound effect, probably created by Ben Burtt. It would later be extensively used for EVE when she charges her gun in WALL-E (2008).
Used In
TV Shows
- Amphibia
- Big Hero 6: The Series
- Love, Death & Robots
- Pixar Popcorn
- Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
- Star Wars: Rebels
- Star Wars: Visions
Movies
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007)
- Armageddon (1998)
- Big Hero 6 (2014)
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Casper (1995)
- Cloverfield (2008)
- Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- Elio (2025)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
- Lilo & Stitch (2002)
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Mars Needs Moms (2011)
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
- Pitch Black (2000)
- Pixels (2015)
- Project Hail Mary (2026)
- Ready Player One (2018)
- Space Cowboys (2000)
- Star Trek (2009)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (debut)
- Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
- Tomorrowland (2015)
- Transformers (2007) (A slightly edited variant is used once sped-up in tempo for Barricade's headlights as they protrude out before he transforms in front of Sam.)
- Transformers One (2024)
- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
- WALL-E (2008)
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
Video Games
PC:
Roblox:
- Energy Science Station of Facility (Energy Reactor's sound)
PlayStation 4:
Xbox One:
Xbox Series X/S:
Image Gallery
_SKYWALKER,_AIRPLANE_-_INERTIA_STARTER-LIKE_WHINE_UP.jpg "Armageddon (1998) SKYWALKER, AIRPLANE - INERTIA STARTER-LIKE WHINE UP.jpg (94 KB)")
Armageddon (1998) SKYWALKER, SCI-FI - EVE'S GUN TELEMETRY
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) SKYWALKER, SCI-FI - EVE'S GUN TELEMETRY (debut)
Transformers (2007) SKYWALKER, SCI-FI - EVE'S GUN TELEMETRY (slightly edited, sped-up in tempo)
_SKYWALKER,_SCI-FI_-_EVE%27S_GUN_TELEMETRY.png "WALL-E (2008) SKYWALKER, SCI-FI - EVE'S GUN TELEMETRY.png (292 KB)")
WALL-E (2008) SKYWALKER, SCI-FI - EVE'S GUN TELEMETRY
Audio Samples