Originally posted by: Ingo Sucks
From the original 1976 Star Wars novel:
Something which might have been a laugh came from the creature's translator. "They'd hardly notice. Get up, Solo. I've been looking forward to this for a long time. You've embarrased me in front of Jabba with your pious excuses for the last time."
"I think you're right."
Light and noise filled the little corner of the cantina, and when it had faded, all that remained of the unctuous alien was a smoking, slimy spot on the stone floor.
So actually we couldn't really tell who shot first. It was blotted out by the book.
Any questions?
From the original 1976 Star Wars novel:
Something which might have been a laugh came from the creature's translator. "They'd hardly notice. Get up, Solo. I've been looking forward to this for a long time. You've embarrased me in front of Jabba with your pious excuses for the last time."
"I think you're right."
Light and noise filled the little corner of the cantina, and when it had faded, all that remained of the unctuous alien was a smoking, slimy spot on the stone floor.
So actually we couldn't really tell who shot first. It was blotted out by the book.
Any questions?
No, but an observation. Filmed events supercede those in the novel, unless Obi Wan and Owen are brothers and I just wasn't paying attention.
No offense to you, Ingo Sucks, since I think you simply posted this in fun. Some will actually use this in all seriousness to try to confuse the issue of who shot first (or shot at all, to be precise).
This argument isn't half as good as "Lucas couldn't get the shot right at that time." If that's the case, how did he manage to make Han's shot look so convincing?