Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to present: the Wilhelm Scream that started it all. Well, it's not the first use of the Wilhelm Scream (that's the Gary Cooper movie 'Distant Drums' from 1951, which I will cover at some point soon) but the Wilhelm used in Star Wars in 1977 is the first time Ben Burtt used the scream, essentially starting the trend amongst sound engineers to use the scream in their productions.
This clip is also interesting as it uses not only the famous 4th version of the scream, but also the 3rd version. I had missed this in previous viewings of the film as this use of the 3rd version is very subtle, so I must credit Steve Lee and his comprehensive Wilhelm list for identifying it.
The 3rd version is more of an 'ohww' as opposed to the 4th version being a 'AAOOOHHWW', and occurs about a second before the storm trooper falls off the ledge, just as Luke Skywalker's blast hits him.
This clip is also interesting as it uses not only the famous 4th version of the scream, but also the 3rd version. I had missed this in previous viewings of the film as this use of the 3rd version is very subtle, so I must credit Steve Lee and his comprehensive Wilhelm list for identifying it.
The 3rd version is more of an 'ohww' as opposed to the 4th version being a 'AAOOOHHWW', and occurs about a second before the storm trooper falls off the ledge, just as Luke Skywalker's blast hits him.
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