Via Cocktail Party Physics, we can now discuss in slightly more informed detail the burning question, "Who shot first--Han Solo or Greedo?" in that famous shootout in the Mos Eisley Cantina? I always thought it was Han Solo, myself, but it never really bothered me. I figured it was a Wild West sort of place, and he was shooting first based on the assumption that he knew his life was toast otherwise. Anyway, a very interesting use of acoustical evidence. And by the way, who paid for the cleanup? Han left some money to cover it, but was it enough? Did the bar owner have insurance for that? Are shoot-em-ups reasonably foreeseeable in Mos Eisley? Do they raise your rates if you have too many? Is it part of the cost of doing business?
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