I always thought that Han Solo when you first meet him is far from a Hero. First off he is a Smugglar, and he smuggled spice? Which I take as a term that he was a drug/gun running for Jabba.
He was a rogue character at first, that was caught in a situation that was bigger than him and had to team with his passangers to get free. Plus up to the end of the movie his motivation was only to save himself. Shoting Greebo first established Han as a pure survivalist, and Greebo was going to shoot him for Jabba. Makes sense that Han would shoot first giving his look out for himself character trait. Han didn't really establish himself as a Hero until the end of the movie when he destroied Vadar's escorts. So in many ways he had the classic rogue to hero path. --- "Reynolds, Jason M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>>> > But, how does one justify a hero that kills first, > in a non-self defense > way? I believe in self defense, but one doesn't > start killing for the > hell of it just because they THINK the bad guy is > truly bad. Preemptive > strikes are a very tempting and risky maneuver. > >>>>>>>>>> > > It all comes down to when it is self defense. Han > shot Greedo preemptively > in the original Star Wars. Greedo was going to > shoot him, but Han didn't > give him the chance. I saw nothing wrong with that. > -------------------------------------------------- > The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] > > Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml > Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in > the BODY: help list > Nick Davis Webmaster of the Mobile Suit Gundam Battle System http://www.gundambattlesystem.com -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
