George Lucas Fully Explains THE WHILLS (FORCE GODS)

[@Storm762x39]

I would personally like to see this, but not from anyone other than the man himself. I don't want to see someone else ruin it.

[@hotfunyunsop6196]

Yeah, I'd rather see the man himself ruin it lmao

[@Storm762x39]

@@huntertiborcz1106 I liked him, but he isn't the same as what's discussed in the video

[@DarthArtoo4]

That’s exactly how I feel about everything at this point haha. Any cool show/book/movie/game ideas excite me for a second and then just scare me since I know Disney won’t do it justice.

[@kriegeredelrott6499]

Well... Disney already ruined SW

[@toastedtarts4044]

@@kriegeredelrott6499i i can’t say they ruined it. There’s still the clone wars and first 6 movies

[@OliverThrone]

I personally wish he went into depth with the Whills because the novelization starts with them

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side. You're welcome. ; )

[@epicboy330]

Honestly I’ve always like the idea of midichlorians and that it *does* give some explanation to the Force while still leaving a lot of mystery. As for the Whills, again, I like that there is some degree of science tied into it, but the explanation is still broad and cryptic at the same time.

[@mortalitydoesstuff8965]

Arthur C Clarke said any sufficiently advanced technology should be indistinguishable from magic, and in a universe with such advanced technology there would no doubt be scientific explanations for how certain aspects of the Force actually worked intertwined with the rest of the religious aspects of being a Jedi/Sith, and to most people in the galaxy the Force itself is barely known or talked about past "the Jedi use the force" if they even think about the Jedi at all, so to them it's still very mysterious, but to the audience we have just enough info to keep capturing our attention without revealing too much

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@RaikenXion]

Yes I guess it is, I've always looked at it as the "Whills" are but one personification of the living and cosmic Force. Much like how "The Son, The Father and The Daughter took on a specific form in the Realm of Mortis. If you have a All-Knowing God, who is still beyond Mortals own comprehension to fully understand, and who and ofwhich Wills the behaviour of every subatomic particle in the Universe. Just like Positive and Negative Atoms, the Energy that is known of to be God (and George did say that *The Force* is basically God), then the Positive and Negative can also been seen as "The Lightside" and "The Darkside" of the Force. *Good and Evil*, God and Devil. If only George Lucas could have been allowed to fully explain what he was talking about, translate it in such a way that Fans wouldn't have misunderstood it in purely the "Biological" sense; because I don't beloved he meant it that way at all.

[@RaikenXion]

​@@mortalitydoesstuff8965 Yes, that is exactly how most Human Beings are in the world are today. The Real "Knowledge" if things have been kept hidden from the people, this is a "Esoteric Knowledge", that ancient humans. Possibly even the Pharohs knew of. Today the only "Science" taught to people is a very basically one, it is "Academic Science". So George Lucas is really ahead of his time if you absolutely think about it. The Force is not known to most people in the Galaxy Far, Far Away. Only stories told, just like with the Jedi. This reflects our World as it is today, where people in Society are kept down in a sense, kept docile, unaware of the Real "Science/Magic" that was once practiced in the ancient times. The people are really the Victims, they are kept Distracted by simple "Worldly Pleasures", such as Material things like our smartphones, reality TV and social media. Those are meant to keep the people stuck in a cycle of Social Drama, Domestic Relationships, Infidelity, which decays the mind and soul and feeds the "Ego". This is all done so that we don't focus on the bigger picture of this world. But ever notice how we as people always enjoy "Mythology" in Fantasy and Stories? Because those are the Real important things, that which exercise and expand our minds; help us Escape how messed up and damage Society has become today. Mythology and Fantasy help expand our Imagination, and in many ways our Subconscious. The Elite don't want that, they want us kept down, docile so they we are much easier to "Control", for a *Free-Minded* thinker is a Dangerous Individual to the Elite. The Force is "God". We are ALL in touch with God, the Force runs through everything. George Lucas knows this, he is a great thinker, a true "Spiritual Individual". Many of us Fans failed him by not being "Open-Minded" to the very ideas he was exploring. Many doubted and even mocked George Lucas, made him feel disheartened, which was why he let it all go in the end. How sad. One day this Human Race is going to have to Wake Up, FULLY, and come together to face Evil in our World, because Darkness is slowly rising just look at everything going on right now in our world. I don't want to get into it and I'm straying too far off the subject right now, but I'm just saying. We have to strive to be more like the Jedi, to practice compassion and love, but to also be WARRIORS when needed and to fight Evil, Together when the time comes, and it is coming.

[@TheDayd111returns]

@@RaikenXionYeah. The story was gonna be much deeper. Because in reality, we’re all connected. When stars blow up and dies, they become a brand new start again. Cells do the exact same thing. What’s above, so below. Which explains that we’re life itself. And it would be cool to see Luke travel into the Microverse with cell like planets where he can fly into an explore. He can meet different creatures in the micro galaxy and learn more about the force. Also, having Darth Pleaguis return as the the main bad guy would be amazing . So many ideas. And I agree, Lucas made no sense with the biology part. But he was clearly onto something. Maybe in the prequels, Obi-Wan, Qui Gon and co didn’t understand what the Midi-Chlorians truly were. But having Luke discovering their true nature and how biology is connected in a spiritual sense can help fans appreciate the concept. I really loved the idea of it.

[@TalismanDM]

I absolutely want to know more about the Whills and I wish Lucas’s sequels would’ve been made to further explain them. Whether it would have worked or not is certainly debatable but I 100 percent agree with the man that it is part of the mythology of the story and as such should be told.

[@KoljaBeckmann_music]

I would love to hear it. Georges vision again is so large we just see it after years. He is a genius. But this is what makes Lucas so great.

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@DominickRuocco]

Now I want to rewatch all of the Clone Wars episodes that have to do with the Whills and the Mortis arc. Paul Duncan's books is so iconic. One day I want to purchase the full set.

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Clone Wars does not go into the Whills at all. The Force Priestesses in The Clone Wars were not the Whills, were never intended to be. They were once living beings who studied the Force and the Whills who came and went before the Jedi, who learned how to transfer their personas into the Cosmic Force, as Qui Gon, Obi Wan and Yoda eventually learned to do.... thanks to Qui Gon encountering a Shaman of the Whills.... from the Order of the Whills, who the Force Priestesses once were, when alive.

