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Re: All 6 movies on DVD
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:05:47 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Eric Kingsley wrote:
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In lugnet.starwars, Mike Kollross wrote:
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First, I am not a raving Star Wars fan but I did purchase the DVD trilogy and
two things really irked me.
1) The obligatory “Han shoots first!!”. OK, I feel better already.
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Agreed, I don’t know of a single Star Wars Fan that likes this change.
Actually instead of “Han shoots first!!” it should say “Han doesn’t give
Greedo a chance to think about pulling the trigger”. Han is a smuggler
afterall not some rightous do-gooder trading “spice” aka drugs (or whatever it
was he smuggled).
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Can someone please refresh my memory as it has been a long, long time since I’ve
watched the 1977 version of Star Wars.
Its this correct.
1977 Version: Han Solo shoots Greedo without giving Greedo a chance to shoot.
1990s SE Version: Greedo shoots first but misses and then Solo shoots and kills
Greedo?
Is this correct?
I’m a bit confused over the grumbling?
Ahui
--SNIP--
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| (...) Yeah thats pretty much it, I also have not watched the 1977 version in a while as I no longer have a quality copy of the origional. I suppose Greedo may have shot back at Han but Han at the very least shoots first. I must have watched that VHS (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| (...) Aside from the phrasing, yes, that's essentially it. Technically, Greedo had plenty of opportunity to shoot Han in the original version, but his greed exceeded his competence, and he forgot to keep his eyes on what Han's hands were doing. In (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| (...) Agreed, I don't know of a single Star Wars Fan that likes this change. Actually instead of "Han shoots first!!" it should say "Han doesn't give Greedo a chance to think about pulling the trigger". Han is a smuggler afterall not some rightous (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-04, to lugnet.starwars)
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