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I am only citing sources, I cannot confirm their accuracy even though I tried a great deal as it's really hard to find any info or sources to back any of this up. Including Ben supposedly using the sound in Star Wars as where this is quoted on other sites seems to be exactly the same as the IMDB one, as if that is the original source. A possible source of the original arrow sound: A possible source (Ewok scene) of the original sound used in Return of the Jedi . There is a potential similar sound if you listen to the above original sound at higher speed (x 1.5), then some of the Ewok scenes at low speed (X 0.75). At the start of the arrow firing it has a similar resonance and sound, but is...
Full answer by James: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/86323 (CC BY-SA 3.0).
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