Greedo doesn't shoot first anymore

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Source: USA Today

As the clock ticks down to the September 21 release of the STAR WARS TRILOGY on DVD, USA Today reports that the film's director, George Lucas, has once again altered the scene where novice bounty hunter Greedo confronts Han Solo in the Mos Eisley cantina. As fans of the trilogy know, in the original 1977 version Solo is the one that shoots first, killing Greedo before the green-skinned Rodian manages to get off a shot. In the 1997 Special Edition version of A NEW HOPE, Greedo is the one that tries to shoot Solo first but the alien's shot misses his target even though he's firing at point blank range. Solo shoots his blaster after Greedo's shot misses him and kills Greedo.

Now Lucas has tweaked with the scene for the third time, perhaps in an attempt to appease vocal fans that disliked the changes made to the film in its 1997 version. According to the newspaper, the scene in the DVD version of the film now shows both Solo and Greedo exchanging blaster fire at the same time.

Other alterations confirmed by USA Today include the addition of Hayden Christensen in spirit form at the conclusion of RETURN OF THE JEDI, the addition of Ian McDiarmid playing the Emperor in the character's brief appearance in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and an upgraded CGI Jabba the Hutt model used in a scene in A NEW HOPE.


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