I'm not trolling, but I'd rather focus on other more important controversial material than WHO SHOT FIRST. It doesn't really change him that much, and I hate how serious people get about this, does it really matter?? Lucas is allowed to change whatever he wants with SW (or atleast was back when he owned). While making changes to the major plotline is a different story, minor changes like that, throwing the Outrider into the backround, replacing whoever played Vader unmasked with Hayden Christenson don't really affect the story very much.

while I'm not a fan of intense fanboyism, I have to say that it is a very strong character moment and the change makes it...stupid (that casual sway thing that Han does is in no way a dodge)

More seriously, you can build more character and deliver all the backstory you need with just that scene alone than you could by devoting an entire opening text crawl devoted to expositing Han's origins (or the added scene where he talks to Jabba by the Millenium Falcon). It's just really **** effective (and surprising). Making it so that Greedo shot first just looks clunky.

Also, the Hayden Christenson edit just doesn't make any sense in terms of how the jedi ghosts apparently work (don't see Obi Wan or Yoda getting younger) or at all with Luke's perception of his father since he never saw him until after he pulled the mask off. Kinda throws a wrench into the whole redemption thing (he's more machine now than man --> is last seen as a human being) and replaces it with some guy from a series of films that are really only related to the original trilogy because of canon. Yes, I know Christenson played Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the prequels, but that's not the character people follow throughout the OT (imagine all the crap we miss between the end of Revenge, when Skywalker just got his machine body, and the beginning of New Hope)

I got nothing against poor Christenson (the "quality" of those scripts dealt him a heavy blow), but his pressence in the final moments of Return of the Jedi is utterly irrelevent and basically derails Darth Vader's whole story arc.

Yes, relative to the runtime these are incredibly small moments. Still, any writer can tell you that, sometimes, less is more.

From a writing perspective, these additions/changes add nothing and actually detract from the story being told. It isn't sacrilidge, as some might claim, but it's not something you'd ever be encouraged to do

I'm not saying I support all these little changes, but I don't think it is right to hate on Lucas for changing a detail in 1 scene.

If George Lucas had anything to say about it it would be that if Greedo is crew on an opposing ship, Han does not shoot first.

Why does everyone make such a big deal out of this?? If you are watching the special edition, Greedo shot first, if you are watching an earlier addition, Han shot first, is that big of a deal???!! Harrison Ford himself says he doesn't know who shot first and doesn't give a crap about who did. It doesn't have anything that drastically changes the plotline, so I'm perfectly fine with it.

Greedo Shot First.

Just in case you aren't being a troll. It matters because it changes who Han Solo is. When Han Shots in response to Greedo, it's self defense. When he preemptively shoots Greedo under the table it shows you that he's a dangerous character that has a loose moral code.

Harrison Ford is also notoriously dismissive of Star Wars fanboyism to the point that I think he may make **** up just to troll us.

I'm not trolling, but I'd rather focus on other more important controversial material than WHO SHOT FIRST. It doesn't really change him that much, and I hate how serious people get about this, does it really matter?? Lucas is allowed to change whatever he wants with SW (or atleast was back when he owned). While making changes to the major plotline is a different story, minor changes like that, throwing the Outrider into the backround, replacing whoever played Vader unmasked with Hayden Christenson don't really affect the story very much.

Saying that Lucas can change what is cannon is like saying the Pope can change what is written in the bible

I didn't say he can change canon* (although apparently Disney can), I'm saying that he can change scenes in his films because they are his films. (or were)

I didn't say he can change canon* (although apparently Disney can), I'm saying that he can change scenes in his films because they are his films. (or were)

It's a legitimate point. My problem with it is that those changes are unjustifiable from a writing perspective.

Believing that these changes to short (time-wise) scenes doesn't affect much of the overall movie also underestimates the effect that these small but integral details have in the presentation of the story.

Basically, if Lucas were presenting these edits to a Creative Writing class then any professor/teacher or student worth their salt would tell him that it was better the first time