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Force Priestesses in The Clone Wars were never the Whills. The Force Priestesses were once living beings who studied the Force and the Whills, like the Jedi. They came and went before the Jedi. Their knowledge of the Force allowed them to retain their personas beyond death, just as Qui Gon, Obi Wan and Yoda learned to do. Qui Gon learned the secret from A SHAMAN OF THE WHILLS.... likely a being related to the order from which the Force Priestesses were once a part of.... THE ORDER OF THE WHILLS.

[@gambitomega1374]

you should be running his channel

[@TheDayd111returns]

And just to think, in the Lucas idea for the sequels. We could have gotten a force ghost Obi-Wan telling Luke about the Whills and how to meet them. This can be an awesome adventure tail where Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie and crew and maybe even Luke’s kids and wife if they kept that canon will travel with him into the microverse to meet the different alien microscopic creatures and the different cell worlds. It would be mind blowing. Oh, well that sucks…

[@Gabiman66]

i dont understand how SWT could have gotten it this wrong...

[@justNOVA1138]

God, i miss him. The fans just wouldn’t shut up about what they thought was their saga

[@SB992REBORN]

The prequel haters gave us the spin offs and sequels and pushed George out of making more SW content. I love the sequels 7 and 8 and the Rogue One and Solo films but that was low for the Fandom to do that shit and George needed to be working with Disney from the start on it all. But JJ AND RIAN honored the saga with the 7 and 8 films and Lucasfilm\Disney needs to make a ACTUAL PROPER EPISODE 9, RETCONNING RISE OF SKWALKERS EVENTS ENTIRELY, AND PROPERLY MATCH THE PREQUELS AND ORIGINALS WITH THE SEQUELS!

[@MalpheusTheMalefic]

@@SB992REBORN You are a sheep episodes 7 and 8 were awful, they did nothing unique and just copied the story from the OT.

[@mickeyconnor830]

​​@@MalpheusTheMaleficou're a sheep. He's expressing his own personal opinion, while you're repeating the internet's opinion and attacking him for not agreeing with the masses. 😂

[@shawziiz5031]

​@@mickeyconnor830The stupidity is too strong in this one

[@DavidMardell]

Episode 7 and 8 where terrible it didn't even tie in with the skywalker saga just undone every achievement in the originals

[@Xiaomila]

George Lucas has created the best movie storyline I have ever seen!

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@Reaperx420]

I personally never had a problem with the midi-chlorians idea from George Lucas. In my opinion I think it would have been awesome for Anakin to walk into a youngling classroom or lesson where they are teaching about the midi-chlorians. Personally I really wish George wasn't so touchy about things. There are very many fans out there that love his work regardless of what anyone else says

[@RaikenXion]

Trouble is those particular Fans get shouted down and very often not heard by the rest of the Fans out there who never liked George's ideas, or atleast were simply not open-minded enough to George's ideas around the whole midiclorians element. If you "Create" a Story, or piece of music, a New Sound for a song which most people are simply not ready to comprehend, it can be incredibly disheartening. Do you remember the scene in the 1980s sci fi movie - "Back to the Future" where Marty McFly is playing the 1950s rock song - "johnny Be Good", and the crowd of young 1950s teenagers (or atleast 50s young people lol) are all dancing to it and enjoying themselves? They're basically rocking to the music he is playing, until Mcfly get's so much in that zone, his playing of that song becomes so creative, so "individual", his sound of that song and the overall music he is playing and "rockin" out to on the electric guitar becomes too much for that audience; even the bandmates he's playing with, and Everyone in that hall just goes silent, watching in absolute puzzlement, dumfoundness at the "new sound" he had created before them lol. in that single moment Marty McFly was kind of alone, no one was with him, because the crowd of youngster simply could not comprehend the music he was playing at that point. But then, as Marty looks at them all, and realizes how far he had pushed it in that moment, he simply says - "I guess you guys aren't ready for that, yet. But your kids are gona love it." Ha! I just love that scene. This is how some truly exceptional creative people are in the world are. They "Create" something that is so profound, original, compelling, amazing even, but sometimes their ideas, or views can often end up being too much for people to, "embrace" and understand, for it is Human Nature to be scared or even shun what you cannot understand. Look at the Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh, his best works were truly not recognized in his time. Van Gogh was spurned by the woman he loved, and it affected him so deeply he decided to paint Sunflowers that were wilting. This was frowned upon by the old expressionist masters, who judged Van Gogh's sunflowers painting as hideous, ugly. What they failed to open their mind to was in Van Gogh's work, the wilted sunflowers were a expression of how his heart was broken, the painting said alot more than they knew or cared to understand; it was a exploration of how he felt inside, the baring of his soul. Then centuries later look at how famous that painting and his other works became, the wilted sunflowers painting is considered priceless now; what's really sad about it is Vincent Van Gogh made no commission, no real money from that painting in his time. I guess i'm straying abit too far from the main subject here, George Lucas' main target audience for his *Star Wars* Films was always meant to be kids. Lucas has openly admitted his whole concept of "the Force" was not only to help move the plot along, especially in his prequels movies concerning the whole origin of Anakin Skywalker being the Chosen One; but also that Lucas was actually trying to subconsciously awaken a sense of Spirituality unto the young audience. This is healthy and very positive in the Star Wars experience, and kids need this more than ever in this dark era we're all stuck in right now, where some seriously messed up and evil agenda are being pushed in alot of Children's Entertainment, stories and Education. So you have to try and understand when you're someone who is ultimately trying to spread something that is wholesome, good, timeless even, and most people simply don't appreciate what you're trying to do, to such a degree many even belittle and attack you for it; that's going to hurt, it's going to make you really kind of give up. That's kind of what George ended up doing, he just focused on his "Family" and the Real, tangible things that mattered most to him, remember what he once said in a interview - "Why would I make anymore, when everybody yells at you all the time and says what a terrible person you are?" I was in high-school when the prequels were being made, i was excited what little i could find out about those movies. I remember going on the computer at lunchtime trying to look up any scrap of info i could about "Episode 2", this was before the official title of the Film was made public. I didn't even have my own email address at that time haha, let alone be aware of just how much hate and criticism he was receiving for The Phantom Menace back then. But if i could have let George Lucas know how i felt about those movies at that time, it was a really cool and amazing time for me. I had grown up with the 97/98 "Special Editions" of his OT. I wasn't lucky enough to have been alive when *Star Wars* blew up across the world way back in 1977. Imagine how George must have felt, he's putting his heart and soul into a story thats took him most his life to complete, taking on way too much responsibility in Writing, Producing and Directing a whole new Trilogy of Films, trying to tell the story exact his way. I think the kid and teenager fans such as myself during that time, our voices were not heard enough, it was the older fans (NOT ALL) who really kind of drowned us out, people like Simon Pegg who really spread some nastiness toward Lucas's prequel movies. i'll admit they had some flaws, he could have done with simply allowing someone else to write the screenplay for his prequel movies, and produced, and he should have just directed those movies, not took on so much responsibility; but i still commend Lucas for doing so. i still love the prequel movies even though i can say they're not 100% perfect, they're far from bad too. Just a lot of fans at that time were quite unfair toward George Lucas, maybe alot now are quite sorry for their actions. I'm not saying George Lucas is a saint either, he should not have eradicated his original negatives, and film reels for his Original trilogy, no matter how bad it may look compared to the digital quality of Filmmaking technology we have today, but i guess that was also down to his own treatment by the Hollywood studio, how they cut up and held much creative control over his 1977 theatrical cut of what became known as - "A New Hope". Still a exceptionally Creative and gifted individual i will say. Lucas brought something positive into all of our lives.

