00:00this mistake was so good that the director left it in. An extra in a big white helmet misjudged
00:05the height of a door and banged his head on it whilst walking forward. That is it,
00:09that's the goof, and yet this moment has lived on in cinema history since the late 1970s.
00:15In the original Star Wars movie, a group of stormtroopers are searching for Luke Skywalker's
00:19party of infiltrators aboard the Death Star. The door opens vertically, the troopers walk in,
00:23and the iconic head bump takes place. At the time, fans probably thought nothing of it.
00:28They probably didn't even notice because the actor playing the trooper carried on so brilliantly.
00:32But over time, as more and more people noticed the smack, this moment has gained a life of its own.
00:36Unidentified head-bumping stormtrooper as he's become known is a meme-loving Star Wars fan's
00:41dream come true. Even George Lucas is a fan, adding in a special bonk sound effect to remaster
00:46editions of the movie so that you definitely notice it. Though a few different people have
00:49claimed to be the trooper, his real identity will likely never be known. And this is a crying shame
00:54as we all owe a great debt to this actor and their poor field of vision.
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