David W. Collins

While working in 2006, Collins provided the vocalizations for stormtroopers in the form of death cries for the LucasArts video game titled LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy. At that time, the LucasArts sound department was responsible for all character vocalizations within their games. These sound effects were later archived within the LucasArts collection.

Collins is known for a number of Star Wars voice acting roles, including the voice of PROXY in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Darth Maul in Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron, General Grievous in Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron, and battle droids in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Battlefront II, Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron and Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron.

Collins has been a presenter at several Star Wars Celebrations, specifically IV, V, and VI. During Celebration VI in August of 2012, he received an honorary membership into the 501st Legion. Furthermore, he played the part of Han Solo in a live, radio drama-style performance of Star Wars: Smuggler's Gambit, which was created specifically for the event.

In the 2015 film Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, Collins voiced multiple characters, such as several stormtroopers, Resistance soldiers, and a Hangar Control Officer stationed on the Finalizer. He also contributed additional voices to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Collins served as the sound designer for the 2020 film The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special. To ensure authenticity, Collins utilized era-specific sounds whenever Rey Skywalker time travelled to a different trilogy era. For instance, the trench run scene incorporated sounds from A New Hope, scenes set on the planets Dagobah and Hoth featured sounds from The Empire Strikes Back, the podracing sequence on Tatooine included podracer sounds from The Phantom Menace, the scene on Exegol used lightning sounds from The Rise of Skywalker, and Din Djarin's blaster pistol sound from The Mandalorian was implemented for his cameo. Collins also located several vocal recordings of Chewbacca's family from The Star Wars Holiday Special within the Skywalker Sound Library. He then used these samples in the scene where Chewbacca's family appears on the Millennium Falcon. Furthermore, Collins discovered stormtrooper death screams in the old LucasArts archives, which he subsequently integrated into the scene depicting Rey and Darth Vader duel while traversing through portals with various troopers flying around.

Collins worked as a sound effects editor for The Book of Boba Fett series. For the premiere episode, he employed an ARP 2600 synthesizer to generate sounds for the RX-Series droid that functions as a card dealer.

In 2022, he made an appearance at Celebration Anaheim, where he moderated a panel dedicated to Star Wars: The Bad Batch on May 29.

• SDCC 2014: "The Heroes of Star Wars Rebels" Panel - Liveblog on StarWars.com (backup link)
• The Star Wars Show: Thrawn: Alliances Book Reveals, SDCC News, and Star Wars Voice Actor David W. Collins! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• 15 Easter Eggs to Find in the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds — " Beeps "
• Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds — " Connections " ·
• Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds — " Dark Side " ·
• Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds — " Excitement "
• Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds — " Light Side " ·
• Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds — " Oddities "
• Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds — " Wonder "
• Star Wars Celebration Anaheim Announces First Celebrity Guests on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Fall In with Star Wars: The Bad Batch at Star Wars Celebration on StarWars.com (backup link)
• SWCA 2022: 4 Things We Learned From the Attack of the Chords Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Go Beyond The Spires in Virtual Reality: Making of ILMxLab's Tales From The Galaxy's Edge SWCA 2022 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• SWCA 2022: 6 Highlights from the Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2 Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
• The Book of Boba Fett, Star Wars: Visions Receive Emmy Award Nominations on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Saga Chronicles: Skywalker Sound's Danielle Dupre and Jon Borland on their Obi-Wan Kenobi Journey on StarWars.com (backup link)
• " Launchpad " — Star Wars Insider 213
• The Mandalorian Season 3 Launch Event on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• " Launchpad " — Star Wars Insider 217
• Lucasfilm and Star Wars Receive a Combined 23 Emmy Nominations on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Ahsoka — " Part One: Master and Apprentice "
• "Shadows of Tantiss" Episode Guide | Star Wars The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | Sound Designer David W. Collins - Star Tours | Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | Creating Bunky Dunko | Star Wars on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• The Strange and Familiar Sounds of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew on StarWars.com (backup link)
• The Secrets of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew's Monkey Island-Inspired Poster Art on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew | Behind the Design | Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)

• David W. Collins at the Internet Movie Database
• David Collins (LucasArts) by Dennis Pellegrom on Star Wars Interviews ( January , 2011 ) (content now obsolete; archived from the original on December 9, 2022)