[@TheDayd111returns]

@@RaikenXionYes!! This is such an amazing comment. I love it! Lucas was too ahead of his time. He knew that life exists within the microverse and macroverse. What’s above, so below. He wanted to explore a microbotic space world where Luke travels in a ship to different cell planets. The Whills are god/the force itself. Because in space, when a star dies, it goes through the same transition as when cell dies too. Both die and become reincarnated into a younger stage again. The micro and macro are both mirrors of each other. Our eyes looks like a galaxy. Everything is connected. And people weren’t ready for that. That’s who I call, someone who is ahead of their time. And I agree with you about the Marty scene. He was producing sounds that was 30 years ahead of their time. That’s how I look back at GOATS like Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk and such. Nobody in the early 70s weren’t ready for electronic music that would soon become a norm of today. And I agree without about being lonely. When you’re too ahead of the crowd, you feel outcastes as people don’t understand your ideas or concepts until many years into the future. Those same people realize you were the future and they feel ashamed for not understanding you. I used to be like that as a kid. I was already coming up with innovative ideas. I would get into ideas and concepts before they got popular. I grew up watching One Piece as a child on Fox Box in 2003, I got made fun or laughed at. People told me the show looks like crap. Now it’s 2024, and everyone are fans of the show. I was like that with comics, Sonic and many other things. People made fun of me for liking stuff but now it’s became the norm. I really appreciate you for posting this comment. It really put a smile on my face and it shows that the world is very slow. Your kind can be 20-30 years into the future while others stay in their respective time. It’s insane how it’s like that sometimes.

[@TheDayd111returns]

@@RaikenXionI love the Prequels because of how influential the concepts were. Lucas introduced the staff lightsaber which was used by Darth Maul. Using acrobatics and martial arts Bo staff fighting styles. It was so unique. The character was so well designed. The droids, the Naboo Fighters, Qui Goj Jinn, the concept of the Whills, the MIDI-Cholrians. Introducing dual light sabers. There were so much concepts introduced and I believe people weren’t ready for it. And c’mon, he gave us Duel of the Fates. One of the most iconic Star Wars music piece till this day. Everyone fell in love with the Episode 1 soundtrack. The OG haters from the 70s knows the prequels is what put Star Wars as a mainstream culture instead of being niche. The stories weren’t truly fleshed out back in the 70s-80s run. The extended universe books helped out but we didn’t have media at that time. And Episode 1 spun us a new world. We had loads of video games, cartoons and movie content.

[@chasejmartineau]

when you were speaking about the father, son, and daughter I had no idea they had a mother in legends. I would really enjoy a video about the mother

[@davidordaz5251]

Yeah abeloth she is in a book series from the legends novels she is a pretty terrifying character

[@liam4794]

There are a few videos about her, and she's a pretty creepy character but very interesting in my opinion. There may even be a video about her on this channel if you wanna check

[@GavinLepley]

I had no idea that Abeloth was the Mother. That’s fascinating.

[@amystahl4977]

I would like to know more about the Whills. I don't think they would have done well in the films, but I wish they could have been explored more in the original EU.

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@samwilsoncaptainamerica233]

I agree the Whills are a story them own. What I disagree with is that people complained about midiclorians. In Episode 4 Kenobi states: "the force is an energy" and we've seen that the is genetic it can be passed down from parent to child.

[@jonathanlaubach8901]

I respectfully disagree with you. I get the point, that it would scare people off. But personally, I think the more details we know, the more we can think about stuff we don‘t know. To know more about yodas species and the whills, would help to better understand George‘s idea of the whole universe he created. So, the more you know, the more you know how much you don‘t know.

[@solev657]

Lol same

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@cloudmaster182]

Not yodas species, since George never made up any backstop for them, but yea the rest makes sense

[@dony2852]

I used to imagine the whills were an ancient race that became one with the force long before the start of the republic. They normally stay out of mortal affairs but their voices can whisper hints and advice to those open to them.

[@jackalsmalls4995]

That could be a theory on why certain force sensitives may have more futuristic precognition, reading the future and such.

[@ConsciousGravy]

Very cool.... I once thought of them in the same way. However, as George now intends them, the Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@Momo-tc7sc]

I just want to take a moment to say how much I value the way you handle difficult topics on this channel. This entry is a prime example- you successfully and artfully critiqued one of George’s ideas while simultaneously respecting him as the creator of Star Wars. I think there are many people who could learn a lot from your example.

[@matthewrhodes3804]

This series of videos is great. They really demonstrate the time, thought, and effort that went into the prequels. Obviously, the same cannot be said about more recent productions. . .

