Memorable Star Wars Moments – Han Solo Tortured

In the original cut of A New Hope, the green-skinned bounty hunter taunts Han Solo after cornering him in the Mos Eisely cantina, which leads to the Corelian smuggler gunning him down and making his escape.

However, in the special edition of the film, Greedo fires first, then Han.

He continues, “Because I was thinking mythologically – should he be a cowboy, should he be John Wayne? It’s a mythological reality that we hope our society pays attention to”, he said.

This (fairly unsurprising) revelation comes from an extensive interview that Lucas gave to The Washington Post, and though “George Lucas doesn’t go on the internet” is a snappy takeaway, it’s not the snappiest takeaway from the article.

Lucas recently discussed his decision to move on from Star Wars, blaming the fact that “all you do is get criticised”. But Ford, 73, told ABC’s Good Morning America Tuesday that he didn’t expect to end up in the original Star Wars film at all. While his earlier comments sounded a lot more bitter, Lucas now appears to have come closer to term with not being involved.

The franchise’s creator wrote story treatments for a new trilogy of Star Wars films before he sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012, but the Mouse House ultimately made a decision to take the franchise in a different direction, and Lucas stepped away. And I got to say, anyone who says Luke Skywalker ought to be eliminated right off the bat.

Flickering Myth’s writing team are counting down to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by discussing their most memorable Star Wars moments.

Lucas will receive a Kennedy Center Honor on December 6, and ahead of the big event, he spoke to the Post’s Hank Stuever at the 71-year-old writer-director-producer’s Skywalker Ranch in Marin County. But at the same time, as we all know, how much do we ever really change? Next up is Villordsutch with Han Solo’s torture scene from The Empire Strikes Back… “I never got to see ‘Star Wars.’ So this time I’m going to”. However, he’s still the same Han Solo we all know and love, the actor said.