Han Solo may have shot first in 1977’s original Star Wars, but now Greedo gets a verbal parting shot. Lucasfilm confirmed to Vanity Fair this was a change creator George Lucas made even before he sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012.

Han’s under-the-table takedown of the alien bounty hunter revealed a moment of cold-bloodedness in Harrison Ford’s smuggler that Lucas later softened with the 1997 Special Edition reissue, adding new visual effects so that poor, doomed Greedo fired first, hitting the wall just above Solo’s left temple.

Later, Lucas recut it yet again so that the two gunmen blasted each other simultaneously, although that hasn’t put to rest the outcry from Star Wars originalists. (Lucas has a sense of humor about it, even wearing a “Han Shot First” T-shirt while visiting with Ford on the set of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.)

The debut of a glossy new version of A New Hope on the Disney+ streaming service Tuesday has brought yet another change to this scene. Han and Greedo still blast each other at about the same time (Greedo again misses badly), but now before the triggers are pulled Greedo gets a final word—and that word, to the ears of many, sounds like “Maclunkey!”

Whatever the Rodian actually yelled is not revealed by the subtitles, but the change has reopened an old wound in the Star Wars fandom.

Even though Lucas has stepped aside after selling Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012, it’s impossible to consider that anyone except him would have tinkered with a single frame of his movie without his blessing, and the company confirmed this was a change he made at least seven years ago.

Reaction to the change has been largely negative, but we still don’t know exactly what it means or why Lucas felt it was necessary. Could the phrase restore some iciness to Solo—like, “Hold on, wait!” Is it some unspeakable galactic insult, a slur shouted in the instant Greedo realizes he’s outmatched and outgunned? Or is it something that further rationalizes Solo’s shot, something along the lines of Inigo Montoya declaring, “Prepare to die!”

Although Star Wars aficionados appear to universally dislike the change, they’re still having some fun with it.

Somebody get a protocol droid in here to translate.

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