article_snippet.sent: The Dark Lords of the Sith's heavy-breathing sound was devised by American sound engineer Ben Burtt in the Seventies.
article_snippet.sent: The grisly sound of Vader's breathing is so iconic that The grisly sound of Vader's breathing even has a trademark - or, rather, a 'soundmark'.
article_snippet.sent: The grisly sound of Vader's breathing is so iconic that Lucasfilm even has a trademark - or, rather,
article_snippet.sent: a 'soundmark' Lucasfilm creator American sound engineer Ben Burtt in the Seventies says Its creator Ben Burtt makes Vader sound like a 'life support system', 'mechanical', and 'part robot' The firm's lawyers describe the sound as 'rhythmic mechanical human breathing created by breathing through a scuba tank regulator.'
article_snippet.sent: An interview with the sound's designer, Burtt, from the Lucasfilm archives, shows Vader describing the process.
article_snippet.sent: Vader says that what started out as a very loud and noise-producing project which made Vader sound like a 'moving operating room' and 'queezing windmill', was eventually toned down to the 'life support system', 'mechanical', 'part robot' sound we know today.