Porgs are sped up chickens, and other ‘Star Wars’ sound design secrets

In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, all those wailing porg squeals are just chickens processed through what amounts to an Alvin and the Chipmunks filter.

A new ABC News documentary covering the sound design in The Last Jedi takes an up-close look at the efforts of the foley crew. They’re the reason that porgs, rolling droids like BB-8, or even something as simple as footsteps all sound like distinct, natural extensions of the images on screen.

There are several big spoilers in here, so don’t hit “play” until you’ve seen The Last Jedi. Read more…

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