Longtime Star Wars fans know that A New Hope has evolved over time–specifically, one scene featuring Han Solo and Greedo. Now, with the launch of the newest streaming service Disney+, the scene has changed yet again.
In the original 1977 version, Han Solo shoots bounty hunter Greedo after a tense exchange of words. Over time, director George Lucas has altered who shoots first. In the 2019 version seen on Disney+, Greedo now shouts “maclunkey” before Han Solo shoots him–and no one knows what it means.
The edit was first spotted by the Star Wars Visual Comparisons Twitter account, which is dedicated to tweeting about all of the visual changes made to the original Star Wars films. In the new edit, Greedo has captions for everything he says, except for “maclunkey,” adding to the confusion.
Lucasfilm confirmed with Vanity Fair that the “maclunkey” edit was made at least seven years ago, but was just debuted with the Disney+ launch.
Oh my god. This is not a joke. pic.twitter.com/RMkh7Blg7D
— Star Wars Visual Comparisons (@StarWarsVisComp) November 12, 2019
In 1997, Lucas controversially altered the scene for the first time to have Greedo shoot first instead of Han Solo, according to Vulture. In 2004, the scene was changed yet again to have both characters shoot at the same time. A Disney+ spokesperson told the Daily Dot that the addition of “maclunkey” was an intentional change made by Lucas.
Some Twitter users found hilarity in the newest change, even turning “maclunkey” into a meme.
Twitter user @ditzkoff replaced “maclunkey” with “OK Boomer” in his rendition of the new scene. Another added the word to other iconic scenes in the original Star Wars trilogy.
“Maclunkey is Huttese for Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself,” Twitter user @blainecapatch wrote.
i can't believe they changed the Han/Greedo scene yet again pic.twitter.com/vRK5mtiupc
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) November 12, 2019
BREAKING: Greedo shouting "Maclunkey" isn't the only major change to the Original #starwars trilogy on #DisneyPlus pic.twitter.com/7HMRKGQkc0
— Eric Fell (@ericfell) November 12, 2019
“WHAT MACLUNKEY TELLS US ABOUT STAR WARS EPISODE 9” – every fucking nerd website right now
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) November 12, 2019
https://twitter.com/blainecapatch/status/1194314220097028099
Even Stephen King jumped in on the conversation “just because it’s so weirdly funny.”
#Maclunkey
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) November 12, 2019
Just because it’s so weirdly funny.
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