As diehard Star WarsOpens in a new tab fans may know, George LucasOpens in a new tab‘ earliest drafts for the original movie’s script involved a higher order of beings known as the Whills. Lucas initially had an idea that the Star Wars saga would be told through the perspective of the Journal of the Whills, a race tasked with writing the history of the galaxy. And according to a newly released book, Lucas had further plans still for the Whills; in fact, they would have been a focal point for his Star Wars sequel trilogy.
Via CBROpens in a new tab, Lucas’ comments were taken from an Insight Editions companion to the AMC series James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction. “[The next three Star Wars films] were going to get into a microbiotic world. But there’s this world of creatures that operate differently than we do. I call them the Whills. And the Whills are the ones who actually control the universe. They feed off the Force.”
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“If I’d held onto the company I could have done it, and then it would have been done,” Lucas said. “Of course, a lot of the fans would have hated it, just like they did Phantom MenaceOpens in a new tab and everything, but at least the whole story from beginning to end would be told.”
In the new post-Lucas continuity, the Whills have been directly referenced onscreen in Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryOpens in a new tab. Chirrut Imwe and Baze Malbus were Guardians of the Whills, a religious order that revered the Force and the Jedi. Of course, these characters certainly weren’t microbiotic lifeforms. Truthfully, Lucas was probably correct about the eventual reaction from fans; it sounds like Lucas’ take on the Whills would have been the midichlorians of a new generation.
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