What I hate so much about the modern versions is that not only do they try to make him not a bad guy, but they out that stupid scene with Jabba in right after it. Narratively it serves the same purpose as the previous scene and the dialogue is nearly identical. Plus it really cheapens how big of a threat Jabba should be. Han steps on him. Jabba was throwing people into a pit just for shits and giggles. Why would he let someone step on him? Some scenes really should stay deleted.

I wouldn't call that being an asshole.

Han shot only. It's supposed to show how cold of a bastard Han is. Portraying it as self-defense undercuts that.

I get you. I think my problem with Han Shot First is that it forgives the ret-con and I don't want to do that. I'd rather be pedantic about it. But I have no hate to people that make the pithy Han Shot First comment, its better than Han shot in self-defense beccause Mos-Eisley is a stand your ground state.

It was so dumb that they tried to justify that comment on the Solo movie.

There was a lot of dumb shit in that Solo movie.

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