The trilogy features the return of classic Star Wars characters Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca, R2-D2, C-3PO, and Darth Sidious as well as a host of new characters, primarily focusing on the Force-sensitive scavenger Rey, the deserter First Order stormtrooper Finn and Kylo Ren, the son of Leia Organa and Han Solo who is the master of the Knights of Ren and who had fallen into the dark side of the Force. The films are produced by Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy, with Bad Robot Productions having also helped produce The Force Awakens. It begins thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi and focuses on a conflict between the First Order, a military state and successor to the Galactic Empire, and the Resistance, a military group opposing the First Order and successor to the Alliance to Restore the Republic. The sequel trilogy is the third installment of films of the Star Wars saga to be produced. As each is finished, I think the direction of the saga may change a bit.' ― Gary Kurtz, quoted in Prevue #42 ( September- October 1980) As the films are made, each of the stories develops. The series may happen the way he originally planned or may completely change.

The first drafts of what would eventually become the screenplay for A New Hope had the on-screen story being recounted via the Journal of the Whills – the collected notes of individuals, not microorganisms.' Whether or not all nine or twelve films actually get made depends on how George feels as time goes along. Ironically, this now-canonical take on the Whills would seem to be more in line with Lucas’s own early notions of the Star Wars universe. Both of those references would seem to indicate that the Whills are a people or a religion, rather than “microscopic creatures who treat the Force as their lifeblood.”

As Screen Rant points out, the Journal of the Whills was mentioned in the novelization of 2015's The Force Awakens, and Donnie Yen’s Chirrut Îmwe was a Guardian of the Whills in 2016's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. While Lucas’ vision may not have come to fruition, the Whills haven’t been completely excised from the Star Wars canon – although the word has taken on a significantly different definition. RELATED: Star Wars: Game of Thrones Creators Depart Planned Film Trilogy Either way, Lucas confessed, “A lot of the fans would have hated it.”

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