May 29 2008George Lucas Wearing 'Han Shot First' Shirt
We all know Han Solo blasted Greedo first (wiki link) and it was a travesty when they changed it in the re-release. And we also know Han was the first to blast Carrie Fisher. So what's up with the shirt? Per my tipster, Jon:
Great, now that we all agree George, give me my fucking cleaned up version of the original trilogy on DVD and Blu-Ray you Ewok/Jar-Jar/CGI loving asshole!
Thanks Jon, now settle down lest us Star Warriors catch the same bad rap as those crazy raging Trekkies.
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Reader Comments
1. Rod - May 29, 2008 3:23 PM
Wow... I guess he's seen the light and given over to popular demand. A little hypocritical, but whatever. That's like Bush wearing a "Bring our troops home!" shirt.
I never had a huge problem with Greedo shooting first, except for the retarded time-warp thing Han does to dodge the shot. I'm ok with changes, but if you can't make them look good, why bother? They could have drawn in a blaster bolt with MS Paint and added audio of Lucas saying "PEW PEW" and it would have been about the same quality.
2. cave12man - May 29, 2008 3:41 PM
@Rod: Ha that actually made me laugh...well done. Always hated that crazy time warp move they made him do and i thought i was the only one that noticed it. C'mon Georgie i know you're better than that!!
3. guate6 - May 29, 2008 3:42 PM
Maybe he wore it to make people ask questions and discuss. Who cares. I do agree with #1 though, make it look good.
4. The Superficial Writer - May 29, 2008 3:43 PM
I'm filled with so much rage right now I could tear the ears off a Gundark.
5. damn luddites - May 29, 2008 3:57 PM
not sure if I should call OLD or not? it was taken from yesterday's LA Times, so sort of new. but filming for the movie ended a long time ago, and even the wiki link puts the t-shirt incident at July 2007, so it's old.
and it's been posted elsewhere almost a year ago
http://www.hellblazer.net/2007/07/23/recursion-shot-first/
so, OLD
as to the tipster bitching about a cleaned up dvd, the 2006 dvd has the original Han shoots first cut.
6. dan - May 29, 2008 7:51 PM
..why not just buy the version that includes the original release...?
7. Elmo - May 29, 2008 9:07 PM
that must have been very uncomfortable for Harrison to have a cartoon version of himself across George's moobs (my new favorite word for man boobs)
8. SnarfSnarf - May 29, 2008 10:02 PM
I can dig tipster's gripe. I got the dvd set with the new and original versions. i gotta say the original version looks all grainy and the new looks super clear. but, it's a dead horse.
9. poop - May 29, 2008 11:50 PM
i'd have to give it a big old "so what?".
10. dan - May 30, 2008 12:20 AM
i go with grainy over added lameness every time
11. Willravel - May 30, 2008 12:56 AM
HAHAH GET IT?! CAUSE I RUINED STAR WARS!? ROFLCOPTER!
I swear to god, f you try to make Shia the next Indiana Jones....
12. Dom - May 30, 2008 6:28 AM
Hey - that tee is by my good friend JAKe - we made him a website for all the drawings he's done for Star Wars...
http://www.jakestarwars.com/
13. Genghis Khunt - May 30, 2008 7:27 PM
Come on guys. Make love, not starwars.
14. Elmo - May 31, 2008 6:47 PM
you're a khunt, Genghis
*wonders what it means*
15. Genghis Khunt - June 1, 2008 2:37 PM
It means "give me all of your lunch money or i'll give you a mega swirly" .
16. gypsy - July 15, 2008 11:47 AM
@4, what did the gundark do to you? ouch!