Well I just read that the original sound was taken from the Hannah Barbara Sound Library. Also this means royalty payments for the use of that sound.

If this is the case that means that it was just a random sound effect from somewhere else used for the “Howling Moan” as the script put’s it. There is no mention of it being a “Krayat Dragon” apart from in a kids junior novel and the radio drama by Brian Daley (Which would reference George Lucus notes)

The script makes no mention of it being a Krayat dragon.

It seems the Later special editions try to reference the howling moan a bit closer mentioned in the script rather than an animal cry as the later versions sound more Human.

So what is it? Do I need to read the book or the script to understand what it is exactly even though there is a contradiction.

In all honesty I can imagine the original sound being changed to avoid the royalty payments though.

I think George should explain exactly what this scene is actually about too. Is it Ben putting an image in the Tuskan raiders heads with the force?

It is actually really hard to understand the exact intention of this howl and what if anything it represents.

I could easily opt for silence and the sight of the wandering wizard of which the sand people were aware of is enough to scare them. You then ask the question why are they scared of this old man? Rather than could it be that strange sound that scared them off?