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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Famous quotes containing the word film:
“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)
“A film is a petrified fountain of thought.”
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
“A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)