Many Star Wars purists aren't happy with George Lucas right now.

If you're familiar with the first film of the series, Episode IV: A New Hope, then you certainly remember the scene with Han Solo and Greedo in the Mos Eisley Cantina.

If not, let me refresh your memory with this clip, taken from the original 1977 version:

In it, Han Solo not only shoots Greedo first, Greedo doesn't even fire a shot. But then compare it to last year's Blu-ray version, in which Greedo shoots and misses:

Huh. Critics of George Lucas' "edit" have argued (and rightfully so, I think) that the change alters Han Solo's character.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Lucas addresses the ongoing "Who shot first?" issue head-on:

The controversy over who shot first, Greedo or Han Solo, in Episode IV, what I did was try to clean up the confusion, but obviously it upset people because they wanted Solo (who seemed to be the one who shot first in the original) to be a cold-blooded killer, but he actually isn't. It had been done in all close-ups and it was confusing about who did what to whom. I put a little wider shot in there that made it clear that Greedo is the one who shot first, but everyone wanted to think that Han shot first, because they wanted to think that he actually just gunned him down.

So is Lucas rewriting history, or was he right all along? Even though there's more evidence Han Solo always shot first, it doesn't sound like the director will budge.

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