It’s mid-July and I’m sitting in my living room, wondering what Ben Burtt, the sound designer behind some of the most beloved cultural artefacts of the 20th century, will think of the decor. Burtt was ...

So much goes into making the signature weapon of the "Star Wars" franchise, the lightsaber, special. The colorful blades, the wide variety of hilts, their unique appearances and functions — so many ...

There are so many moving parts to creating a film, many of them unglamorous unsung heroes. Ben Burtt is one of those heroes. Raging Cinema collected some of the most iconic sounds Burtt created for ...

Benjamin A. Burtt (born 1984), also known as Benny Burtt and Ben Burtt Jr., is an American sound editor for Skywalker Sound. The son of Ben Burtt, Benjamin A. Burtt, grew up in Northern California.