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The new Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View book is celebrating 40 years of A New Hope by filling in some of the backstory for some of the side characters in the iconic movie. The book tells 40 different stories and the latest one has to do with fan favorite character, Greedo, and what was going through his mind while he was waiting for Han Solo in the Mos Eisley Cantina. It turns out that Greedo had more than money on his mind. The Certain Point of View book was just released last week and many Star Wars fans have found it to be highly entertaining.

Greedo is the Rodian bounty hunter, portrayed by Larry Ward in A New Hope, who grew up on Tatooine in Mos Espa. During the Clone Wars, he was hired by the Trade Federation to carry out nefarious deeds and he was sometimes hired by crime lord,...

Sometimes when you futz with a franchise, things get lost in the shuffle. Little details like, who exactly is voicing Jabba the Hutt? No, seriously. Back in 1977, actor Declan Mulholland found himself inadvertently playing the Hutt crime lord. Originally Mulholland was a stand-in, meant to be replaced in post-production with a stop motion creature. Due to budget constraints, this wouldn’t happen until Lucas released the Special Edition in 1997. The insertion of a CGI Jabba to “A New Hope” has been a point of consternation for fans ever since. But like most of the Special Edition changes it was baked into the history of Star Wars, never to be closely examined again. Until I saw this: Via MoviePilot A screenshot from the end credits of “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” in which it is proclaimed Jabba the Hutt played himself. As much as I’d love for Hutt Cartel to secretly be running Hollywood,...