Summary
Star Warshas been going for so long that you need an encyclopedia tokeep track of all the intense debates fans have had over the years. However, one of the more well-known is the debate surrounding Han Solo and Greedo’s encounter in Mos Eisley Cantina shortly before meeting Luke Skywalker.
We know that the encounter ends up with Greedo eating dirt, but who shot their weapon first has been an intense subject of debate for years. It all stems from a change made in the 1997 Special Edition of Star Wars: A New Hope, as George Lucas altered the scene to have Greedo take a shot at Han Solo, and then have Han kill him in retaliation.Originally, Han Solo shot Greedo outright before the bounty hunter could react.
Star Wars Outlaws Has Wade Into The “Han Shot First” Debate
It’s yet another debate between originality versus revision, and it seems that the recently releasedStar Wars Outlawshas unwittingly chosen a side.First spotted by Reddit user Forestfeeand shared with the Star Wars Outlaws subreddit, if you visit Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine, you’re able to see a black mark on the wall in one of the booths, which looks to be a neat little reference to the scene between Han Solo and Greedo in A New Hope.
If you’re familiar with the scene, you’ll notice that the black scorch mark is actually on the wall behind the seat on which Han Solo sits, implying that Han was shot at during the altercation. In the original scene, Greedo doesn’t get a shot off at all, so this little black mark is Star Wars Outlaws going with the revised edition of A New Hope and saying that Greedo did in fact shoot first.
Of course, this isn’t too surprising considering George Lucas himself has clarified that he always intended for Greedo to shoot first, making it the more popular and canon choice. It’s just a fun little reference in a game that is absolutely chock-full of them.
For example,Star Wars Outlaws lets you visit Tosche Station, the place which Luke Skywalker whines about wanting to visit in his famous “power converters” line, whileNix will also play dead if you try to shoot him. But you definitely wouldn’t actually try to shoot Nix now, would you? Of course not, you’re not a monster.
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Star Wars Outlaws follows Kay Vess as she bids to out manoeuver the galaxy’s deadliest criminals. An open-world action-adventure game from Ubisoft, it also features grand space battles and a deep story.
