geekgirlsmash: Apparently George Lucas is claiming that Han never shot first. The picture above is from my copy of the Star Wars Trilogy book, author? George Lucas, and copyrighted in 1976. The book has some odd differences from the movie (Like Yoda is blue), but, let’s see what was said about Han. I’ll back up and give you the whole scene: “Going somewhere, Solo?” The Corelian couldn’t identify the voice, coming as it did through an electronic translator. But there was problem recognizing the speaker or the gun it held stuck in Solo’s side. The creature was roughly man-sized, and bipedal, but it’s head was something out of delirium by way of an upset stomach. It had huge, dull-faceted eyes, bulbous on a pea-green face. A ridge of short spines crested the high skull, while nostrils and mouth were contained in a tapirlike snout, “As a matter of fact,” Solo replied slowly, “I was just on my way to see your boss. You can tell Jabba I’ve got the money I owe him.” “That’s what you said yesterday — and last week — and the week prior to that. It’s too late, Solo. I’m not going back to Jabba with another one of your stories.” “But I’ve really got the money this time!” Solo protested. “Fine. I’ll take it now, please.” Solo sat down slowly. Jabba’s minions were apt to be cursed with nervous trigger fingers. The alien took the seat across from him, the muzzle of the ugly little pistol never straying from Solo’s chest. “I haven’t got it here with me. Tell Jabba—” “It’s too late, I think. Jabba would rather have your ship.” “Over my dead body,” Solo said unamiably. The alien was not impressed. “If you insist. Will you come outside with me, or must I finish it here?” “I don’t think they’d like another killing in here,” Solo pointed out. Something which might have been a laugh came from the creature’s translator. “They’d hardly notice. Get up, Solo. I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. You’ve embarassed me in front of Jabba with your pious exuses for the last time.” “I think you’re right” Light and noise filled the little corner of the cantina, and when it had faded, all that remain of the unctuous alien was a smoking, slimy spot on the stone floor. Han shot first. Lucas wrote it that way, he meant it that way. STFU and stop insulting the fans.

geekgirlsmash:

Apparently George Lucas is claiming that Han never shot first.

The picture above is from my copy of the Star Wars Trilogy book, author? George Lucas, and copyrighted in 1976. The book has some odd differences from the movie (Like Yoda is blue), but, let’s see what was said about Han.

I’ll back up and give you the whole scene:

“Going somewhere, Solo?”

The Corelian couldn’t identify the voice, coming as it did through an electronic translator. But there was problem recognizing the speaker or the gun it held stuck in Solo’s side.

The creature was roughly man-sized, and bipedal, but it’s head was something out of delirium by way of an upset stomach. It had huge, dull-faceted eyes, bulbous on a pea-green face. A ridge of short spines crested the high skull, while nostrils and mouth were contained in a tapirlike snout,

“As a matter of fact,” Solo replied slowly, “I was just on my way to see your boss. You can tell Jabba I’ve got the money I owe him.”

“That’s what you said yesterday — and last week — and the week prior to that. It’s too late, Solo. I’m not going back to Jabba with another one of your stories.”

“But I’ve really got the money this time!” Solo protested.

“Fine. I’ll take it now, please.”

Solo sat down slowly. Jabba’s minions were apt to be cursed with nervous trigger fingers. The alien took the seat across from him, the muzzle of the ugly little pistol never straying from Solo’s chest.

“I haven’t got it here with me. Tell Jabba—”

“It’s too late, I think. Jabba would rather have your ship.”

“Over my dead body,” Solo said unamiably.

The alien was not impressed. “If you insist. Will you come outside with me, or must I finish it here?”

“I don’t think they’d like another killing in here,” Solo pointed out.

Something which might have been a laugh came from the creature’s translator. “They’d hardly notice. Get up, Solo. I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. You’ve embarassed me in front of Jabba with your pious exuses for the last time.”

“I think you’re right”

Light and noise filled the little corner of the cantina, and when it had faded, all that remain of the unctuous alien was a smoking, slimy spot on the stone floor.

Han shot first. Lucas wrote it that way, he meant it that way. STFU and stop insulting the fans.

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  2. lulamaegolightly said: I’ll check in the officially licensed pre-shooting backstepping scripts I have when I get home, too.
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