I watched a little bit of ANH SE on spikeTV not too long ago. Could only make it to the cantina scene before I changed the channel. Still cant believe how much mos eisley was changed. Its more digital refuckery now, twisted and evil. Its super saturated with recycled jurassic park dinos walking around, absurd jawa hijinx, silly little cgi rodents hopin around, severely outdated cgi stormtroopers dismounting cgi dewbacks. It reeks of Luca$ and his ass-kissing ILM computer nerdbots trying to make the scene "cute". Sheer cgi mayhem. In the OOT, mos eisley was JUST fine. There was plenty activity going on with various pilots and otherworldly characters going about their business. The environmental nature was true to obiwans description. It has an air of grittiness, mystery and danger. It gives me the feeling of wanting to be "cautious" and to "watch my step". Then there's the greedo shooting 1st change, which has always been a steaming pile of bantha shit and IMO the worst change ever(the hayden over shaw jedi spirit tragedy is a close 2nd). It takes away from the original impressions of han solo, and should've been left alone. In ANH, the character of han solo is that of a gun slinging, cocky, greedy,slick smuggler and an amazing pilot, who is used to fighting his way out of cliffhangers while looking to make money ANY way he can get it. ANH examples that stand out in my mind the most are:
Inside the DS he's more concerned about preserving his own livelyhood and has to be TALKED into saving Leia's life, only after Luke mentions a huge payday.
Luke: They're gonna execute her!
Han: Better her than me!
And then while en route to the rebel base:
Han: Im not in this for your revolution princess and Im not in it for you. I expect to be well paid! Im only in it for the money!
And as he's loading his money into the falcon before the DS assault to Luke
Han: Ive got some old debts to pay off. Attacking the battlestation is not my idea of heroics, more like a suicide.
Han even tries to recruit Luke into joining chewy and him in the smugglers life, even though Luke is focused on helping the rebels! None of these post mos-eisley scenes lets on that Han is trying to redeem himself, or whatever BS excuse Luca$ gave for making greedo shoot 1st.
Throughout the trilogy we see a dynamic change in han as he turned from a brash self-centered, greedy scoundrel of a smuggler to finding purpose in his life with the rebellion and falling in love with leia, while becoming close friends with Luke. I LOVE the way Han Solo is written in the OT. This is a huge example of why I became an OT purist.