Posted on 12/01/2015 12:46:37 PM PST by C19fan
Deep inside a compelling Washington Post profile of George Lucas is the Star Wars creator defending perhaps his most infamous bit of Special Edition tinkering: having Greedo shoot Han Solo first rather than the scruffy-looking smuggler taking a pre-emptive action.
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That is the one and only scene that stuck out in my mind that way
I never saw or heard much about the movie the first time i watched it, and i thought he would end up being an evil murderer
Because Lucas is a left-wing scumbag who did not want to see pre-emptive use of a blaster (firearm) as a legitimate response to a serious threat of death?
Nothing is more ridiculous than Spielberg replacing all the guns with walkie talkies in ET! There’s lame and then there’s WTF!
Exactly.
One thing I’ve noticed about Lucas is he can’t admit when he’s wrong about something. He digs his heels in and comes up with some cockamamie explanation as to why it is that way.
I mean JJ Abrams has more growth than George. Abrams admitted that he went overboard on his lens flares in movies, and would not do that in the new Star Wars movie.
Can anybody tell me if the black guy in the new movie is a bunch of PC BS or is he a reasonably placed character?
No liberal can admit they’re wrong without some ‘road to damascus’ moment. Most have been mugged somehow, if they’ve seen the error of their ways.
I have a "Han Shot First" shirt complete with a picture of Han's blaster. I've had more comments on that shirt in the year I've owned it, than from any other thing I've worn in public. Most are fully supportive (around my age, or even younger fans who've seen the original un-messed-with movies). Some ask what it means, and I explain it to them. Then they ask where they can find the un-messed-with originals (like an old fart like me can find them easier than the smart-phone generation). It's who Han is/was. Having Greedo shoot first simply ruins Han's character. Plus the CGI on that re-do is so bad, it's laughable.
"Sorry about the mess"
Seeing it as a kid, that was a “holy crap!” scene - and I _got_it_ instantly: Han knew he’d be dead if he didn’t stop Greedo right then, and there was only one way to do it, which he was sneakily preparing to do under the table. There was no pussy-foot reason for him to wait to get shot at (why would Greedo shoot him _there_? when obvious Han was wanted _alive_?), in all likelihood getting killed in the process before returning fire on politically correct terms. YES it was OK for Leia to later fall for a man who would do what needed to be done.
Who’s scruffy-looking?
Yeah, I was thinking that’s a shirt I should have my wife get me for Christmas. I just watched the scene again and it was clearly self defense even if he did shoot first. Greedo made it abundantly clear that he intended to kill him and was even looking forward to it for a long time. The whole cantina scene was pretty brilliant and Lucas is a D bag for messing with it.
What’s his explanation for why nobody cares?
its the biggest laugh in the movie
And that Arab swordsman did nothing to Indy other than show a sword
Compare that to what...
Trayvon Martin did to Zimmerman
or Michael Brown did to the cop
Before they got shot
lib heads exploded
The nerf herder shot first...established his character and made his redemption that much better later in the films. This is the same guy who wouldn’t rescue the princess until he knew there was some serious loot in it. Han changed, but in the beginning, he really was a scoundrel. Made him a fun character.
I just thought that the other guy should have pulled his weapon and then Han could have shot him from under the table.
The rest of the bar ignoring it and going back to minding their own business quickly drove home a bigger point right afterwards, though, that death was typical in that bar and it was as dangerous a place as obi-wan said
Yes... please explain, George.
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