Fans of the Star Wars franchise know the importance of Skywalker Sound. Thanks to ABC news, fans will get a behind the scenes look at Skywalker Sound. In the upcoming documentary The Force of Sound, ABC News pays a visit to the , Skywalker Ranch to talk to some of those who worked on The Last Jedi’s sound mixing and editing. ABC News’ Clayton Sandell stated,
“It’s been kind of a passion project for me, I love Star Wars, but I really love the behind-the-scenes aspect and talking to the creative people that make it all happen.”
During the documentary, writer-director Rian Johnson, along with supervising sound editor Matt Wood and sound designer Ren Klyce were interviewed. Sandell added,
“The Foley team shows us how they created the distinctive sounds for BB-8 [and] crystal foxes,” Sandell says, noting they used real animals for part of their work. “We go to record the Skywalker Ranch chickens, and watch how Ren shapes and processes those recordings into porgs (with the help of an intern and a turkey call).”
“Ren and Matt break down the various sound layers of a Canto Bight scene. And we show off the unique use of silence in certain scenes, like the Force connection moments and Holdo’s sacrifice,” says Sandell.
“It’s pretty geeky fun, and I think pretty different,” “I think you really get a feel for being at Skywalker Ranch and hearing from the folks who usually take a back seat to the glory-hogging visual effects punks at ILM. I’ve wanted to tell their story for about a year.”
Fans of the franchise are in for a treat for this upcoming documentary. The Force of Sound is now available on abcnews.com.
