Yes, that’s me breathing. It came about because the script described Darth Vader as having a respirator, some kind of breath mask with a life support system. That’s about as far as the description ...

Ben Burtt created the sound of my childhood. He gets that a lot. “Yeah, I hear that often,” says the legendary sound designer, creator of the lightsabre swish and Darth Vader’s electronic wheezing, ...

The American Film Institute defines an iconic villain as a character whose wickedness of mind and will to power may still in the end mask a tragic side. (Soundbite of movie, "Star Wars") Mr. JAMES ...

News headlines have been repeating themselves of late, and on about every level the news is bad. It’s as if Darth Vader’s musical theme is playing over and over in our sub conscience. (You know, the ...

Your reasons for listening to this from start to finish are all your own — we’re not here to judge. If you were thrilled by the aural roller coaster that was listening to the Enterprise idling for 24 ...

Our theory on The Roles of Hayden Christensen goes something like this: An angry, misunderstood boy-on-the-verge-of-manhood seeks respect and attention and has a fantastically affecting crying scene ...

How many actors does it take to play Darth Vader? Well, there’s David Prowse, the original physical Vader in the original trilogy. Then there’s James Earl Jones providing his iconic voice. In Revenge ...