From: mr@sandman.net

In article <191220131826138389%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name 
YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> > According to whom? I'm asking because the EU bases characters on their
> > interpretation of the movies, and official backstory created after the SE
> > would also incorporate it based on what we see, not what we once saw.
>
>  What we saw and still see on-screen is Greedo holding a gun on Han in
>  an attempt to claim Jabba's bounty ... there was and is absolutely zero
>  evidence on-screen of Greedo's competence, legitimacy, nor
>  qualification as a bounty hunter. Obviously he's not that good at the
>  job since Han gets away and Greedo is dead..

False logic. It is true that we see no signs of him being competent, but
that doesn't make him incompetent. The assumption is that he's as good as
any bounty hunter at least, given the fact that Jabba has him employed at
least. Or at least he seems to answer to Jabba. And at that point in time,
Jabba is just some looming threat to Han, someone with power, and Greedo is
speaking for him, Han is bartering with him. None of these things leads to
a conclusion that he's incompetent.

In fact, the only thing Greedo misses (in the original) is Han having his
hand under the table, but that's it.

>  I'm not sure where or when the backstory about Greedo's father and
>  Greedo wanting to follow him as a bounty hunter comes from, but it's
>  official in the sense that is part of the EU "encycopedia" ... it may
>  have come or be based on George Luces' own backstory for his
>  characters, or it may have been written by another author.

Until we know, it is irrelevant trivia to the discussion.

>  There is a cut-scene from Episode I where Anakin has a fight with
>  Greedo, and beats him.

I know. But I'm talking about the original intentions for the Greedo
characters, not intentions invented to retcon the character based on idiocy
from the special editions.

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