[@ace360]

I Always Loved The Wills 🤘⚡ And would have Happyly taken that as a Trilogy instead of what Disney gave us, Just my 2 cent's, Awesome video General Theory 🤘

[@vancouverboy72]

I don't have any problem with his explanation of the force or the role of the whills. I find it interesting and a reasonable explanation for what guided his storytelling decisions. I don't know that I would necessarily want it to all be explained in the sequel trilogy, as I don't see how it would assist the story and it takes away some of the mystery of the force. But then again I didn't really care for episode 1 & 2 until I saw episode 3, so maybe if George got to tell his story his way without everyone trying to impose their ideas and opinions upon him, maybe it would have been amazing. I always thought one day George would go back to the prequels and add in all the stuff that he originally wanted to have in there, just like he did for episodes 4-6. I really wish I could have seen his story told the way that he wanted it to be told.

[@anthonygarcia8749]

The force was never a mystery to begin with, it had a a basic clear explanation in anh and there expanded upon in esb. Described as an energy field that surrounds both living and non living things. People just love to pretend and gaslight themselves and others that it was "always" some vague, mysterious arbitrary gobbledygook.

[@vancouverboy72]

@@anthonygarcia8749 Merely stating that the force is an energy that happens to allow certain people to move objects, control other people, see things that haven't happened yet and talk to dead people is pretty vague and mysterious in my book.

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@alcatrazvongola]

The Whills are interesting as a concept, but it's very confusing. Would've been neat to explore in Lucas' vision of his sequel trilogy.

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@RaikenXion]

And that's absolutely what we should have gotten, he wrote 3 treatments for his Sequel Trilogy, 2 ofwhich he talked about. Disney bosses betrayed Lucas, and so did his longtime friend in the filmmaking industry Kathleen Kennedy. She was meant to "protect" his brand from Disney's greed. She was meant to convince and ensure Bob Iger and Alan Horn agreed to Faithfully Adapt one of Lucas's story treatments, into live-action Sequel Trilogy Films. Mrs Kennedy did not do that, instead she chose to even side with Bob Iger and Alan Horn into discarding his treatments and not even using them. It's quite sad how it all turned out.

[@TheDayd111returns]

I don’t think it’s confusing. In life, we live between the macroverse (space) and the microverse (cell world). What’s above, so below. When a star dies, a new one is born. When a cell dies, a new one is born. Basically, both worlds are parallel. It’s all metaphysical and spiritual when you think about it. Luke was supposed to go into the micro space world and explore the cell planets. He meets various microscopic alien creatures during his quest. The Whills are basically the force itself. They live everywhere. In your body, in space too… They’re basically god. Only a few chosen people can meet them and Luke being one of them.

[@leightoncressman6188]

I thought those beings were supposed to be some sort of force priestesses and not the Whills themselves.

[@PointOfLightProds]

George was right, this was the next logical step to exploring the Force

[@anthonygarcia8749]

Shame that this terrible fanbase doesn't see it that way, there's this natural aversion to anything this man does or anyting new and genuinely compelling being introduced into sw especially by the dude who created it in the first place which not to mention spawned all their precious eu crap as well.

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@refurbishedtechpriest9076]

Personally, I always preferred the simple explanation given in Episode 4 regarding the Force. Force-enabling microbs and the Whills feels like a bit much to me... I guess you can say my stance on it is "less is more."

[@TheDayd111returns]

@@refurbishedtechpriest9076Because those fans aren’t ready to go that deep. He used the biology concept to lure you into the spiritual and metaphysical side of Star Wars. The micro world is parallel to macro space world Star Wars. Like how there’s planets and alien life. The micro world has cell planets and micro aliens living there. Luke was gonna travel the micro world to meet the Whills. What’s above, so below. A cell dying and then reborn is the same as a star dying and reborn again. He was onto something so deep that the world wasn’t entirely ready for. If he were to introduce the sequels his vision, people would learn to appreciate it. Ad a person who loves metaphysics. I see what he’s going for. The Whills are god or the force. They live everywhere. Just how our cells in our bodies gives us life. So do the Whills. Like in Daredevjl, you learn about the Japanese Triads. But behind the gangster organization are a secret society of cult ninjas who can resurrect the dead back to life and perform demonic rituals and such. So I get what Lucas was doing. The biology of midi-chilorians was getting you ready for the spiritual deeper side which is the Whills. The god force that lives in the micro world.

[@DRTHNHLU]

I'm pretty darn sure that these beings aren't the whills. They are Force Priestesses. Even Lucas' answer and explanation about the whills make it clear that those beings weren't Whills

[@mkhud50n]

Those are the priestesses of the Whills.

[@noctisattano2593]

I remember watching the original trilogy, when I found out that Yoda has been training Jedi for hundreds of years and when Luke says he cannot die and Yoda answers that he is strong in the Force, but not THAT strong, it created the idea that the longevity of Yoda's life has come from his connection through the Force and one could even overcome the process of aging and dying through that connection. It felt so divine in nature. The Mandalorian show kind of stomped on that. Vader saying that the ability to destroy a planet is nothing compared to the power of the Force created such a sense of awe, but it was again kind of .. a mix of cast aside and retconned by what came after. It didn't need to be fully explored, but the idea should've remained instead of it being diminished. Some legends stories kept that, i think, and maybe they do have it present in comics, which i haven't read, but the movies and shows kind of ignored it completely.

[@mhay9960]

George’s lore building is unparalleled

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@Darthpsychonis]

Try Tolkien.

[@KerriganTyranid]

My pleasure regarding the Star Wars movies, is always see George's vision and by that I would have LOVED to watch his sequels explaining once and for all the Midchlorians, Whills and the Force.

[@AdamBrooksM]

I personally love the midiclorians.. I grew up watching episode one so I was always used to it

[@ibrahim-sj2cr]

everyone over 40 years old most likely hated it. Qui-Gon could have just given a physical test to determine force ability similar to what they did in the temple with an added blindfolded catch. it took me years to appreciate episode 1... anakin should have killed all thge Gungans instead.

