Matthew Wood

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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] Wood first voiced B1-series battle droids in Attack of the Clones.[4]

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 Star Wars Halloween Audiocast, the video game Star Wars: Battlefront II and the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. He also plays battle droids, Wat Tambor,[5] HELIOS-3D,[6] Senate Guards,[6] Commando droid,[6] and Poggle the Lesser[7] 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.[8] Wood also provided additional voices of death troopers and voice of Pao in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.[9] Wood, along with Ren Klyce, served as a sound editor for Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi, receiving another Oscar nomination.

Works

Sound Editing

Filmography

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Year Title Series Contribution Notes
2018 "The High Tower" Star Wars Resistance Security Droid #1, Security Droid #2 Voice[10]
2018 "The Children from Tehar" Star Wars Resistance Ello Asty Voice[11]
2018 "Signal from Sector Six" Star Wars Resistance Kowakians Voice[12]
2018 "The Platform Classic" Star Wars Resistance Guavians Voice[13]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 This Week in Star Wars logo This Week! in Star Wars LEGO Celebrates Life Day, Bounty Hunters #4 Preview, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
  2. ↑ StarWars.com Drawing from the Present: Familiar Creatures in a Galaxy Far, Far Away on StarWars.com (backup link) (original link is obsolete)
  3. ↑ StarWars.com Much to Learn You Still Have: 8 Things You Might Not Know About Geonosians on StarWars.com (backup link)
  4. ↑ SWYT-Logo Star Wars: Attack of the Clones 20th Anniversary Celebration | Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
  5. ↑ StarWars.com The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Storm Over Ryloth on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 StarWars.com The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Hostage Crisis on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
  7. ↑ StarWars.com Get Star Wars Autographs at Comic-Con on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)
  8. ↑ StarWars.com LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures Premieres June 20 on Disney XD on StarWars.com (backup link)
  9. ↑ Premium-Era-real Auditory 'Rogue One' Easter Eggs Revealed By Sound Editors Matthew Wood And Christopher Scarabosio by Sciretta, Peter on /Film (January 25, 2017) (backup link archived on January 29, 2025)
  10. ↑ SWResistanceLogo Star Wars Resistance — "The High Tower"
  11. ↑ SWResistanceLogo Star Wars Resistance — "The Children from Tehar"
  12. ↑ SWResistanceLogo Star Wars Resistance — "Signal from Sector Six"
  13. ↑ SWResistanceLogo Star Wars Resistance — "The Platform Classic"
  14. ↑ StarWars.com From "Blast That X-wing!" to "Traitor!": The Voices of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on StarWars.com (backup link)
  15. ↑ TwitterLogo Guillame Mroz (@guillaume_mroz) on Twitter (post): "Guillame Mroz: Matthew Woods : Masked Kylo Ren
    Roger Craig Smith: Unmasked Kylo Ren"     (backup link)

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