Random minifig of the day: sw0898

@PurpleDave said:
" @Miyakan said:
"Poor printing. Missing blaster scorch marks."

At least give him a chance to sit down first!"

Hey, he shot first!

His greed(o) sickens me

Han shot first. Period.

The blank cyan section at the top of his legs really annoys me. I actually took the legs of 2014 Greedo and used that with 2018 Greedo's torso.

When a figure comes in multiple sets, it's pretty uncommon for all those sets to have the exact same name.

Han shooting first is fake news, Greedo totally fired first :)

In the 'Key' of Paul Simon:
Oh Greeeedo,
You done, did get shot,
Shot first?
Did not, nor ever...:)

Someone else shot first: https://i.imgur.com/MRuoAeA.jpeg

@Pugs said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Miyakan said:
"Poor printing. Missing blaster scorch marks."

At least give him a chance to sit down first!"

Hey, he shot first!"

Sad that the best Greedo came in a 2003 set.

Who cares who shot first? Draw a gun and find out.

I have this Greedo he cost me £12 on Bricklink

Sam shot Frodo? Wh-what?

Maclunkey!

Lego designers are clearly big fans of SW Battlefield II. Greedo doesn’t have a drop holster rig on his leg in the film, it’s attached to the belt he’s wearing underneath the waistcoat…

@StyleCounselor said:
" @Pugs said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Miyakan said:
"Poor printing. Missing blaster scorch marks."

At least give him a chance to sit down first!"

Hey, he shot first!"

Sad that the best Greedo came in a 2003 set.

Who cares who shot first? Draw a gun and find out. "

Okay, but my artistic skills aren't very good.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @Pugs said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Miyakan said:
"Poor printing. Missing blaster scorch marks."

At least give him a chance to sit down first!"

Hey, he shot first!"

Sad that the best Greedo came in a 2003 set.

Who cares who shot first? Draw a gun and find out. "

Okay, but my artistic skills aren't very good."

Bud-dum-bump!

Right, Han didn't shoot first. Han shot.
To say "first" implies there was a second shot.

OK semantics that "first" could imply he shot before Greedo got a chance to, but I prefer my reasoning

Han shot first. And felt no remorse about it. Typical Han.

No matter which version you watch, Han shoots last

I will always believe that Greedo shot first. Poor guy couldn’t hit his target at 3 feet, though. I’ve always loved the Rodian head, too. I inexplicably don’t have a Greedo one, but I do have some others. I think it’s a really great mold, and really ahead of its time back 22 years ago. Since this guy’s only about $10, I may have to buy him pretty soon for another Rodian head.

On the minifigure himself? I remember having an eye on the original Cantina set at the time specifically for the first Greedo minifig (also Ben Kenobi and Sandtrooper, neither of whom I had either), but didn't get it in the end. But what I think is weird is that they'd break out arm printing for him way back in 2004 and then never again. I know that 2004 was still at the tail end of the time when Lego was throwing anything at the wall and seeing what stuck, and arm printing was apparently one of those things that *didn't* stick at the time (I don't remember it on amy other minifigures than this guy and the suuuuuuper-rare Cloud City Boba, but I may be forgetting?); but it's still odd to me that now, when we're in an era where arm printing is, if still not common, then at least not unheard of, they won't apply it to a character whose first minifigure appearance was practically defined by arm printing?

This isn't me complaining, this is just me being very puzzled...?

Some features of minifig!Greedo have definitely improved over the years, in particular his torso print which I like better on this minifig than either previous one. But it would be nice to see him have the original arms back again sometime.

@Fan_Of_Bricks said:
"Han shot first!"

Han shot. period

On the subject of Greedo, as well as whether he shot or not, his age has also been the subject of some debate in Star Wars media. The original movie gives no indication, and he's the only Rodian we see so we have no point of comparison; due to this, the short story collection Tales of the Mos Eisley Cantina imagined Greedo as a young up-and-coming bounty hunter who, in his eagerness, bit off more than he could chew and got fried for it. This remained as accepted canon for a while...

Until The Phantom Menace rolled around. While the final released movie doesn't have anything to weigh in on the matter, a deleted (but still counted as canon, since some of the comic and novel adaptions included it) scene on the DVD has Anakin get into a scuffle with a young Rodian boy who accuses him of cheating in the podrace. At the end of the scene, Wald - a different Rodian, Anakin's friend - makes an offhand remark to the other boy which identifies him as Greedo and warns him that if he keeps on that way, he'll come to a bad end. George Lucas' intention was that, naturally, this would be one and the same Greedo who gets shot in the original film, with Wald's line being foreshadowing; thus making Greedo much closer to middle-aged when he encounters Han.

Of course, while word of Lucas tends to override all other sources in matters of canonicity, those running the EU made a point of jumping through several hoops to preserve the original short story in canon, ultimately declaring instead that the Greedo who Anakin fought with in TPM was "Greedo the Elder", and the Greedo who Han shot was his son "Greedo the Younger".

Again, this held for a while... until apparently a The Clone Wars episode included Greedo and established once and for all that the two Greedos were in fact the same character and rendering the Tales of the Mos Eisley Cantina story entirely non-canon. Shortly after which, Disney threw out the old canon in its entirety, which stopped the whole thing from mattering anyway...

