I really like the source music for this in the soundtrack. Described as a Benny Goodman tune. Just called Cantina Band 1 and 2.

Some of the creatures, the ones made as action figures I had as a kid but not the rare Snaggletooth.

All cgi creature redos are garbage. It’s one of the things that irks me about the special edition.

Of course, I also only like Han to be the only one who fires, Greedo shooting first really ruins the Cantina scene.

The old masks and the dirtiness of the bar, the smoke etc said it was a den of iniquity and the perfect place for Ben to hitch an illegal ride off Tatooine. Scum and wretched hive of villainy.

Especially the cartoon cgi in Mos Eisley before they enter the cantina, we didn’t need dinosaurs.

The original used universe of griminess, grit and imperfection seemed real. It’s often overstated but in this case, this is verisimilitude.

I really like the western feel meets Kurosawa when Ben slashes Ponda Baba.