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Matthew Russell Wood (born August 15, 1972) is currently the Supervising Sound Editor (2008) employed at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California.
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.
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[2] and the Star Wars: The Clone Wars televison series. He also plays battle droids, Wat Tambor[3], HELIOS-3D[4], Senate Guards[4], Commando droid[4] and Poggle the Lesser[5] 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.
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
Voice acting
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace - (Bib Fortuna, Ody Mandrell, voices of Battle droids)
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones - (Seboca, Magaloof, voices of battle droids)
- 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, voices of battle droids)
- 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)
- 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)[1]
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures - (R0-GR)
Bibliography
- The Art of Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Master Filmmaking Team Announced for Star Wars: Episode VII on StarWars.com (backup link (news/master-filmmaking-team-announced-for-star-wars.html) not verified!)- "Launch Pad" — Star Wars Insider 146
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens Receives 5 Oscar Nominations on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 From "Blast That X-Wing" to "Traitor": The Voices of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on www.starwars.com (January 25, 2016) (backup link not verified!)
- ↑ http://forums.starwars.com/thread.jspa?threadID=234624&start=30
- ↑
The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Storm Over Ryloth on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Hostage Crisis on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Get Star Wars Autographs at Comic-Con on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
External links
- Skywalker Sound
- Matthew Wood on Wikipedia
- Matthew Wood at the Internet Movie Database
- Official site
- "What's the situation, Captain?" — Matthew_Wood — Matthew Wood's StarWars.com Blog (backup link (matthewood/) not verified!)
- Episode II: Sound Search on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- 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)
