Lucas waves hand: "Greedo shot first from the beginning..."

**mego73** · Feb 10, '12, 5:23 PM

George Lucas infers it was sloppy editing that made it seem Han shot first in 1977

5 Questions With George Lucas: Controversial - Hollywood Reporter

**Brue** · Feb 10, '12, 5:31 PM

That is nice George. Why is it that in NO versions of the script (including scripts that include deleted scenes) does greedo get a shot off. I have several versins of hte script and this just isn't true. AND

IF it was just due to sloppy editing, it makes the character more appealing anyway. He had a journey to travel from mercenary to hero. If he was a hero to start with, he went nowhere. No character growth is not a good character.

**Nostalgiabuff** · Feb 10, '12, 5:37 PM

either way, Greedo had a gun on him and was getting ready to shoot, so Han shooting first is not cold blooded murder, it is self defense

**SeattleEd** · Feb 10, '12, 6:08 PM

I call shenanigans on Lucas. Of course it's his script and world so he is god and can do whatever he wants. LOL

**Random Axe** · Feb 10, '12, 6:24 PM

I'm pretty certain it wasn't in the novelization that way either. Lucas is full of it. If he were to ever be given an enema, he could fit inside a shoebox.

**Brazoo** · Feb 10, '12, 7:36 PM

He does this with a lot of his memories.

And yeah - shooting a guy who's training a gun on you and says they're going to kill you - is self defense, not murder.

**Brazoo** · Feb 10, '12, 7:52 PM

It really is amazing how much he revises events in his mind. Between his personal stuff, his muddling with his movies (and even their titles), and the odd claims he makes, like 'Star Wars had a small budget for the time' (it didn't), I'm always amazed.

To be fair to him - I think he clearly has some bad associations to that period of time looking back on his life.

**Brue** · Feb 10, '12, 8:20 PM

Do you remember the sequel to ET or all the rereleases of Close Encounters? How about the revisions to Schindler's List? No? Right.

**jwyblejr** · Feb 10, '12, 11:11 PM

And then he wonders why fans get miffed at him.

**samurainoir** · Feb 10, '12, 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by Brazoo

It really is amazing how much he revises events in his mind. Between his personal stuff, his muddling with his movies (and even their titles), and the odd claims he makes, like 'Star Wars had a small budget for the time' (it didn't), I'm always amazed.

To be fair to him - I think he clearly has some bad associations to that period of time looking back on his life.

Wasn't his ex-wife the one who edited Star Wars originally?

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