Han shot first - Star Wars

Another scene that Lucas should have left alone. Having Han shoot Greedo(and be the only one even firing a weapon) shows you exactly what kind of person he is. And, it is entirely necessary for the audience to see him this way, or they won't buy how he changes over the films.

Midi Chlorians shot first

Han Solo = Chuck Norris in space

Koona t'chuta Solo?

I love this movie!

@smartpartsmc2 who doesn't do any research...

Star Wars Episode 1 director: George Lucas
Star Wars Episode 2 director: George Lucas
Star Wars Episode 3 director: George Lucas
Star Wars Episode 4 director: George Lucas
Star Wars Episode 5 director: Irvin Kershner
Star Wars Episode 6 director: Richard Marquand

IMDB*com is your friend...

You are only partially correct. The originals WERE released in 2006 (which is where this came from). The debate continues because they sourced the original DVDs from nonanamorphic (letterboxed, not natively widescreen) masteres that were created in 1992 for a laserdisc release.

If the original films were given a proper remastering & release on blu-ray, or even anamorphic DVD, then you would be correct & the debate would become pointless. But until that day comes...the debate will continue.

No - It doesn't matter whether the filming was done using the anamorphic lens technique: as long as the source footage is intended to be widescreen, the digital anamorphic encoding procedure is appropriate for the DVD release. As a sidenote, if a purely-non-widescreen version of the analog-anamorphic Star Wars was to be released on DVD, the only options would be pan-and-scan or hardcoded 4:3 letterboxing (with the black letterboxes actually encoded as part of the DVD data).

Further: The anamorphic encoding onto DVD is related to the anamorphic filming technique (aka Cinemascope) only by name. For instance, Star Wars (1977) was filmed in 2.35:1 ratio using an anamorphic camera lens, and shown in theaters using the corresponding projector lens. Since it is a widescreen film, when encoded to a widescreen-format DVD the studio would almost certainly use the anamorphic encoding process.

You have no idea what you're talking about. I'm not referring to the way the film was shot- I'm referring to the 1992 Laserdisc master which was NOT anamorphic, it was 4:3 letterboxed, meaning that the image area when viewed on a widescreen TV has approximately 33% less resolution than an anamorphic widescreen master. Get your facts straight. Google "the anamorphic issue" by Neil S. Bulk and educate yourself.

Also without a beard