▲ 369 ▼ Scotty keeping it real. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/tenforward@lemmy.world 86 comments fedilink hide all child comments I give the side-eye to people who call it "A New Hope" or "Episode IV."
[–] teft@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (3 children) Han doesn’t shoot first. Han is the only one who shoots. In the original Greedo never fires a shot. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world [S] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child) And it works so much better that way. Lucas decided at some point to remove all moral ambiguity from all of his characters and it's nuts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago It's not even that Han was being evil. Greedo was straight up telling Han he was going to kill him. It's Han just not being an idiot and thinking "I better wait for this guy that is saying he's going to kill me to take a shot at me because I need to be 100% sure of his intentions." permalink fedilink source parent [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago Based. I hate "Han shot first." Greedo couldn't get a shot off. I grew up on the "face" editions. The box VHS set. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago You can shoot first and last, so it's technically still correct. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world [S] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child) And it works so much better that way. Lucas decided at some point to remove all moral ambiguity from all of his characters and it's nuts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago It's not even that Han was being evil. Greedo was straight up telling Han he was going to kill him. It's Han just not being an idiot and thinking "I better wait for this guy that is saying he's going to kill me to take a shot at me because I need to be 100% sure of his intentions." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago It's not even that Han was being evil. Greedo was straight up telling Han he was going to kill him. It's Han just not being an idiot and thinking "I better wait for this guy that is saying he's going to kill me to take a shot at me because I need to be 100% sure of his intentions." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago Based. I hate "Han shot first." Greedo couldn't get a shot off. I grew up on the "face" editions. The box VHS set. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago You can shoot first and last, so it's technically still correct. permalink fedilink source parent
