Originally posted by: MattMahdi
Most stunning of all, even better than the Death Star reveal, was the brilliant idea that Han shoot first instead of Greedo. It must've been a lot of work to remove Greedo's initial shot, but I couldn't detect anything off: well done!

Thanks to your change, Han now acts in self defense. That's a good start, because it allows his character to really GROW in the course of the trilogy. Instead of just drifting through situations, we can watch the films with new eyes and experience his metamorphosis into a relational human being.

It's still pretty subtle, though, and my first time through your edit I missed it.

You've already changed Lucas' intention for the character, and IMHO you've changed it much for the better...

You do realize, of course, that in 1977 Greedo did not fire at all, right? Ady returned Han's character to the original theatrical. It's why so many of us freaked during our first viewing of the SE when Greedo then fired first and Han did his un-natural jump-cut to the left.
In the SE, Lucas changed Han's scoundrel nature, thus weakening the character and the film (not to mention the awful editing mess it created).

before 1997, Han was a stronger character, who did grow throughout the OT.

thanks for the restoration Ady.

and also - btw - the proposed "Tarantino" Han would be overkill (pun fully intended)