The Cellar - View Single Post - George Lucas admits Han shot first (sort of)

Happy Monkey · 07-30-2007, 10:27 PM

In the original version of Star Wars Cantina scene, where Han and Greedo "negotiate", as soon as Han realized that Greedo couldn't be dissuaded, he shot him. In the updated 90's version, Lucas had Greedo shoot first, and somehow miss when Han does a bizarre double-jointed neck maneuver. Han, now an unambiguous victim, kills Greedo in retaliation.

In the second update, presumably in response to the fans, Lucas made them shoot almost simultaneously, though Greedo still was an inexplicably bad shot. But if you go frame by frame, you find he is still a bit quicker on the trigger, as a "haw haw" to the fans the change was made for.

07-30-2007, 10:27 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	In the original version of Star Wars Cantina scene, where Han and Greedo "negotiate", as soon as Han realized that Greedo couldn't be dissuaded, he shot him. In the updated 90's version, Lucas had Greedo shoot first, and somehow miss when Han does a bizarre double-jointed neck maneuver. Han, now an unambiguous victim, kills Greedo in retaliation. In the second update, presumably in response to the fans, Lucas made them shoot almost simultaneously, though Greedo still was an inexplicably bad shot. But if you go frame by frame, you find he is still a bit quicker on the trigger, as a "haw haw" to the fans the change was made for. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]