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Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Jun 2, 2005 19:54:59 GMT -5
It's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaccccccckkkkkk!!!!!!!!
Ages and ages ago, "The Chronicles of the Whills" was a tag line attached to ANH when it was first released. It showed up in articles and interviews without much to back it up. Nobody got it. Nothing more was said. We fans wondered, but it didn't reappear with TESB and ROTJ, so we forgot about it.
Now it's back, attached to the wisdom that allows Qui-Gon / Obi-Wan / Yoda to appear/speak/annoy thorugh the Force. Did I blink and miss any direct reference to it in ROTS, or has it returned in it's ghostly tag line form again to appear/speak/annoy us again like spectral Jedi?
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Post by Leda EmBorr on Jun 2, 2005 20:49:20 GMT -5
I don't remember anything about that in the novelization, but in the comic adaptation (of RotS), Qui-Gon says:
"The ability to defy death can be achieved, but only for onesself. A Shaman of the Whills discovered the secret. But it will never be accomplished by a Sith Lord. It is a state acquired through compassion, not greed."
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Post by Qual Totem on Jun 3, 2005 14:37:33 GMT -5
im confused
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Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Jun 4, 2005 9:19:38 GMT -5
Yes, it's very confusing.
I googled "Chronicles of the Whills", but the closest I got was "Journal of the Whills". Hmmm, I was sure it was "chronicles". "The Whills" seems to be from the earlier drafts of Star Wars, some entity that was telling the whole story, but it's mostly fallen off into a background footnote.
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Post by lazlototh on Jun 4, 2005 15:01:26 GMT -5
The only reference I know of is in the EpIV novelization where the prologue is a piece taken from the First Saga of the Journal of the Whills. In Lucas' early drafts from 1973-75, the Whills are mentioned... If you look here, you can see some of the early treatments of the screenplay for Star Wars... StarkillerWhat's cool is some of the prequel names appear in these treatments, such as Utapau and Mace Windu |
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