With regard to the ultimate disposition of his body/their bodies, only the official novelisation seems to address this. OFFICER: I thought I heard something down here.Īs to why the trooper armour doesn't have any blood/scorch marks, this was addressed by authorised Star Wars artist Chris Trevas in his iconic ' The Folly of TK-421' picture, commissioned by Lucasfilm in 2015 as part of their annual Star Wars Celebration He struggles to hide a large blood stain under Which actually lines up with the early draft script. Unconscious, and the guards have been shot. The scanning crewmen on the ship were knocked The overconfident Imperials had left no other guards.īut which conflicts with the Star Wars Radio PlayĢND TROOPER: Sir, we're in the command office overlooking the captured starship. Stunning the scanning crew and the two stormtroopers was notĭifficult. The calm air of confidence Kenobi exuded soothed Solo's doubts. Hands of an old man did nothing to improve Han Solo's temper. The prospect of leaving his escape from the battle station in the That being said, in the Star Wars: Fact File, it's noted that the guards were merely stunned. (Note that Han's blaster doesn't have a stun setting).

Star Wars: A New Hope - Junior Novelisation Knocked out, and that it had been the Falcon’s captain who’d summoned They had no idea that the scanning crew had already been The two stormtroopers glanced at each other, then marched up the Interestingly, the scanner crew weren't killed in this version, just knocked out. This concurs with the older junior novelisation. “Nice shooting,” Luke said, clapping Han on the shoulder.Ī New Hope: the Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy The two stormtroopers fell just as hard as the scanner crew did. He had to give them a little credit-both stormtroopers were quick reaching for their guns, but very few in the galaxy were faster on the draw than Han. The official novelisation states that he/they were simply stunned, however the new (and hence fully canon) Star Wars Junior novelisation gives the very strong impression that he/they were killed by Han. Basically every source is contradictory on this one.

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