More on the Han Shot First debate.
So a couple days ago George Lucas did an interview with SlashFilm in which he stated that it was always been his intention to show Greedo shooting first and missing badly from a distance of two feet in an effort to paint Han Solo as something other than the criminal drug smuggler he was. Oh, sorry I meant to say spice smuggler. Anyway, he lays the blame firmly on the poor editing techniques they had back in the 70’s. This Star Wars logo is from the Star Wars T Shirts, by the way.
The thing is he never had any of the same issues in any of the other scenes involving blaster battles or complicated angles, and that shot didn’t look all that difficult to shoot. The real thing, however, is that as a kid I was really into Star Wars and would buy anything I could afford with the Star Wars logo on it. In one case I bought the book adaptation from the movie and in the book Han shot first without Greedo even pulling the trigger. This book was licensed and approved by George as well. Is he going to tell us that due to the 1970’s book writing techniques he couldn’t accurately show that Greedo shot first?
The very fact that he expects us to by this line of crap is conclusive proof that he actually has no respect for the fans of Star Wars at all. It would have been a lot more acceptable if he had just said something like “Look, I wanted to clean up Han Solo’s image a little when I had the chance.” Instead he is going to lie to us and expect us to buy his bull. For shame, Lucas.
Jason
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