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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. 'geeks' ??? by Graspee_Leemoor · · Score: -1, Troll

    Slow news day? Everyone knows it was the Wilhelm scream- it's talked about all the time on StarWars.com and most geeks do know about it.

    Or were you using the word 'geek' in some new media sense that means 'cool hapenning person who knows a little bit more about some mainstream things than other people'?????

    Geeks are geeks, man! You wouldn't touch us with a barge pole! We smell! We have no friends! We know how to rewire and repair things that ordinary people can't even identify!

    And we know what a fucking Wilhelm scream is!

    graspee

  2. What you don't know by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is that is was spontaneously recorded - they brought the voice actor in and showed him a picture of a famous internet person and just, you know, recorded what happened.

    Now you know the REST of the story.

  3. Goofy by happy_place · · Score: 0, Troll

    Goofy (of Mickey Mouse fame) has a better scream...

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  4. Re:Can anyopne confirm these? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Slow down, take a deep breath, and try again. Try to use proper sentence structure so we know what the hell you're talking about, too.

  5. in the words of george lucas... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    you are a huge nerd.

  6. You're a Geek.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Her screams would be due to:

    A) Discovering your 60,000 piece lego collection.
    B) Catching a whiff of your B.O.
    C) Discovering your 60,000 piece pr0n collection.
    D) Anything but sex between you two.
    E) Her desire for the authorities to rescue her.