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Word: kashyyyk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...noises never before heard on earth. To find a voice for Chewbacca, reports TIME Correspondent James Willwerth, Burtt combined bears growling, a walrus grunting, a seal barking, a tiger roaring and a lizard-a big lizard-hissing. The result, as anybody who has ever traveled to the planet Kashyyyk knows, is pure Wookie. For Darth Vader, Lucas wanted a sinister sound. Burtt put a tiny microphone inside a scuba tank regulator and found what Lucas wanted: the sound of labored, but mechanical breathing. "The biggest dilemma," he says, "is always to create a sound which sounds familiar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Empire Strikes Back! | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

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