Published 18:24 IST, February 5th 2020

'Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker' had a secret George Lucas cameo?

Recently in an interview, the sound designers for Star Wars IX, David Acord and Matt Wood, revealed that they had added a secret George Lucas cameo in the film.

Reported by: Siddharth Iyer
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Any fan of massively beloved Star Wars franchise would recognise its creator, George Lucas. George Lucas was man behind camera for first six episodic films of Star Wars saga, directing both prequels as well as original trilogy of films. However, once George Lucas sold film rights to Disney, he was more or less removed from creative process behind recent sequel trilogy of films. But if recent reports are to be believed, George Lucas might have made a small cameo in latest film in franchise, Star Wars: Episode IX –  Rise of Skywalker

George Lucas reportedly made a small cameo in latest Star Wars film

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In a recent interview with a news portal, Star Wars: Episode IX sound designers, David Acord and Matt Wood, revealed that y had included a 'special scream' in  Rise of Skywalker. However, duo did t reveal point at which scream can be heard. y also refused to specify whose scream it actually was, but many fans speculated that scream was actually a secret George Lucas cameo that was added into film.

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A famous sound clip of George Lucas screaming, which is often referred to as ' George', was previously featured in or Disney Star Wars films, including Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and  Last Jedi.  clip was first recorded in 1973 film, American Graffiti, which was also directed by Lucas. Wher ' George' made its way into  Rise of Skywalker remains to be confirmed, but many fans believe that it is  secret cameo that sound designers were talking about.

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Star Wars is stranger to iconic screams. One of most popular sound clips of all time is ' Wilhelm' scream, which was used by sound designer Ben Burtt in first Star Wars film. Since n, ' Wilhelm' has featured in several or massive franchises, such as  Indiana Jones films.

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18:24 IST, February 5th 2020