A guy like Han Solo has to be ready to defend himself at all times, and hen Greedo shows up in Mos Eisley threatening to take his ship, Han doesn’t hesitate to shoot him without remorse. Despite the inherent bad guy move of shooting first, this was the scene that made many fans fall in love with Han.
And Solo would also know that they'd know, meaning he'd be less likely to act on any offers made to him, unless they were really, truly, that good. tl;dr Han Solo was trusted to be Han Solo. He was predictable, in a sense, and although dangerous he still held himself above casual smugglers and criminals which in the end was enough for the
As a kid all of 5 years old when "Star Wars" first graced the silver screen in 1977—the original, best version when "Han shot first"—I knew what my father meant when he leaned over andNotice also that some time elapsed between the hit of Vader's wingmen and the shot in which appears Chewbacca and Han and, last but not least, after saying 'Great shot, kid! That was one in a million! Han stirs Chewie up as if Solo was telling the Wookiee: Your shot was great too, my friend!Greedo. One of Solo's most well-known enemies, if his most innocuous, Greedo was a Rodian who jumped at the chance to gun the smuggler down. When Jabba the Hutt put out the bounty on Solo's head, Greedo thought it would be the perfect opportunity to make him pay for an old grudge. In "The Luckless Rodian", included in the anthology From a