[@AdamBrooksM]

@@ibrahim-sj2cr makes sense why people wouldn’t like it cuz they’re not used to it.. but from my perspective, in the OT, Vader said Luke was strong with the force.. what does that mean if they’re not measuring it in come capacity? What is he strong with?? I appreciate that they have some way to measure it while still keeping the mystical aspect of the force

[@AdamBrooksM]

In some capacity*

[@ibrahim-sj2cr]

​@@AdamBrooksM you could be a gifted boxer who has never trained in boxing, its difficult to say what they are strong with other than a combination of a high fight IQ with physical attributes strong hands; can take a hit; strong punch; longish arms etc etc. Luke was blocking hits from that droid shooting thing in a new hope on his first day

[@rjkral]

Love it or hate it, it's something NEW and original and not just sci-fi / fantasy re-treading. Not initially keen on it myself but can't deny its fascinating and goes into a world, a NEW and unexplored world for the audience, for Star Wars. For that, I actually fully admire it, or should I say, admire George 👍

[@emproficecream]

I really enjoyed the clone wars episodes that dealt with the wills personally, that wasn't written by George but while I understand why some people wouldn't like this type of content in the movies, personally I think it would of worked fine for me if done well. Like the wills just add layers to things IMO. Do night-sisters manipulate the force or do they call upon the wills to control the force in a more powerful manner? When the Bendu says he "Serves the will of the force" is he talking about the force itself or the wills? how many other unteatherd complex life forms like Bendu and Mortis are out there and do the serve the force or the wills directly? I guess what im saying that mystery is intrinsic and answers just lead to more questions.

[@emproficecream]

Now that i think about it if the wills are organisms that live in the universe, then that means we are still missing a piece of the puzzle. Qui-gon said he now existed outside of space and time, and the force and the wills are both inside of space and time right? which raises more questions about the world between worlds. Perhaps the wills serve something in the world outside space and time where the Jedi project themself from.

[@ConsciousGravy]

Those weren't the Whills, my friend. The Force Priestesses were once living being who studied the Force and the Whills, predating the Jedi, who learned the secret of transfering their personas into the Cosmic Force. The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@cernstormrunner7263]

Those 5 masked beings were the Shaman of the Whills. Personal theory is they were originally the Kwa, who were servitors of the Celestials

[@ConsciousGravy]

Nice! You get it. They were force ghosts of priestesses from the Order of the Whills. I've never heard of the Kwa. I'd love to know more about that.

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@Gor85]

This is perfectly explained. George said everything. I think Whills are Creators,god-like creators. Force is like God. I'm glad he put them in Clone Wars. I like midichlorians idea. Interesting. The Force will be with you too,always :)

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills were NEVER in the Clone Wars. The Force priestesses that Yoda encountered were Force ghost.... they were once living being, part of the Order of the Whills. They predated the Jedi, studied the Force and the Whills, and were the first to learn the secret of transferring their personas into the Cosmic Force after death (Force ghosts). As intended by George since the Prequels, the Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side. ....Yes, George has said the Force is a metaphor for God.

[@philippeamon7271]

I don't know what more George wanted to explain about the Whills. They are at least sentient, because they must be affected by the twisting malice of the Sith. And they only want themselves, because they represent life. Like Bashar alludes to, but refuses to say outright: "Aliens want human beings to ascend in their frequency, as it is "gratifying and entertaining" for them to watch, how humans are able to do that." I think he means: "more energy from Earth = more energy for me to feed on, yum-yum!" I like the idea that too much light, OR too much dark, both result in the Dark Side taking over - that's the road to Hell, paved with only the best (or worst) intentions. And it resonates so much with Rey's story, how much she wants to be the hero. Not to meaningfully help anyone else, obviously, that would be heroic. Nono, she just likes the way the title of Hero would look on her name-tag. That's a whole new level of evil. And I like the notion of Whills as particles - that makes sense, too, because once they detect the Jedi aren't bending them anymore, and the Sith aren't twisting them anymore, it removes the observer effect, and they fall back into their natural interference pattern - where the highest wave meets the highest wave, we get the Dyad. And then progressively smaller Demyads on either side (all three, probably, trinity in everything) of it. I don't think it was about lack of mysticism. It's the idea, that magic happens by way of conducive elements in the blood, that hurts their feelings... Because previously, they had this notion: "Oh, damn, I wish I had the title Hero on MY name-tag, because then it would be okay for me, to pull my cock out and masturbate in her face, every time I see a pretty girl, y'know, the way real heroes do!" And George turns around, and says: "Ehrmm, no, that's not what I meant. Hero is in your blood - or usually it just isn't, and then you are just hopelessly fucked, and you'll never get a girlfriend, and there ain't a god damn thing you can do about it, you degenerate loser, haha!" That's what they're angry about.

[@UltimateEnd0]

What I really like about George Lucas Star Wars lore is that it's the cellular force bridge between DNA and destiny.

[@yankee77wi]

Yoda alluded to this when talking to Luke “luminous beings are we, not this crude matter”. George was trying to explain it, maybe not well, but I think it tracks. To have “the force” move through something it has to have a vehicle, and the midichlorians can be understood to “here between you, me, the tree, the rock…”

[@greensmadden13]

Religion has always been a major influence on Star Wars. The force can spontaneously create life (like the Virgin Birth), and Jedi have the imperative to only take what they need from the force and to not be greedy. All that George is doing with midichlorians is explaining how these things physically take place in his world. The ground rules of the midichlorians are really important to the story so that the force doesn’t become “superpowers” or whatever like what happens in the Kathyverse. In the Kathyverse, the force is whatever the plot happens to need, which totally diminishes the overall point of Star Wars. And the Acolyte is going to show how bad the Jedi are, which is the complete opposite of George’s story. Disney has stripped Star Wars and sold it for parts.

[@anthonygarcia8749]

George explains it pretty candidly it's just that people never fully grasped the concept of the force he was putting down because it was something new and it just flies right over their heads while they just focus on the superficial stuff and the easier topics like the father/son dilemma. Even then people are still confounded by the midichlorians because of the ignorant belief that it was the force itself or that it was too "science" even though the force was never a mystery it always had a clear, basic explanation in anh and then expanded upon further in esb people just love to pretend and gaslight themselves and others that it was "always" some msyterious and vague, arbitrary gobbledygook. Same goes for the whole attachments thing which makes sense as well but because it's a new foreign concept to people, especially a western audience, based upon eastern Buddhist philosophies/lifestyle, they diss it.

