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History of a Famous Star Wars Scream

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the at-least-he-doesn't-scream-carrie dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There is a very famous scream in Star Wars (Episode IV) that occurs when one of the stormtroopers falls into the Death Star chasm. No doubt all geeks are familiar with this scream, but may not know that it has been used in dozens of other movies and even has a name - "The Wilhelm". There is a fascinating interview (transcript and audio) from NPRs "On The Media" that discusses the now cult-like following and history of this scream."

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  1. Re:I saw a great video compilation of the Wilhelm. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://download.theforce.net/video/wilhelm_48mb.mo v

  2. Re:people keep mentioning doom.. by BiggerBoat · · Score: 5, Informative

    Most of those sounds are in Sound Ideas' "The General" 6000 series, copyright 1992.