Skywalker Sound, also known as Sprocket Systems, is a commercial audio post-production division based in the United States, headquartered at the Skywalker Ranch in Lucas Valley, near Nicasio, California. Originally founded by filmmaker George Lucas in 1975, the company became a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company in 2012 following Disney's acquisition of its parent entity, Lucasfilm. Operating with approximately 170 employees, it reported $64.3M in revenue as of 2025. The company specializes in audio design for movies, videos, and sound productions, maintaining a workforce of sound designers, foley artists, and re-recording mixers who have collectively earned numerous Academy Awards for technical excellence.
On June 3, 2026, Skywalker Sound meticulously recreated background noise for Leslie Iwerks' documentary 'Disneyland Handcrafted,' generating sounds from footsteps to tractor engines for rare archival footage that lacked original audio. On May 4, 2026, a report highlighted Skywalker Sound’s Leslie Ann Jones and Dann Thompson, who, at AES 2017, detailed their work for Sony Classics’ re-release of soundtracks from *Star Wars* Episodes I through VI, focusing on archiving the film series’ music. Earlier in 2026, a case study revealed Skywalker Sound's adoption of a high-performance distributed storage system to support a quick shift to hybrid work, maintaining cost-effective access to media production assets and scalability for new projects. In late 2025, the company celebrated Ben Burtt's 50 years of service; Burtt founded the company in 1975 as the one-man sound design team for *Star Wars: A New Hope* (1977), becoming the first at Lucasfilm to reach this half-century milestone.
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Skywalker Sound's revenues were less than $100M in 2025. All the revenue comes from audio production services.
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