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Rhett J. Allain
In a Star Wars VII trailer, we see a stormtrooper flung into the air from an explosion. The motion of the stormtrooper will provide information about the planet on which the scene occurs. The supplemental documents folder contains a Tracker experiment file with the video analysis of the stormtrooper's motion as described in the Wired magazine Dot Physics blog. The goal of the analysis is to estimate the stormtrooper's acceleration.
2 supplemental documents are available
Stormtrooper Explosion Video AnalysisA Tracker experiment file (*.trz) that includes the video clip of the stormtrooper explosion described in the Dot Physics blog. download 3589kb .trz Last Modified: May 26, 2015 
Stormtrooper Explosion Blog PostA description of the physics used in the stormtrooper video analysis. download 401kb .pdf Last Modified: May 26, 2015
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=13519">Allain, Rhett J.. "Stormtrooper Explosion."</a>
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R. Allain, Computer Program STORMTROOPER EXPLOSION (2015), WWW Document, (https://www.wired.com/2015/05/video-analysis-exploding-stormtrooper/).
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R. Allain, Computer Program STORMTROOPER EXPLOSION (2015), <https://www.wired.com/2015/05/video-analysis-exploding-stormtrooper/>.
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Allain, R. (2015). Stormtrooper Explosion [Computer software]. Retrieved March 9, 2026, from https://www.wired.com/2015/05/video-analysis-exploding-stormtrooper/
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Allain, Rhett J.. "Stormtrooper Explosion." https://www.wired.com/2015/05/video-analysis-exploding-stormtrooper/ (accessed 9 March 2026).
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Allain, Rhett J.. Stormtrooper Explosion. Computer software. 2015. 9 Mar. 2026 <https://www.wired.com/2015/05/video-analysis-exploding-stormtrooper/>.
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