{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Donna-Michelle St. Bernard - Thought #11 - HAN SHOT FIRST ","description":"My name is Donna-Michelle St. Bernard and this is my eleventh thought.   I recently got into a thing with a collaborator about whether Han shot first.  Not really about if he did or not, but about whether it matters if he did or not, and whether that is a thing worth saying.  It matters, I assure you.  If you\u2019re a nerd, ten times more.  But if you\u2019re outside the culture, you might not see why.  And if I try to explain it to you I inevitably bring more niche terms into the conversation that move you further from understanding and closer to confirming your theory that no one will know what I\u2019m talking about.  If you are not receptive to understanding, ten times more.  More importantly, things matter even if they don\u2019t to you, even if they don\u2019t to most, even if you don\u2019t understand why they do.  Han shot first.  Because the past is what happened, not what you wish did.  He shot first, that\u2019s a fact.  I\u2019m passionate about it.  And no amount of CGI muzzle flashes will convince me Greedo did anything more than walk into the Mos Eisley cantina.  Holler at me, nerds. (image from Rigzsoft.co.uk) ","author_name":"The Thought Residencies","author_url":"http:\/\/www.spiderwebshow.ca","html":"