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The biggest Star Wars sound stories on A Sound Effect – including coverage of Andor Season 2 and Star Wars Outlaws.

Featured · Skywalker Sound

Andor Season 2 · Ep. 208

Diving Deeper into Andor S2’s Superb Sound: Building Sonic Intensity for Ep. 208 – with David Acord & Margit Pfeiffer

Skywalker Sound’s David Acord and Margit Pfeiffer break down the most emotionally devastating episode of Andor Season 2 – recording loop group in the fictional Ghor language, designing the Ghorman massacre, mixing the Cassian/Syril fight, and crafting new weapon sounds for the Ghor.

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Video · Andor Season 2

Behind the superb sound of Andor Season 2

David Acord & Margit Pfeiffer · Skywalker Sound

Sonic language, Dolby Atmos, dialogue supervision, and the collaborative process behind one of the darkest, most cinematic series in the Star Wars galaxy.

Star Wars Outlaws: Defining the sound of a ‘scoundrel adventure’

Massive Entertainment audio team

A ’70s tape-flavor aesthetic, analog over digital, field trips to Australia and Sweden, plus the spatial Snowdrop systems used to build Kay Vess’s world.

Achieving Awesome Sound for Ahsoka

Matt Wood & Bonnie Wild · Skywalker Sound

Lightsaber battles, droid vocal processing, the star map dome, and Shin’s Force choke in episode 4, “Fallen Jedi” – submitted for Emmy consideration.

Crafting the gritty sound of Star Wars: Visions – “The Pit”

David W. Collins & LeAndre Thomas

MPSE-nominated minimalist sound design, custom Foley by John Roesch, and ambience as storytelling – built around the allegory of oppression and hope.

The thrilling sound of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – inside Respawn

Respawn Entertainment audio team

Creature vocals, refined lightsabers, spatial implementation, and bespoke recording techniques – balancing Star Wars heritage with new sonic ground.

Behind the gritty sound of Andor Season 1

David Acord · Skywalker Sound

A war-movie aesthetic for Star Wars, the B2EMO droid, Imperial comms, and the meteor shower scene from the show’s tense, cinematic war-movie sound.

Films & series

The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka, Visions, and the original films – covered scene by scene.

Behind the great sound of The Mandalorian

Bonnie Wild

Cinematic scale on a TV budget, balancing classic Star Wars sounds with new creation, and mixing in a home theater environment.

The Mandalorian Season 2 – inside the sound work

Bonnie Wild & Dave Acord

Lightsabers, the beskar spear, seismic bombs, and creature vocals – plus a companion archive of Star Wars audio documentaries and interviews.

Foley sound for The Mandalorian

Blake Collins, CAS

CAS-winning Foley mixing on Star Wars’ first live-action series – career path, creative choices, and a video interview by production sound mixer Amanda Beggs.

The inspired sound of Star Wars: Visions

David Collins & Mac Smith

Adapting to wildly different international animation studios, studio-specific sonic visions, and creature vocalizations across the anthology.

The sound of Obi-Wan Kenobi

Bonnie Wild, Julian Howarth, Danielle Dupre

Re-recording, production sound, and a bonus interview with composer Natalie Holt on her score for the Disney+ series.

Behind the thrilling sound of Star Wars

Matthew Wood & David Acord

A wide-ranging conversation: audio restorations of the original films, the voice of Baby Yoda, Force lightning effects, and George Lucas’s audio philosophy.

Star Wars game audio

From Jedi: Fallen Order and Survivor to Outlaws and Battlefront – how leading studios shape the sound of Star Wars for play.

Shaping the satisfying sound of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Respawn Entertainment audio team

Legacy Star Wars sounds, BD-1, interactive combat audio, and a roster of new creature designs from the team behind the original Jedi adventure.

How Star Wars Battlefront II‘s stellar sound was made

DICE, Motive & Criterion Games

A three-pillar collaboration – Embrace, Extend, Enhance – covering Starfighter sound design, ambient design, and respect for the Star Wars sonic universe.

From Battlefield to Star Wars – Ben Minto, EA DICE

Ben Minto · Audio Director

13 years of game audio leadership, plus the direction behind Star Wars Battlefront II’s award-winning sound.

Video features & documentaries

Video interviews and behind-the-scenes documentaries from across the Star Wars universe.

Star Wars on the audio podcasts

From Audio Podcast Alliance partners – long-form audio conversations on the craft.

A different take on the lightsaber

A bonus look at how the original Star Wars lightsaber could have sounded – reimagined from scratch by Kevin Senzaki for Corridor Crew.

The classic lightsaber sound – reimagined

Kevin Senzaki

Flame whooshes, electric toothbrush on cello strings, layered flame and tonal design – what an alternative lightsaber sound could be.

Top sci-fi sound libraries on A Sound Effect

From the best-selling sci-fi libraries in the catalogue – covering futuristic weapons, spacecraft, robots, and energy sounds.

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