From: the.incredible.spaceman.spiff@airmail.net (Spaceman Spiff)
Subject: Official News! Stormtrooper Hitting Head, Explained...
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 01:19:07 GMT

A coalition of scientists from many major North American Universities,
including Harvard, MIT, and Yale, among many others, have recently
explained the "Storm Trooper Who Appears To Hit His Head" craze.

It is all a hoax.
Around the globe, millions of Star Wars enthusiasts have claimed to
have seen a mythical Storm Trooper "hit his head" during a scene in
ANH, or A New Hope, the first release of the Star Wars Trilogy. The
scene occurs when several Imperial Troopers rush into the control
center where two droids (R2-D2 and C3-P0) are hiding. Rumors abound
that a stormtrooper on the far right smacks his head against the
low-hanging door. This does NOT, in fact, happen. This "scene" has
been envisioned on all presently know copies of the Star Wars A New
Hope Release, including the much awaited Special Editions.

The scene is actually a side effect of what is called Magneto-Electric
Brain Inducement. This is a relatively new discovery to medical
science, in which magnetic field degradation (MFD) occurs, either on
VHS and Laserdisc copies, or fresh reels of film in the theatre.
Essentially, the magnetic field produced by the running films "breaks
down" and causes a great deal of particle dispersement. These
particles make their way into several parts of the human brain,
including the frontal lobe and medulla oblongata. Heavy affliction of
these particles will cause those infected to have very slight
hallucinogenic side effects, often similar to those produced by acid
or PCP. Apparently, a rumor in the late seventies, which concerned the
fabled head impact, was propogated by a great deal of people afflicted
with the disease, and passed on for the past two decades. A large part
of society has accepted this myth, and now hold it as gospel. However,
information recently brought to head shows that this mass hysteria is,
in fact, caused by Magneto-Electric Brain Inducement, and false.
Again, science has allowed us to dispel a well-known myth, and set the
truth free. The scene DOES NOT exist.

MFD is not a serious disease, nor one that has a current cure.
No harmful effects are known of at this time, and scientists are
rapidly working to make a cure readily available to the general
public. Until that day, please do NOT believe rumors of a Storm
Trooper hitting his head, and do not pass such vicious rumors along.

Thanks.



-spiff

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