From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , Sandman   
    wrote:   
      
   > In article <191220131826138389%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name   
   >  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.   
      
   There's no on-screen proof that Jabba employed Greedo. Greedo could   
   easily have simply found out about the bounty and decided to try and   
   cash-in by himself.   
      
      
      
      
   > >  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.   
      
   It's not irrelevant since it is official, but if you want to be a   
   "what's on-screen only" nutter, then as below ...   
      
      
      
      
   > >  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.   
      
   Again, 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.   
      
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