George Lucas Had To Tell Liam Neeson And Ewan McGregor To Stop Making Lightsaber Sounds While Shooting ‘Star Wars’
etcanada.comMaking a “Star Wars” movie isn’t child’s play. Appearing this week on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, actor Liam Neeson recalled his experience filming “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace”. READ MORE: Disney To Produce Fewer Marvel, ‘Star Wars’ Projects, CEO Confirms In particular, he remembered director George Lucas having to tell him and co-star Ewan McGregor to stop making lightsaber sounds with their mouths while filming. “The first time we actually had to use the lightsaber to start a little fight… We both automatically [made the noises],” Neeson said. “George said, ‘Let’s cut there.
Boys, we can add that in later.’” Others have also had trouble on “Star Wars” sets with refraining from doing their own sound effects.
In the commentary track on the home video release of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”, director Rian Johnson said that actress Laura Dern would make “pew” noises when firing her blaster. “You can see Laura Dern say ‘pew’ when she fires the gun, which she could never not do every time she shot it,” he said.
Dern also talked about it herself on an episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”, telling the host, “I was back in my bedroom at eight years old.
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