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Star Wars Theatrical Cut Finally Available on Streaming (But for How Long?)

comicbook.com Star Wars Theatrical Cut Finally Available on Streaming (But for How Long?)

Star Wars is one of the most recognizable brands in the world, and there are legions of fans who have watched all of the movies many times over the years. That said, there is one version of the original Star Wars: A New Hope that has been much harder to watch, especially on streaming. That […]

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Is this the version where Han shot first?
- Forget about shooting first — Han shot, period. There was no follow up.
  MACLUNKY.
  
  Han shot only!
- It was stupid to try and paint Han as the good guy just defending himself. Of course he shot first, he'd be dead otherwise. That was clear from Greedo's line before. To edit Greedo missing...is just dumb.
  
  Honestly, even as a kid, it just underlined that this is a guy who exists in a dangerous world, a wretched hive of scum and villainy, if you will. He's coded as friendlier than the average Mos Eisley denizen, and he didn't shoot until he was threatened, but we are to infer the threat was serious. That Han still counts as "close enough" to a good guy just lets us know how dire Ben and Luke's situation is. It was a nice bit of show-don't-tell storytelling and the SE made it less so, in addition to being visual garbage.
  
  Happy cake day
  
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- Forget that, is it the version where Jabba is a human gangster?
  
  There never was a theatrical version with a human Jabba. They shot footage with a human actor, but Jabba was always going to be an alien. Remember, they were makign a lot of stuff up as they were going along.

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