This is not the film you actually saw

"The controversy over who shot first, Greedo or Han Solo, in 'Episode IV,' what I did was try to clean up the confusion, but obviously it upset people because they wanted Solo [who seemed to be the one who shot first in the original] to be a cold-blooded killer, but he actually isn't. It had been done in all close-ups and it was confusing about who did what to whom. I put a little wider shot in there that made it clear that Greedo is the one who shot first, but everyone wanted to think that Han shot first, because they wanted to think that he actually just gunned him down."  -- George Lucas.   Link

Uh, George, I know you think we’re all hypersensitive fanboys to complain about this “tiny” change to Han Solo’s character, but you’ve got one of your fundamental facts wrong.

We don’t think that Han “seemed” to shoot first in the original because it was all close-ups and confusing.  We “know” that Han shot first because GREEDO NEVER FIRED HIS WEAPON in the original version.  There is not a single frame of film in that sequence that suggests that Greedo in any way discharged his weapon.  Han never gave him the chance.

So going on about a wider shot, blah, blah, blah is irrelevant.  Own the change.  Because you’re not convincing us that there was no change.

No one is THAT strong in the Force.