[@anthonygarcia8749]

People also make the mistake that the biological and technical components are different and separable from the spiritual and philosophical. They're not, they're intertwined in oriental and buddhist practices/philosophies which Lucas' fictional cosmology is based upon.

[@greensmadden13]

@@anthonygarcia8749 Yeah man, almost every philosophical system mixes the spiritual and the material, except for hard materialism, which is basically what the Empire represented. Doubting the spiritual has been a theme since 1977 when Vader choked that guy out

[@FilmDoctor42]

I think the purpose/meaning of life should be to redeem both the Spirit and the Body. In Judaism and Christianity, resurrection is the way in which God finally redeems both the Spirit and the Body.

[@aaronconway5404]

I always interpreted The Whills as physical manifestations of the cosmic force and The Midichlorians to be conduits of the living force - this would be why Jedi/Sith can wield the force by learning to control the flow through the Midichlorians.

[@shindanu]

I lOVE IT! EXPLAINS STARWARS. FINALLY I KNOW WHY THE JEDI ARE THE JEDI. SO HAPPY FOR THIS INTERVIEW. I dont like not knowing stuff.

[@robbiewatson3525]

Great research! I love hearing about the whills. And I agree with George leaving the sciency part out.

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@Twigggggy]

there is still mysticism if the whills existed as he planned i like the scientific mythology behind it

[@DaveCherkewski]

Agreed ... LOVE Lucas's take on this - the study of "consciousness" is actually more mystical than scientific especially when you consider "collective consciousness" ... Qui-Gonn followed not the "dogma of the Jedi" but sought out the "Will of the Force" - or was that the WHILLS of the Force aka the more mystical "collective consciousness" ??? Yoda in ESB describes The Force to Luke as this mystical interaction of all life or "consciousness" (on a "collective"level ..

[@caderen5624]

I have always head-canoned them as powerful god like entities that were once mortal but have basically fused themselves with the force and transcended into a plane of existence far beyond, but since the plane of existence they exist in is so much bigger than the one we know, they can’t fully interfere or enter the mortal plane without bending reality itself to the point of doing massive damage to the universe itself, sort like what would happen if a man tries to enter a doll house. So the only way they can truly interact with the universe is by projecting themselves or reincarnating a part of themselves as microorganisms that feed off the force and can survive virtually anywhere, their presence is still vast enough for them to be everywhere (which allows them to keep track of events going on in the universe) but subtle enough that they don’t really interfere

[@TheSpatzmann]

Now I want to know how Ysalamiri work. What effect has their force-neutral bubble to midichlorians?

[@ConsciousGravy]

Ysalamari aren't a part of George's Star Wars. They're a misguided idea, an invention by a Sci-fi writer who didn't know what he was messing with. The Ysalamari violate Star Wars canon. The Force is everywhere, in every time, every space, every thing living and non living. It is impossible for anything to create a bubble where the Force doesn't exist. It is a flawed concept and fiction that lies outside the truth of the REAL Star Wars Universe. There are only 6 movies and the Clone Wars. Everything else is a lie, pretend, a fiction of a fiction and not canon, not George's Star Wars, as stated by Lucas himself.

[@linaraepaksa]

i wish i could have seen his explanation in the movies. i never get a good feeling when creativity gets stifled over money. creative people should be able to create freely

[@isisbarfuss558]

I think it was confirmed that those 5 Force Priestesses are NOT the Whills. George just called them "Force Priestesses" in this book. And, they are listed as separate characters on Wookiepedia and other wikis. Also, I'm a science-y guy so I actually like what George was saying here. After all, "magic" is just science we don't understand.

[@LogicBlaster]

Great video, Theory! From what I understand "The Journal of the Whills" was the original backstory of The Prequels as told from the perspective of an outside observer. It was published in the original Star Wars novelization, and it's very cool. Later on, I think George expanded upon his original idea for The Whills, which is what you talked about in this video. I'm kinda glad it has been kept vague, but also referenced from time to time, like in Rogue One, where there are Guardians of the Whills who protect the temple on Jedha. I could be wrong, but I think the Whills are probably different from the Force Priestesses we see in The Clone Wars. I'm not sure if those beings (or separate versions of one being) are necessarily The Whills.

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@sErgEantaEgis12]

I never understood the complaint with the Midichlorians. They don't "create" the Force, they interact with it. The Force is still mystical, and affects life even on the cellular level.

[@liberationpocket7950]

Midochlorians are basically receivers of the force. So the more you have, the stronger in the force you are. But I look at the Whills as just a mythical embodiment of the force itself and are able to guide a force user until they die and become the force. This can be seen as Yoda encounters them.

[@NeoRetroEntertainment]

I would love it if Disney would use his Star Wars sequel trilogy treatments for animated What If? style films

[@andydoms2001]

"From my experience, just when you think you understand the force, you find out how little you actually know." (Ahsoka Tano). A good way to describe Star Wars in general.

[@genius2005]

I personally would've like to see how Creator George Lucas would've fleshed out the details of the Whills because it adds to his own mythology in the tradition of the Greeks and Romans. It is nice to know at least a little bit of what he meant when it came to midi-chlorians.

[@mattmobileE]

I feel like I've already heard George explain this before somewhere

[@thalmoragent9344]

Having a bit of science in any Mythology isn't bad, and helps describe/explain some of it in a cool way, which can help in Worldbuilding.

[@patricksheperd560]

I always thought the Whills represented the literal will of the Force, like if the Force was a person, it would take the form of the Whills. The Midi Chlorians are simply energy cells that connect living things to the Force, like a giant invisible web stretching across the Universe connecting everything and everyone. The Whills simply exist at the centre of that web, connected to everything and everyone the Force touches.

[@ConsciousGravy]

I once thought as you do. However, as it is intended by the creator, the Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@kevingt7777]

I'll be ready when it ever comes out

[@dgsean9775]

Its a very believable explanation even for a scientist. I honestly can't think of many others in cinema that are better.

[@CB6368]

Keep making content about this interesting stuff from “the Archives”… dude, make a whole series!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 thank you

[@introXversion]

It blows my mind how many people either don’t notice, or at least refuse to talk about, how Lovecraftian the concept of the Whills is, and how that inherently fits into the ‘mythological’ aspects of the lore surrounding themselves and the midichlorians. Like, isn’t it creepy (and equally interesting, from a certain point of view) how far their reach is, and how their goal is to have as much influence as possible, and even going so far as to teach certain ‘useful’ people how to install their consciousness into their network? The Whills are as mysterious as any Lovecraftian entity, even if we do have a rough idea of what their place and plans are.

[@АлексейМомот-щ7о]

Maybe because George keeps insisting those things are good for mankind. I question his morality if humans having no free will and Kreia being right was his intention.

[@introXversion]

@@АлексейМомот-щ7о what ‘things’ specifically? Also, his mythos seems to ride a healthy balance between free will and determinism, so I’m not entirely sure what you mean. As to whether Kreia being intended as ‘right’ is a matter of perspective, as she reflects one half of the previously mentioned balance.

[@АлексейМомот-щ7о]

@@introXversion Whills seem to tip it heavily against free will.

[@markmeyer4532]

As an artist, I understand the thought process of George Lucas, even though I cannot comprehend his deliverance. Like any artist, STAR WARS is an expression of who George is, and it's a very personal, very deep and very intimate expression of who he is. And, it is that artistic expression that leads to so much confusion. In his own way, George created STAR WARS in such a format that it is written in his own language, and we need him to explain that language and even more, how to interpret it.

[@troyelam8978]

I always looked at midi-chlorians, and now I guess the whills, as natural conduits for channeling or expressing the force. Not necessarily creating the force itself. If you naturally are born with more midi-chlorians, your ability to use the force increases. In terms of what creates the force, or what the force is to begin with, should be another matter entirely, having nothing to do with an individual person’s body. The force is basically god or god’s Spirit/power in that particular universe. At some point, Star Wars is going to probably want to address who or what creates the force in the first place. Either a God, or some sort of karma like a universal law

[@marcomarterer7232]

I believe those Wills in the clone wars, are something called anthropomorphic personifications, best-known example is the grim reaper or death it is a force and a natural phenomenon shaped into a humanoid form ny the human mind because it´s more easy to imagine a discussion with a skeleton than with entropy.

[@ConsciousGravy]

Well said, but the masked force priestesses were never the Whills or intended to be interpreted as the Whills. They were Force ghosts themselves.... once living, predating the Jedi, part of the Order of the Whills, who studied the Force and the Whills. It has always been intended, since the prequels, that.... the Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@Imaneedtreefitty713]

I love it. I think it’s beautifully put together .

[@max10eb]

The Whills remind me of golden imagery of High magic of Hebrew mystical arts. Very cool! :)

[@joaolouro7997]

George just needs to redo the sequel by himself as he wanted so it can be good and not the trash it is

[@dustincintron1682]

Lucas gets a lot of inspiration from esoterics. Some esoteric writings suggest that, while seemingly magical, spirituality, God, and things of that nature are more scientific than magical because they follow higher irrefutable Laws. Humans lack understanding is what makes it seem magical or mystical.

[@leightoncressman6188]

Also, don’t forget the end chapters from both a certain point of view books, as well as probably the end chapter of the next one that had the Whills do I know those weren’t written by George Lucas they are still part of Canaan and should be considered.

[@ConsciousGravy]

Nothing is canon in George's Star Wars except his 6 original movies and the Clone Wars. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE. Disney Star Wars is poorly written and executed fan fiction, detached from George's canon. You are misguided, my friend. All Disney products, all expanded universe content are outside of Star Wars truth and NOT GEORGE LUCAS' STAR WARS. His words. Sorry. Nothing outside of George's word should be considered. You can like the expanded content... but you shouldn't. It's all a lie.

[@ConsciousGravy]

As intended by the creator.....The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@daganisoraan]

Jeez I miss the time long ago when the Force was space magic and not space magical bacteria

[@TheUnalteredMyth]

IMO this would have been great. I think that for some people this would make the force more interesting and mysterious as well as intrigue people to study and learn more about our own biology and spirituality. The relationship between the two.That’s what it does for me. That being said I understand that most people might think it’s stupid and nerdy which it really isn’t.

[@bugs1285]

They guarded the wellspring of midi-chlorians. They weren't midi-chlorians or Whills even. They decided if one would be able to stay immortal basically. Pesonally it seems like they are loosely based on on the seven virtues, which are the opposite of the seven deadly sins.

[@ThomasTheTankEngine22]

At the end of the day people didn't want the answer. No matter how much they clamored for it. The answer is easy to understand IMO.

[@gerardocovarrubias3058]

Star Wars theory, which space race is more powerful the mortis God, or the force whills

[@Stick-a-fork-in-Gmorks-tort]

I think George was on the right track. Loved the OT and PT.

[@renegaderonin1247]

Is it possible that the masked beings are like force projections or something similar to guide and teach those who stumple apon them and make it easier to relate to? Rather than just being microscopic single celled organisms it makes sense that they could project a different form through the force

[@ConsciousGravy]

The force priestesses were once living beings who studied the Force and the Whills, predating the Jedi, who were the first to learn how to transfer their personas into the Cosmic Force after death. They were a part of the Order of the Whills. A shaman from that order is who Qui Gon learned the secret from (transferring persona into the Force after death). The masked beings were Force ghosts.

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@BeteBlanc]

Kinda relates the the debate about magic systems in Fantasy. Hard or soft systems. I prefer the soft magic argument. I think writers lean to hard on the Force. The character becomes a vehicle for it. Solving the story depends on it rather than the character. Grand displays and a reliance on them rather than more subtle support displays make the character more accessible. Further, making it an arms race for force powers seems counterintuitive to the Jedi train of thought. Certainly you'd expect it from the Sith. But chasing greater force power just seems like more of a slippery slope. Finding ways to manipulate the mechanics to gain more power. Not being able to know why or how focuses the story on who the character is and how they build themselves. Rather than how they cultivate power. It just makes for stronger character development imho.

[@Reallynowreally]

I don’t mind the midichlorians, it was the immaculate conception that I wasn’t thrilled with. Those beings were definitely not what George Lucas originally envisioned. he was describing bacteria, and the fight between good and bad bacteria, and he seemed to be kind of ahead of his time because many people feel that gut bacteria may control the urges that we have. For instance the more sugar we eat, the more that bacteria increases, and the more potentially communicates with our brain to eat even more sugar. Star Wars has always been a mix of Science Fiction fantasy, a.k.a. the space, opera, but I personally love his idea of these microscopic Whills. I think it works really well with the Star Wars universe and the need for balance.

