Greedo is a
Rodian bounty hunter in the
movie Star Wars: A New Hope. He was hired by
Jabba the Hutt to capture
Han Solo, because Solo owed Jabba a lot of
money.
Greedo confronted Solo in the
Mos Eisley Cantina. With his
blaster pointed at Solo, Greedo told that he'd have to pay Jabba now, or that Jabba would take the
Millenium Falcon from Han.
Greedo was intending to
kill Han on the spot, but Han beat him to the
punch, blasting Greedo before he knew what hit him. Greedo was too
stupid to be a bounty hunter.
However, in
Star Wars Special Edition,
George Lucas had the scene digitally altered, adding a
blast from Greedo's gun first, missing Han, who then kills Greedo in
self-defense. This is
totally lame. The origional cut of the scene made Han Solo look like a
badass who does what he's got to do. But the Special Edition cut of the scene is just too darn
politically correct.