I’ve watched Star Wars countless times; both the original theatrical version and the versions that Lucas “fixed” and I must say I NEVER once noticed this. Look closely at the below clip:
It’s hard to see, but but Alderaan clearly shoots first! This puts the whole trilogy in a whole new light.
In other Alderaan and Death Star related news, my six year old son is into both Legos and Star Wars (shocking, I know). He was asking for either the Lego Death Star or the Super Star Destroyer but those are ridiculously expensive. So, I got him Lego Alderaan instead:
