Post by shinnickneth on Dec 29, 2019 10:55:53 GMT
Burtt notably created the sound of Darth Vader breathing with a scuba mask; blaster shots by hitting metallic wire with a hammer; Chewbacca's Wookiee language from snippets of several real animals; and the lightsaber hum from recordings of film projectors mixed with a crackle created when he brought a live microphone too close to a TV set. The popular droid R2-D2 also uses Burtt's actual voice, mixed with synthesizers, to bleep and bloop in a computer language.
Yet he wasn't involved in 2016's "Rogue One" or Rian Johnson's "The Last Jedi," released in December -- and still doesn't know why.
"I don't know if there's bad blood," he told Vanity Fair magazine recently. "I was just never consulted or hired to do any of them. No one's ever told me why. No, I was told--on the new regime, I was just told, 'Just stay in your room and make sounds and just send stuff to us. We'll decide what to do.'"
Burtt also worked as an editor and second-unit director in addition to the sound department for George Lucas' prequels, so the "new regime" -- which began with "The Force Awakens" -- was a demotion. He also said being forced to go through more people to discuss ideas would "doom the whole process."
"It wasn't always easy working with George, but at least it was one voice. And you could get his attention and have your say and present something and get a yes or a no. But it was just one person you had to get past. Not banks of different people who want to have a say," he told Vanity Fair.