🌀 I’ve never been a sci-fi bloke. Never seen Star Wars—until recently.

A friend of mine, filmmaker Nick Lyon, told me most of the sound effects in the film came from the natural world. That stopped me.So I watched Star Wars IV. Still felt far-fetched—but the sound design? Now that was fascinating.Chewbacca made from walrus and bear sounds. TIE Fighters screaming like baby elephants. Donkeys, camels, sea lions, lions—woven into galactic mythology.Turns out even a galaxy far, far away needed help from Earth’s wild creatures.We borrow from the natural world to create our greatest stories.Maybe it’s time we returned the favour.