Did you know Greedo got the last word before Han shot him? According to the Disney+ version of Star Wars: A New Hope, you bet your green bippy he did.
This news comes thanks to entertainment journalist Mike Ryan who, maybe because demand is too high for The Mandalorian right now (I tried. No joy. Wahhhh), decided to watch Star Wars: A New Hope instead.
But something seems to have changed about the film during the transition to Disney+ — Greedo has a new line which he cheekily utters right before she shoots at (and misses and we know he didn’t shoot first but whatever) Han.
Whatever he said remains a mystery, as there’s no subtitle, but clearly Han shot him over it, so it was probably the Rhodian version of “Your mama.” or something.
You be the judge.
How…? Who…? How is this something someone decided to do? I can’t even make a clear thought about this. pic.twitter.com/buC5ptGQ7S
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) November 12, 2019
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As Star Wars fans know, this isn’t the first time there have been changes to this scene between Han Solo and the Rhodian bounty hunter known as Greedo. In the original 1977 release, Greedo never fired his blaster. He threatened Han, Han said, “I’ll bet you have,” and, boom, Han shot him.
When the special edition was released on January 31, 1997, there was a big change. Han said his line and then Greedo’s blaster fires and misses Han and Han shoots him. Lucas made the change himself, saying “Han Solo was going to marry Leia, and you look back and say, ‘Should he be a cold-blooded killer?’”.
Here’s the comparison.
But this new change? Where did that come from?
Chatter on Twitter is that this is a Lucas-approved change for a 4K remaster, but I think it’s a shame we didn’t get a translation. I mean, what does “Maclunkey” mean? And did he say “Maclunkey” or “Macunkey”?
We asked. Here’s what we discovered.
is does sound more like Macunkey but "Maclunkey" sounds like an old TV private detective so that wins
— Eleven-ThirtyEight (@eleventhirtyate) November 12, 2019
For those wondering "maclunkey" translates to:
"Art is never finished, it is only abandoned."
— Adam Lance Garcia (@AdamLanceGarcia) November 12, 2019
I keep imagining Filoni cruising into the office this morning, big smile, "Hey gang, so how's the reaction? Pretty good? … Wait, what's Maclunkey?"
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) November 12, 2019
Of course, we wanted to know if there were other changes. The internet did not disappoint.
BREAKING: Greedo shouting "Maclunkey" isn't the only major change to the Original #starwars trilogy on #DisneyPlus pic.twitter.com/7HMRKGQkc0
— Eric Fell (@ericfell) November 12, 2019
Ryan also noticed an interesting note during his viewing. Who the heck is smoking on the Death Star!
My favorite scene in Star Wars is when Luke takes a drag off a cig to calm down right before the trench run pic.twitter.com/EseXBM3X09
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) November 12, 2019
Who knew that part of the fun of Disney+ would be people finding new and interesting changes and tidbits of information? The galaxy truly is a wonder.
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