OK, but… why Maclunkey? Of all the changes they could have made, why that one in particular? Who was the executive that thought: “This scene is iconic, but you know what it’s missing? Greedo saying a gibberish word right before he shoots. Yeah, it’ll be like how in a Western they say Draw right before they shoot, but made more Star Warsy.”
If you believe Pablo Hidalgo, that executive was George Lucas back in 2012.
That makes sense. It’s a helluva tone deaf change, but that’s entirely within Lucas’s wheelhouse to have done.