^ If you said something once and then subsequently changed your mind, what you'd previously said isn't a lie because it was true at the time that you said it.
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You know, posting a link to an article in which the very first sentence is blatantly prejudicial probably isn't the winning argument you seem to think it is.
But the article doesn't just consist of this one sentence. What about the rest?
In the recent past Lucas, has categorically stated that his original intent was "always" to have Greedo shoot first.
That is objectively untrue. That was never his intention while making the movie.
It's not the same as "changing your mind" about something over time, changing your point of view or your opinion.
It's saying something that is objectively false. Which he has done. Everyone knows this, everyone knows the original intent didn't include Greedo firing at all and he's now tried to pretend otherwise.
George, own it. You made a change. It's your purview (or, rather, it was.) But don't try to trick us. We have the receipts.
That is objectively untrue. That was never his intention while making the movie.
It's not the same as "changing your mind" about something over time, changing your point of view or your opinion.
It's saying something that is objectively false. Which he has done. Everyone knows this, everyone knows the original intent didn't include Greedo firing at all and he's now tried to pretend otherwise.
George, own it. You made a change. It's your purview (or, rather, it was.) But don't try to trick us. We have the receipts.
The larger question for me is "Why do I care?" Lucas has change, amended and retold the story of Star Wars in a couple of different ways. While I'm all for believing people, that article doesn't call out anything new. It's a bit too self-congratulatory for it's own good.
You know when a person begins a conversation with a sentence like "I'm not racist but . . ."? It's kinda like that; nothing after the "but" actually matters because you know they're starting from a place of prejudice and bad faith, so you may as well stop listening.
So no, I did not bother reading your seven year old hacky hit piece written by some bitter fan with too much time on their hands, and a pathetic little axe to grind. That's not evidence of anything other than seven years ago, some bitter fan with too much time on their hands, and a pathetic little axe to grind decided to write a hackneyed hit piece. Who the fuck cares?
Same reason I didn't eat that bit of cheese that got left at the back of the fridge too long. I don't need to take a bite to know it's rancid, the smell was enlightening enough.
I don't believe for one second that Lucas always intended for Greedo to shoot first, anymore than I believe that Vader was always suppose to yell NO! before throwing the emporer down the shoot or the numerous other changes that have been done every time the films have been released on a new home video format.
Han was not a cold blooded killer in the original scene. He has a gun pointed at him and he was about to be turned over to someone who most certainly would have killed him. Him shooting first was completely justified. The truth is Lucas's views on violence changed and he decided to do some revisionist history with his films. Hence the reason the theatrical versions of OT have not being made avalaible since the mid nineties.
Han was not a cold blooded killer in the original scene. He has a gun pointed at him and he was about to be turned over to someone who most certainly would have killed him. Him shooting first was completely justified. The truth is Lucas's views on violence changed and he decided to do some revisionist history with his films. Hence the reason the theatrical versions of OT have not being made avalaible since the mid nineties.