[@animefan77]

I like the Whills’ aesthetic. The father, son, and daughter have the ancient looks but they have conventionally familiar designs to the modern Force. The Whills look primordial, like they’re the original aspect of the force before it got to its more conventional appearance.

[@mhay9960]

Love these types of videos

[@paqshet4648]

I think this microscopic thing was reworked when they introduced the "whills" in the clone wars. They have more or less the same function though.

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills were never introduced in The Clone Wars. The priestesses were force ghosts themselves.... once living and part of the Order of the Whills, who predated the Jedi. As it was always intended, since the Prequels.... The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@jonathancoleman9062]

I'm actually fine with the idea of midichlorians and Whills and everything. It's a little weird to think that there are just little creatures crawling around in these characters, but it's not like that doesn’t happen in real life. And I like how it means some people are "blessed" with more Force power than others. Even if the Jedi aren't a religion per se, most belief systems do have some idea of divine intervention. It's not as though George Lucas ever said the Jedi created the Force by eugenics or something like that. The Force is still coming from outside the universe, now we just know how. I'd definitely like to see this explored in a future movie or book, but only if they could do it in a way that was organically integrated into a story and wouldn’t just sound like a lecture.

[@zigurdur92]

It is eugenics that some are blessed with right gens & bloodline. That Rey is Jedi because of right bloodline but not Finn who is nobody.

[@jonathancoleman9062]

@zigurdur92 yes, but the Jedi weren't doing genetic experiments or getting intimate with each other to produce the ultimate warrior or anything like that. Occurrences like Anakin, Luke, and Rey were all very rare. Maybe it's possible for Force sensitivity to be genetic, but clearly it's also possible to become more powerful by general training/meditation. Characters like Yoda and Mace Windu became respected Force users without an established connection to anyone

[@zigurdur92]

@@jonathancoleman9062 finding a someone with the enough midichlorians is eugencis. There are even Jedi lore of Jedi choosing other siblings over their siblings because of their midichlorians number.

[@jonathancoleman9062]

@zigurdur92 okay then, maybe eugenics wasn't the word I should have used. Eugenics is defined as forcibly breeding two things together to produce offspring with "desirable" qualities, in this case Force ability. The Jedi never did that. They didn't do genetic experiments with midichlorians like what Plagueis did in Legends. The Jedi just took the strongest Force sensitives they found across the galaxy to join them. I was just trying to say that finding someone random who was naturally born with a certain talent and actively trying to create a person like that through genetic engineering are two different things. The Jedi were not scientists, they were monks, so they didn't use eugenics, just very active recruitment.

[@zigurdur92]

@@jonathancoleman9062 they used eugenics tools to actively find the best padawans. How is that not eugenics? If they were given choice between Rey & Finn based on current canon. They would choice Rey over Finn but without eugenics tool maybe Finn would have chance of becoming Jedi over Rey. Maybe they fall of Jedi was when they started using midichlorians tools as their base of searching younglings. Jedi being not Scientists is also false like most religious monks they had time & place to be more Scientists. Good example of real life monk / Scientist is Nicolaus Copernicus. To do experiments & learn the nature of the universe. That is why their universial knowledge were great. The empire then used those tools to kill & search force users.

[@tsunderemerc2963]

A lot of people forget that science can still seem magical and cryptic. There are a lot of scientific phenomena that we just can't explain, or understand only partially.

[@liam4794]

I feel like people who grew up on the prequel trilogy (like me) have a different view on midichlorians and the more scientific parts of star wars than people who grew up on the original trilogy. Me personally I kinda like having some scientific footing to make it seem almost theoretically possible, however the original trilogy made it seem more mystical and special. Side note is it weird that my introduction to star wars was 'The Clone Wars theatrical release', and that was the movie that got me into star wars?

[@ConsciousGravy]

If you were curious and wanting to know, the Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@sarawyatt606]

I like it. It demonstrates and communicates George’s understanding that spirituality and science are extensions of one another, as quantum physicists are coming to understand.

[@ConsciousGravy]

You, my friend, are an enlightened being. You get it. : D I wish I knew more people like you.

[@fabulouskilljoy1898]

George and I are on the same wavelength. I love science and fiction, which is what Star Wars is. Because we all took biology, it is a pretty simple explanation, and makes perfect sense. With this knowledge, however, a movie probably isnt needed.

[@ggotit_7747]

told myself wen off work ina lil watchin this arc jus a few ago this is wild the force runs truly strong man

[@skeetmage]

Imagine having to take out some awesome lore because the general population doesn't understand simple biology. RIP

[@austinsinger7565]

I like the Whills. His explanation makes sense to me.

[@mcash232]

I don't think answering questions is a bad thing. Having rules or explanations in a magic system are not bad things, but it does matter how you present it. I'm not really a fan of the microscopic stuff when talking about the Force, though.

[@MrLynamYT]

Dang, this is just really interesting. I’ve always said clone wars season 6 was definitely underrated.

[@bikkiikun]

I think the symbiosis-story is a pretty good idea.

[@timeless_1337]

I know I am in the minority, but I never had an issue with the whole midi-chlorians thing. I was only about 13 when Phantom Menace came out, but my understanding of The Force was always that it was something Force users harnessed; hence Force USER. "It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the Universe together." I always thought of The Force as a sort of cosmic background energy, and people who are "Force-sensitive" can harness and control that energy/power. So the midi-chlorians being the facilitators of that connection always made perfect sense to me. However, and granted I never watched Clone Wars the animated series, but I don't really see how the Whills really fit in to that picture.

[@mikecobalt7005]

Alot of issues in the Prequels would've been different if not for the corporation, money, business aspects of Star Wars and making movies.

[@X-boomer]

The novelisation of the original Star Wars movie began with a quote from “The Journal of the Whills” Ain’t no fucking single celled organisms keeping journals.

[@aaronsmithjr.5505]

George Lucas is a codexer like me. I think the creation of all of it is extremely beautiful and unique. And always get disappointed and frustrated when people don’t understand that “mysticism”is just magical science. For example, