Ben Burtt

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Benjamin Ben Burtt Jr born July 12 1948 is an American sound designer for the films Star Wars 1977 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 ET the ExtraTerrestrial 1982 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 and WALLE 2008 He is also a film editor and director screenwriter and voice actor He is most notable for creating many of the iconic sound effects heard in the Star Wars film franchise including the voice of R2D2 the lightsaber hum and the heavybreathing sound of Darth Vader Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Burtt licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia