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by Schedonnardus, Texas, Friday, April 17, 2015, 14:16 (3303 days ago) @ Korny

He's an anti-hero! He's supposed to be a reluctant good guy! That's why he got the girl!

Good thing too. *shudders*

Han lived a life of crime. He was a smuggler, packed a gun, and dealt with gangsters. No goody-two-shoes is gonna be like "well, it would be awful unsportsmanlike to shoot you while I have a chance at freedom. Darn, better lower my weapon and come with you!"

Someone who lives a dangerous life of crime is going to be dangerous, or he's going to be dead. He was a self-serving crook, who had no stake in the good guys' fight, and he let them know that before leaving... but he came back anyway, sticking his neck out for something greater than himself. That's character development. That's good stuff.

The whole point (originally) was that he was a seedy guy in a seedy world. Yes he shot first,b/c that is who he WAS. Meeting luke, leia, et al set him on a course of redemption. Having greedo shoot first, just goes against the character development.