As many of us grew up with the Star Wars franchise, it is sometimes easy to forget that the sci-fi saga is set many years into the future.
Not only that but with the saga branching in many different directions, time periods, and telling the story of multiple characters, it is also easy to lose track of the universe created by George Lucas.
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However, what many fans did not know is that the entire Star Wars saga is actually told from the perspective of one much-loved character who would have existed through all of these times and way into the future.
That being said, Lucas eventually decided to stray away from making this an obvious narrative in the movies so it is no surprise that many fans are unaware.
In the 1997 Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays, Lucas said the following:
“Originally, I was trying to have the story be told by somebody else; there was somebody watching this whole story and recording it, somebody probably wiser than the mortal players in the actual events. I eventually dropped this idea.”
So who was this “somebody”?
Well, according to The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith by Jonathan W. Rinzler, Lucas had revealed that the story of Star Wars was originally meant to be told to the Keeper of the Whills by R2-D2 when the iconic robot was around 2,000 years of age.
The story would have been told after the events of Return of the Jedi and later recorded in the Journal of the Whills (the Whills later turned into the Force as we know it).
Additionally, the story of the Whills was such an original idea for Lucas that it was first mentioned in the first two pages of his draft in 1973 which was then titled Journal of the Whills, Part I.
However, this ultimately became Star Wars as we know it and this story has been lost to history for many.
Either way, it is a fun little fact for Star Wars fans out there but I’m sure the most dedicated amongst you already knew this one.
Topics: Star Wars, TV And Film, Disney