Welcome back to Looking at Lucasfilm, the podcast with a different perspective in the world of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and all of the other entities that George Lucas, Kathleen Kennedy, Dave Faloney, and John Favreau, as well as the rest of the team at Lucasfilm, have dreamed up over the past 43, soon to be 44 years.

I'm Entertainment writer Jim Hill, and I'm joined tonight by my able-bodied co-host

pop culture enthusiast Brian Gunn.

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there we go okay well and he and I are recording this week's show on Sunday

April 21st, 2024.

Now, Brian, this is an interesting day in Star Wars history was on this date.

Back in 1976, on set at Elstree Studios during the production of a new hope that Greido met his unfortunate end.

In that cantina on Mosseley, yep, today was the day that launched that controversy, which to this day reverberates

to Star Wars a fandom, which is, did Greedo shoot first?

Now, well, there we go, all right? Brian has voiced the position of

fans of the original cut of episode four. I can know,

understandable in that version of the film, Han Solo, who has had a high bounty placed on his head by Jabba the hut, shoots first to prevent Grito from taking him in claiming that bounty which you know in that version of you know a new hope

that makes sense yeah it establishes Han Solo is a rogue somebody who's

who's initially difficult to trust whereas folks who love the special edition of a new hope which was first released to

theaters back on January 31st 1997 they sincerely believe that Greido shot first and that Han was just acting in

self-defense when he returned fire and and then took out that rodeian bounty hunter

which all right makes Han Solo someone who's rough around the area,

a rough on the edges, but it is heart of hearts

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