The head-banging Stormtrooper from 'Star Wars' explains the infamous blooper
The Hollywood Reporter has published a deep dive on one of the movie's most infamous moments: the Stormtrooper who banged his head on a blast door.
The shot comes toward the end of the section of the movie when Luke, Han, and company save Princess Leia from the Death Star. Stormtroopers barge into a control room, and if you look closely, one of the them walks right into the door that rises from the floor.
THR tracked down the actor who played the head-banging Stormtrooper, Laurie Goode, and got to the bottom of what happened.
Goode said when he saw the movie, he couldn't believe George Lucas used the shot.
As the decades have passed and the blooper has become part of "Star Wars" lore, there's been a little controversy about the identity of the actor who banged his head. Actor Michael Leader, who died last year, has also claimed to be the head-banger. But Goode proclaims he's the guy. And he's even written a song about it (so you know he's got to be telling the truth).