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It\u2019s that time of year again: you might see \u201cMay the Fourth be with you\u201d puns on the news and across social media as fans celebrate \u2018Star Wars Day\u2019.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a day of celebration for fans of the franchise, but for Jedi enthusiasts this year, a bigger disturbance in the Force is the cancellation of the conventions, cinema screenings and special themed events that would normally mark the day. Much like Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi<\/em>, we are all going through a period of social distance and isolation<\/a> (minus the Porgs).<\/p>\n

For anybody making the best of it and putting together their Princess Leia or Boba Fett cosplay to celebrate at home, Dr Naomi Curati can help make sure your sound effects are authentic. She\u2019s the public engagement manager in the Mathematics of Waves and Materials research group within the Department of Mathematics<\/a>, and she\u2019s been making online resources for families who have found themselves suddenly home-schooling<\/a>. These are simple experiments exploring sound with objects people might already have at home \u2013 including using a slinky and a flowerpot to make the sound of the Star Wars blasters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In fact, this DIY approach is very close to how the real thing was done back when the original Trilogy was filmed. Dr Curati says: \u201cBen Burtt, who did the sound effects for Star Wars, did a similar thing \u2013 he hit the cable of a radio mast with a wrench. That works on the same principle as the slinky, where the vibrations that cause the sound do not all travel at the same speed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe higher frequency vibrations travel up the slinky faster than the lower frequency vibrations, so the high pitched sounds reach our ears a fraction of a second before the low, causing that familiar \u201cpew-pew\u201d noise. The addition of the flowerpot amplifies the sound so that we can hear the effect very clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n

May the Force be with you<\/h3>\n

\"Woman<\/p>\n

Dr Curati and a team from the Maths of Waves and Materials group<\/a> were set to take their sound-related activities to science fairs around the country this spring, but these events have been cancelled due to COVID-19. One of the most anticipated of these events was Bluedot Festival at Jodrell Bank<\/a>, which has now beenpostponed to 2021.<\/p>\n

At last year\u2019s festival<\/a>, astrophysicist Dr Eamonn Kerins donned a green lycra suit to become his alter-ego \u2018the Jodrell Bank alien\u2019 and wow 10,000+ festival-goers with his talk on the hunt for alien life on exoplanets<\/a> \u2013 planets that orbit stars other than the Sun. To date, 4,256 planets have been identified in over 3,000 of these distant solar systems \u2013 and it turns out that the iconic Star Wars image of Luke Skywalker watching a double sunset on his home planet of Tatooine isn\u2019t pure science fiction. Exoplanets have been found in circum-binary systems, orbiting two stars.<\/p>\n

Dr Kerins explains: “We know of around 24 circum-binary planetary systems. Maybe the nearest to Tatooine discovered so far is Kepler-47c. It’s part of a three-planet system orbiting two stars and is actually within the habitable zone of those stars. The stars orbit each other every 7.5 days and one of them is similar to our Sun, though the other is smaller and much dimmer.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, Kepler-47c is probably more like Jupiter than Earth, so the Force (of gravity) is too strong there, even for a Jedi Master.”<\/p>\n

The circle is now complete<\/h3>\n

\"Count<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a final little-known Manchester connection to the origin of Star Wars Day and it\u2019s in that \u2018May the Fourth be with you\u2019 pun. While the news stories that get trotted out each year usually reference a 1979 newspaper ad from the Conservative Party first using the phrase to celebrate Margaret Thatcher becoming Prime Minister, no actual source on this seems to exist \u2013 but the pun definitely appeared in a 1988 episode of the classic cartoon Count Duckula entitled \u201cThe Vampire Strikes Back<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

The beloved vampire-waterfowl crossover series was produced by animation studio Cosgrove Hall, based down the road in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, and named after founders Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall, who met at Manchester College of Art and Design (now part of MMU).<\/p>\n

So, whether you\u2019re celebrating Star Wars Day by making your own sci-fi sound effects, learning about real alien worlds, watching the just-released The Rise of Skywalker<\/em>, or ignoring the whole thing entirely, just remember: as with so many things, Manchester blazed the trail.<\/p>\n


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Images –<\/strong> RandomDrps<\/a>, Apionid<\/a>, FremantleMedia\/REX\/Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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