New exhibits pop up on Disney+ on a regular basis, but it surely’s rarer for one thing to point out up with little in the best way of fanfare, not to mention a brand new Star Wars sequence. But whereas Galaxy of Sounds won’t precisely be The Book of Boba Fett, it’s a stunning, bizarre little celebration of simply how cool Star Wars sounds. And stuffed with Skywalker-approved sand ASMR.

Released on the streamer at this time unannounced—sandwiched between final week’s Star Wars Visions and this week’s Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales—the eight-episode miniseries is much like the beforehand launched Biomes and Vehicle Flythrough sequence dropped on “May the Fourth this year.” With no dialogue, and made up of edited footage from the saga’s live-action tasks, the main focus is on, effectively, the sound. There are totally different “themes” for every episode—nebulous concepts like “wonder,” “excitement,” the sunshine aspect and the darkish, however truthfully except for “this one has more lightsaber noises instead of blaster noises” all of them sort of blur into each other, maybe deliberately.

What’s extra wondrous than thrilling concerning the sound of the Millennium Falcon flying in the direction of Maz’s Castle in The Force Awakens than Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighter undocking from its hyperspace ring in Attack of the Clones? “Connections” is perhaps essentially the most fascinatingly bizarre one in all all, because it’s basically the sound of varied Star Wars characters hugging or gesturing at one another, the dialogue and music tracks eliminated. Peculiar sure, however as odd as the thought of official Star Wars ASMR is, Galaxy of Sounds is an oddly-endearing celebration of Skywalker Sound, the best way all these little clicks, whistles, beeps, and blaster bolts all come collectively to create that ephemeral really feel of the galaxy far, far-off.

It’s Ben Burtt’s legacy writ giant, from the explosive crackle of a lightsaber’s ignition (and its unearthly hiss and hum because it burns within the air) to the primal gurgles and chirrups of all the things from Grogu to Porgs. There’s no John Williams to be discovered right here and but, nonetheless, there’s that latent buzz of listening to the very noise that makes Star Wars really feel the best way it does, sounds that, no matter how remoted in context they turn out to be, set off a recognition that makes them as very important to that Star Wars universe because the aesthetics, themes, and characters are.

Plus, some days you simply actually wish to hear the oddly satisfying bounce noise these big Gungan EMP balls make rolling about in The Phantom Menace. Good Star War, that. Star Wars: Galaxy of Sounds is now streaming on Disney+.

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