Timeline for Why did George Lucas change it so Greedo shot first?

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Sep 9, 2020 at 16:26	comment	added	ruffdove		Can you offer some better evidence for your theory about the flash, other than your highly subjective and debatable opinion that it “doesn’t appear to be practical.” Do you at least have experience in film special effects to qualify that opinion?
Sep 9, 2020 at 16:23	comment	added	ruffdove		There certainly is evidence Han fired—there’s a corpse, and there’s Han taking responsibility for it with the bartender. I reject Lucas’s statements because as someone else pointed out, he has proven unreliable in what he says about original intent. His overtly hostile attitude toward purist fans—marked by his refusal to allow a quality original version to be sold on DVD—is another reason to doubt his refutations of them.
Sep 9, 2020 at 15:54	comment	added	Ben Murphy		If you put it that way, then there’s no evidence in the film that Han fired, either. The script says that Han’s gun is smoking, but it isn’t in the film. Going only by the film, there’s just as much evidence to suggest Greedo tried to shoot him, but his gun exploded. We do not see Han pull the trigger, and we do not see a blaster bolt. I don’t think he should have changed the film, but your question is about why he changed it. Why ignore his stated reason of “I intended this scene to be read differently, and I wanted to make it clearer”?
Sep 9, 2020 at 15:27	comment	added	ruffdove		I find Lucas's assertions to be bizarre. You can say there is not enough evidence either way, but in fact there is no evidence in the original cut or the original script that Greedo fired. That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without argument. Lucas's attempt to retcon his intentions is not even worth consideration.
Sep 9, 2020 at 14:04	history	answered	Ben Murphy	CC BY-SA 4.0