The lightsaber was introduced in Star Wars in 1977, with its distinctive hum created by sound designer Ben Burtt combining a film projector motor and television interference. Glitched versions emerged later in fan edits, games and meme videos, where creators distorted the clean hum to signal damage or comedy failure. Unlike regular pew pew laser sounds, this broken variant is used less for action and more for the joke that an iconic, reliable weapon is suddenly unreliable, keeping it popular for short edits and remixes online.