The Sounds of Star Wars: How Ben Burtt Invented Alien Languages (Global Lens Ep. 2)

The Sounds of Star Wars: How Ben Burtt Invented Alien Languages (Global Lens Ep. 2)

Ineffable Films
Published on: 23/07/2026

Chewbacca came from a year of animal recordings. Huttese came from Quechua. How Ben Burtt built the voices of Star Wars out of real languages.

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