This squeaky cabinet door sounds so much like Chewbacca's plaintive wail that I'm left wondering if it isn't the source of the original foley effect.
Guys Cabinet Door Sounds Exactly like Chewbacca!
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11:55 pm Sat
Feb 21, 2009
Cabinet door's squeals are eerily Chewbaccaesque
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