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‘Star Wars’ R2-D2, Darth Vader & Lightsaber Sound Designer Ben Burtt To Be Feted At Locarno
‘Star Wars’ R2-D2, Darth Vader & Lightsaber Sound Designer Ben Burtt To Be Feted At Locarn
The veteran technician will be feted with the festival’s Vision Award Ticinomoda, the prize dedicated to creatives whose work has extended the horizons of cinema. Highlights of Burtt’s career include creating iconic Star Wars sounds such as R2-D2‘s beep, the swoosh of the lightsaber, Darth Vader’s heavy, mechanical breathing and Ewokese, the language spoken on the moon of Endor. More recently he created Behold, a non-linear film experience on movies and Outer Space that plays in a permanent gallery at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
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