Matthew Russell Wood (born August 15, 1972[1]) is currently the Supervising Sound Editor (2008) employed at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California.
Biography[]
Matthew Wood worked on all three films of the prequel trilogy as supervising sound editor and also did an uncredited acting portion in The Phantom Menace as Bib Fortuna and the voice of Ody Mandrell. In Attack of the Clones he played Seboca and Magaloof.
The Geonosian language that was known as "Geonosian hive-mind" was created from three sounds recorded by Matthew Wood under the direction of Ben Burtt while in Australia. In the city of Melbourne, Wood recorded the mating cries of penguins at a reserve. In the city of Cairns, Wood recorded a group of fruit bats fighting over a banana. Wood also recorded the sounds of flying foxes. Burtt mixed all of these sounds and created the Geonosian language.[2][3]
As a voice actor, he is best known for his role as General Grievous in the film Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, the film's video game, the General Grievous Halloween audiocast, the video game Star Wars: Battlefront II and the Star Wars: The Clone Wars televison series. He also plays Battle droids, Wat Tambor,[4] HELIOS-3D,[5] Senate Guards,[5] Commando droid,[5] and Poggle the Lesser[6] in the series.
Lucasfilm announced on October 24, 2013 that Wood would serve as supervising sound editor on the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Wood received an Oscar nomination for his work. Matthew Wood served as the voice of the B1 battle droid Roger, one of the protagonists of the 2016 Disney XD television series LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures.[7] Wood also provided additional voices of death troopers and voice of Pao in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Wood, along with Ren Klyce, served as a sound editor for Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi, receiving another Oscar nomination.
Star Wars filmography[]
Sound Editing[]
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
- Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
Acting[]
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace - (Bib Fortuna, Ody Mandrell)
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones - (Seboca, Magaloof)
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (2004 DVD release) - (Rejoicing "Weesa Free!" Gungan)
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith - (General Grievous)
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (video game) - (General Grievous, voices of battle droids)
- General Grievous Halloween audiocast - (General Grievous)
- Star Wars: Battlefront II - (General Grievous)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series) - (General Grievous, Wat Tambor, Senate Guards, Commando droid, Poggle the Lesser, battle droids, Mandalorian)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes - (General Grievous (Nintendo version), voices of battle droids)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels - (General Grievous, voices of battle droids)
- Star Wars Rebels
- Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens - (First Order stormtrooper superior in Tuanul village ("Keep moving! Stay here!"), Niima Outpost scavenger who tells Finn "no water," voice of one of Unkar Plutt's thugs ("Mona Keeyana Droid Du Unkar Plutt"), Stormtrooper at Niima ("Call in the airstrike"), Guavian Death Gang formation vocals and screams, Quiggold, stormtrooper on Takodana who fires on Rey ("Blast 'em!"), stormtrooper that informs Kylo Ren ("We need more troops"), Ello Asty)[8]
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures - (R0-GR)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - (Additional Voices)
- Revenge of the Sith Read-Along Storybook and CD (General Grievous)
- Star Wars Battlefront II - (Battle droids, Kylo Ren (masked), General Grievous)[9]
- Star Wars: Forces of Destiny - (IG-88)
- Star Wars Resistance - (Security Droid #1, Security Droid #2, Ello Asty, B1, Super Battle Droids, Kylo Ren, Stormtrooper #1)
- The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (Kylo Ren, D-O)
- The Mandalorian (Bib Fortuna)
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Star Wars: The Bad Batch – "Aftermath" (Battle droids)
Star Wars: The Bad Batch – "Rampage" (Bib Fortuna and Zygerrian #1)
Star Wars: The Bad Batch – "Decommissioned" (Battle Droids, Factory Worker #1, PA Voice)
- Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge – Last Call (Mubo)
- The Book of Boba Fett (Bib Fortuna)
The Book of Boba Fett – "Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm" (Archival footage)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (B1 battle droids, B2 super battle droids, Grievous)
Sources[]
Episode II: Sound Search on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Ambush"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Rising Malevolence"
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Shadow of Malevolence"
Matthew Wood Gives Evil a Voice in The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
Say Wat? Matthew Wood Talks Tambor on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- The Art of Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Master Filmmaking Team Announced for Star Wars: Episode VII on StarWars.com (backup link)
"Launchpad" – Star Wars Insider 146
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Receives 5 Oscar Nominations on StarWars.com (backup link)
"Launchpad" – Star Wars Insider 165
Much to Learn You Still Have: 8 Things You Might Not Know About Geonosians on StarWars.com (backup link)
Grievous Comes to Battlefront II and the Latest on The Mandalorian on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
Matthew Wood on His Return as General Grievous in Battlefront II on StarWars.com (backup link)
"Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season Two Companion" – Star Wars Insider 202
"Rampage" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian: Making of the Season 2 Finale
Star Wars Celebration LIVE! - DAY 2 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones 20th Anniversary Celebration | Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
SWCA 2022: 8 Things We Learned from the Star Wars: Attack of the Clones 20th Anniversary Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
Star Wars Celebration LIVE! - DAY 3 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
SWCA 2022: 5 Highlights from ILMxLab's Making of Tales from the Galaxy's Edge Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
Go Beyond The Spires in Virtual Reality: Making of ILMxLab's Tales From The Galaxy's Edge SWCA 2022 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
SWCA 2022: 5 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets and Details of The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
LEGO Celebrates Life Day, Bounty Hunters #4 Preview, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
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Drawing from the Present: Familiar Creatures in a Galaxy Far, Far Away on StarWars.com (backup link)
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Much to Learn You Still Have: 8 Things You Might Not Know About Geonosians on StarWars.com (backup link)
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The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Storm Over Ryloth on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2
The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Hostage Crisis on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
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Get Star Wars Autographs at Comic-Con on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
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LEGO Star Wars: The Freemakers Adventures premieres June 20 on Disney XD on StarWars.com (backup link)
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From "Blast that X-Wing!" to "Traitor!": The voices of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on StarWars.com (backup link)
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Guillame Mroz (@guillaume_mroz) on Twitter. "Guillame Mroz: Matthew Woods : Masked Kylo Ren
Roger Craig Smith: Unmasked Kylo Ren" (backup link)
External links[]
What's the situation, Captain?, Matthew_Wood's StarWars.com Blog (content now obsolete; archived from the original)
- Official site
- Skywalker Sound profile
Matthew Wood on Wikipedia
Matthew Wood at the Internet Movie Database