@ThatBionicleGuy said:
"On the minifigure himself? I remember having an eye on the original Cantina set at the time specifically for the first Greedo minifig (also Ben Kenobi and Sandtrooper, neither of whom I had either), but didn't get it in the end. But what I think is weird is that they'd break out arm printing for him way back in 2004 and then never again. I know that 2004 was still at the tail end of the time when Lego was throwing anything at the wall and seeing what stuck, and arm printing was apparently one of those things that *didn't* stick at the time (I don't remember it on amy other minifigures than this guy and the suuuuuuper-rare Cloud City Boba, but I may be forgetting?); but it's still odd to me that now, when we're in an era where arm printing is, if still not common, then at least not unheard of, they won't apply it to a character whose first minifigure appearance was practically defined by arm printing?

This isn't me complaining, this is just me being very puzzled...?"

I know of https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw0150/bespin-guard which was released only a couple years later, but other than that, I don’t know of any.

@ThatBionicleGuy said:
"On the subject of Greedo, as well as whether he shot or not, his age has also been the subject of some debate in Star Wars media. The original movie gives no indication, and he's the only Rodian we see so we have no point of comparison; due to this, the short story collection Tales of the Mos Eisley Cantina imagined Greedo as a young up-and-coming bounty hunter who, in his eagerness, bit off more than he could chew and got fried for it. This remained as accepted canon for a while...

Until The Phantom Menace rolled around. While the final released movie doesn't have anything to weigh in on the matter, a deleted (but still counted as canon, since some of the comic and novel adaptions included it) scene on the DVD has Anakin get into a scuffle with a young Rodian boy who accuses him of cheating in the podrace. At the end of the scene, Wald - a different Rodian, Anakin's friend - makes an offhand remark to the other boy which identifies him as Greedo and warns him that if he keeps on that way, he'll come to a bad end. George Lucas' intention was that, naturally, this would be one and the same Greedo who gets shot in the original film, with Wald's line being foreshadowing; thus making Greedo much closer to middle-aged when he encounters Han."

Another fun fact: the character Wald that you mentioned is actually played by Warwick Davis, the same actor who played Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi, as well as several other small cameo roles in some of the more recent films!

Anyway, very interesting story. I'd never heard of that before. I knew of the deleted scene from TPM, but wasn't aware of the debate regarding Greedo's age.

@mkrey said:
" @Fan_Of_Bricks said:
"Han shot first!"

Han shot. period"

Greedo was shot. Full Stop (and fully stopped).

"FIRST!"

- Han in Greedo's own conment section, evidently.

I think it's weird that this version lacks arm printing. And that it came out after dark turquoise was reintroduced in 2019 for one set, but they stuck with the fig from a set from before then (this appeared in 2018 and 2020)

@ThatBionicleGuy:
And then, if several videos on Youtube are to be believed, Disney bankrupted Lucasfilm and might be trying to sell it to someone who could reset canon once again.

@BabuBrick:
Warwick Davis had _four_ screen credits in Ep1 alone. Besides Wald, he played Yoda, Weazel (seen sharing a box with Watto during the race), and a street vendor.

@PurpleDave said:
" @BabuBrick :
Warwick Davis had _four_ screen credits in Ep1 alone. Besides Wald, he played Yoda, Weazel (seen sharing a box with Watto during the race), and a street vendor."

Weazel's in Solo, as well.

What scene is the street vendor in? I only knew about the first three cameos.

@BabuBrick said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @BabuBrick :
Warwick Davis had _four_ screen credits in Ep1 alone. Besides Wald, he played Yoda, Weazel (seen sharing a box with Watto during the race), and a street vendor."

Weazel's in Solo, as well.

What scene is the street vendor in? I only knew about the first three cameos."

Oh, I have no idea. I did remember that he played four roles, but only remembered Wald by name, Weazel by the scene, and had to look up the other two. Wikipedia cites the list of characters, but doesn't provide any way of identifying which Yoda scenes are him, or which street vendor he played. The Yoda scene I believe is from a shot where Yoda is seen walking down a hallway, probably with Qui-Gon, and rather than lean on CGI to generate the character, they apparently just put Davis in a costume for the physical portion (Frank Oz still did the voice, of course).

@PurpleDave said:
" @BabuBrick said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @BabuBrick :
Warwick Davis had _four_ screen credits in Ep1 alone. Besides Wald, he played Yoda, Weazel (seen sharing a box with Watto during the race), and a street vendor."

Weazel's in Solo, as well.

What scene is the street vendor in? I only knew about the first three cameos."

Oh, I have no idea. I did remember that he played four roles, but only remembered Wald by name, Weazel by the scene, and had to look up the other two. Wikipedia cites the list of characters, but doesn't provide any way of identifying which Yoda scenes are him, or which street vendor he played. The Yoda scene I believe is from a shot where Yoda is seen walking down a hallway, probably with Qui-Gon, and rather than lean on CGI to generate the character, they apparently just put Davis in a costume for the physical portion (Frank Oz still did the voice, of course)."

Ah, okay. Thanks.

Y'know, it's going to be really funny if a Han Solo figure gets picked as the next RMotD in a couple of hours...