byaaahh
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It fundamentally changed nothing in the narrative. Han shooting first doesn't affect the story in any way, only how he is perceived by the audience. He is still a scoundrel and a smuggler, just not a murderous one. I grew up on the VHS and he will always shoot first, but in the grand scheme of Star Wars nothing changes.It changed Hans entire story arc ... it was huge narratively, which is why so many Star Wars fans hated it. Of course Luke not being Vader's son would be even bigger, Luke and Leia ... meh, was not the focus.
In this however, we've gone from "they're all Zanes" to "William and Leia are twins but unrelated to anyone else" to "they're all just roommates". Considering William ran away because who he fell in love with, which now just turns out to be someone who he lived with, the Vader comparison is far more accurate than the Storm Trooper "Han shooting" analogy.