Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legendary sound designer Ben Burtt, the man behind R2-D2's beeps, the lightsaber swoosh and Wall-E's electronic warble, will be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The voice of "Wall-E," the lightsaber sounds from "Star Wars" and Darth Vader's breathing are just a fraction of what sound mixer, ...

Benjamin Burtt has a long history in film as a director, editor and screenwriter but he’s best known for the sounds he has created — the hum of the lightsabers in the first “Stars Wars” film, for ...

The Locarno Film Festival will pay tribute to award-winning Star Wars, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Indiana Jones sound engineer, editor and voice actor Ben Burtt at its upcoming 77th edition in ...

How many actors does it take to play Darth Vader? Well, there’s David Prowse, the original physical Vader in the original trilogy. Then there’s James Earl Jones providing his iconic voice. In Revenge ...

The four-time Oscar winner, creator of the iconic lightsaber swoosh and Darth Vader's mechanical breathing, will receive Locarno's Vision Award for "extending the horizons of cinema." By Scott ...

The voice of “Wall-E,” the lightsaber sounds from “Star Wars” and Darth Vader’s breathing are just a fraction of what sound mixer, designer and editor Ben Burtt has contributed to the world of cinema.