Film
In the original Star Wars film, Obi Wan Kenobi states that Luke Skywalker's father Anakin was betrayed and killed by Darth Vader; in The Empire Strikes Back it is famously established (and later confirmed by Kenobi in Return of the Jedi) that Vader is Anakin. Similarly, Princess Leia Organa, an upper-class romantic interest for the farm boy Luke, is changed to be his sister in Return of the Jedi. An outline of the series confirms they were not originally part of the story, and were therefore retcons. Furthermore, in the original version of Star Wars, Han Solo takes the first, and only, shot at Greedo, a bountyhunter working for the Hutts. The special edition of the movie implies Greedo shot first, to which Han retaliated. This retcon is most commonly referred to as "Han shot first", even if there was no second shot in the original footage.
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“Is America a land of God where saints abide for ever? Where golden fields spread fair and broad, where flows the crystal river? Certainly not flush with saints, and a good thing, too, for the saints sent buzzing into man’s ken now are but poor- mouthed ecclesiastical film stars and cliché-shouting publicity agents.
Their little knowledge bringing them nearer to their ignorance,
Ignorance bringing them nearer to death,
But nearness to death no nearer to God.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)
“All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They’re obliged to overstate their own importance.”
—François Truffaut (1932–1984)
“This film is apparently meaningless, but if it has any meaning it is doubtless objectionable.”
—British Board Of Film Censors. Quoted in Halliwell’s Filmgoer’s Companion (1984)