zombie84 said:
Brilliant sound designer though...
Yes, it's a shame that Burtt get remembered for screwing up the sound mix on the 2004 DVDs, instead of his inspired, and sometimes iconic, sound effects:
- the hum of the lightsabre, created by holding a microphone next to an old projector
- the noise of the TIE fighter engine, created by combining the roar of a charging elephant with tyre noise from a car on a wet road
- AT AT laser blasts, the sound of a mast cable stay being struck
- the droid army tanks in TPM, sound of an electric shaver in a metal mixing bowl
(these are just from memory - I haven't read the book, but you get the idea)