The base sound of the lightsaber is an old projection motor Ben Burtt worked with as a projectionist. The "sparkling, scintillating" part was discovered by accident when he passed a microphone behind a television. Burtt's "natural sound" approach in Star Wars pioneered modern sound design

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Submitted July 09, 2016 at 04:23PM by sarahfranky http://ift.tt/29oCo18