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History of a Famous Star Wars Scream

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 23, 2003 @05:54AM 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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They use over and over... by 1_brown_mouse · 2003-12-23 05:57 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Kind of like the story about the wilhelm.

It keeps coming up over and over.

Like Taco Bell.
Re:Very famous indeed. by AntiOrganic · 2003-12-23 11:06 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Better than being the national hymen, I suppose.