Post by The Dranz on Feb 15, 2012 20:51:58 GMT -5
Lucas: The controversy over who shot first, Greedo or Han Solo, in Episode IV, what I did was try to clean up the confusion, but obviously it upset people because they wanted Solo [who seemed to be the one who shot first in the original] to be a cold-blooded killer, but he actually isn’t. It had been done in all close-ups and it was confusing about who did what to whom. I put a little wider shot in there that made it clear that Greedo is the one who shot first, but everyone wanted to think that Han shot first, because they wanted to think that he actually just gunned him down.
More of George Lucas' interview can be seen at www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/george-lucas-star-wars-interview-288523
What are people's thoughts about this? Personally I think George Lucas had edited the movie so many times even he doesn't remember what the original version was. Either way i don't think it changes the view about Han Solo. Guido was always going to shoot Han i believe so it doesn't matter who fired first.
