<P> Prior to Lucas's long history of retroactive edits of Star Wars films and withholding the originals even for archival purposes, he had in 1988 protested to Congress (in opposition to Ted Turner colorizing classic black and white films) against that very process even on a purely cosmetic basis . At that time, Lucas originally argued that the public has a right to retain classic cinematic originals as a matter of cultural heritage, saying that "people who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians". </P> <P> In a 2014 Reddit interview with fans, when asked who shot first, actor Harrison Ford's reply was simply, "I don't know and I don't care ." However, Paul Blake, who played Greedo, said in a 2016 interview with the New York Daily News, </P> <P> Of course, it said it all in the original script, we played in the scene in English and at the end of the scene, it reads,' Han shoots the alien .' It's all it says and that's what happened . It was very painful . </P> <P> Blake also indicated that Greedo shooting first made the character appear inept (in that he would have missed Solo from very short range), and that "it does give Greedo a little more glory if he's just blown away ." </P>

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