![]() That’s something that the experimental nature of George - I was always grateful for because he let us do it. “And it became something of a signature that we did in Star Wars and subsequent films that absence of sound and building that thing. The audio goes away for like a second.’ I’m like, ‘It’s okay. “So…the absence of sound really brought that moment together and made it very unique sounding to the point of even when we released the film, people thought - the QC department that goes through and everyone meticulously checks these movies before they go out to the public - thought there was an actual error in the film. So we’re just kind of picking through stuff and at one point the idea came through like, ‘Why don’t we just do nothing? Let’s have nothing be in that little thing.’” ![]() And Ben Burtt’s library, of course, you could imagine is hundreds and hundreds of sounds. We kept going over different things we could put for that little poof over and over. “There was kind of a little poof that happened first that got sucked back into the artillery then blew up again. That was just born out of - we were just trying to find a sound for the initial explosion.” So we had crazy things like in the speeder chase we had the sonic charges that everyone really loves. “In the sound world, George Lucas trusted Ben Burtt so much that we had carte blanche to kind of create this whole universe - audio-wise - in the films, however we wanted. While discussing behind the scenes details for the asteroid sequence of the film, Wood explained that reaching the final sound resulted from frustration during the editing process. Related: Star Wars Knows Jango Fett Was The Best Thing About Attack Of The Clonesĭuring the Attack of the Clones 20th anniversary panel at this year’s Star Wars Celebration, Wood shared the origin of the distinctive sound effect for Jango’s seismic charges. The sequence is regarded as one of the most exciting in the entirety of the film and prequel trilogy, with the unique sound of the charge’s detonation as a stand-out aspect from that sequence. In the preceding chase, Jango tries to lose Kenobi in an asteroid belt around the planet and uses a series of seismic charges in attempt to decimate the Jedi. Although the film was derided by many, Attack of the Clones received recognition for its technical achievements with an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects.Īttack of the Clones found Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) tracking the bounty hunter Jango Fett to the desert planet of Geonosis where he uncovers a secret Trade Federation factory used to build their droid army. The film was released in 2002 and received mixed to negative reviews from critics and audiences alike but was generally praised for being an exceptional display of sight and sound as it revolutionized digital film production. Sound editor Matthew Wood reveals the origin of Jango Fett’s (Temura Morrison) seismic charge sound effect in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.
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