1990osu said:
Spaced Ranger said:
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2012/02/10/george-lucas-confirms-it-the-star-wars-we-loved-never-existed/
In this link, it says George Lucas originally referred to Star Wars as a "space western."
This completely explains the scene with Han shooting Greedo under the table. It's straight out of a "Gunsmoke" episode.
But since 1997, George wants us to see "Froofie the dog"... It all makes sense now! XD