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# Jimmy Fallon Made Harrison Ford Take a 'Greedo Shot' First

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## ashley Ross


Dec 2, 2015 2:50 PM UTC

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## ashley Ross


Dec 2, 2015 2:50 PM UTC

As _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ is nearly in theaters, the franchises stars are making the media rounds. And late-night shows are getting quite inventive with their guests from another galaxy.

Harrison Ford, who’s reprising his role as Han Solo in the new film, appeared on _The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon_ Monday. During his visit he was served a _Star Wars_/Fallon hybrid cocktail called ‘The Millennium Fallon,’ named for the starship Ford’s character pilots in the films.

“How cool is that, right?” Fallon asked Ford, when he slipped colored ice cubes into lit up cocktails curated by Manhattan’s Jim Meehan of the bar Please Don’t Tell.

“What’s cool?” Ford responded.

“It’s a lightsaber!”

But Ford wasn’t really having it. Regardless, he still took a ‘[Greedo shot](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/30/george-lucas-han-shoot-first)‘ of cognac and creme de menthe.

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