I find The Han Solo Shot First Issue very interesting because it plays with how significant Star Wars is. At this point, no one can be surprised by the movies.

I find The Han Solo Shot First Issue very interesting because it plays with how significant Star Wars is. At this point, no one can be surprised by the movies. In particular, everyone knows that Han Solo is one of the good guys, from the beginning. That wasn't true when it was first released. At the point of the encounter with Greedo, the audience doesn't know if Han is going to be a traitor. Chewbacca is more menacing than ever on his first scenes, and Han is definitively a shady character. Now, all that doesn't make sense. We know Han (and Chewie) to be the "good guys", even if we never saw the movies. We can't be surprised by then... Similar stuff happens with Yoda appareance and Vader revelation. They are plots that we know in advance, effectively changing the movie experience...