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...with a little prodding he even criticizes himself for the scene played for laughs in Raiders of the Lost Ark where Indiana Jones drops his bullwhip and casually guns down an Arab swordsman. In fact, one of the changes to Star Wars modifies a gratuitously violent encounter in the cantina scene during which Han Solo shoots one of his creditors, a green anteater-like thing named Greedo. In the new version it's made clear, thanks to an added blaster shot that ricochets around the room, that Greedo fired first and that Han killed him in self-defense--perhaps...
...years since the original recording by the London Symphony Orchestra, John Williams' musical masterpiece has permeated popular culture and become one of the most recognized movie soundtracks of all time. No one will ever forget the triumphant cry of the title credit prologue or the jazzy quirkiness of the Cantina Band jam. By combining his unparalleled dimension of sound with the already brilliant development of characters and scenes, Williams forged a musical imprint into the minds of moviegoers everywhere. Star Wars: A New Hope reinstills what the original soundtrack embodied and gives a whole new generation the opportunity to discover...
Naturally, any information that might shed light on these issues would be much appreciated by all of us at Dartboard. Until then, may we all meet up at the Mos Eisley Cantina...
Meanwhile Fox is preparing to release the original trilogy in theaters early next year, restored and improved with some brief new sequences (the cantina scene in Star Wars now includes additional characters, and there is also a confrontation between Han Solo and Jabba the Hutt that didn't make it into the original). Lest anyone doubt the public's interest in the series, Fox re-released the trilogy as a boxed set on video last August and sold 22 million units domestically in six months...
There's nothing much remarkable about Happy Hour other than the false escapist sensation. But people there really don t want to escape, else they would have. Meaning that anyone can set up a cantina south of the border and live the life of the gringo in paradise. Anyone can take off for Russia and start waiting tables. Anyone can go to Nairobi and set up a lemonade stand. But people don't; they remain their vocational selves in one American metropolis or another...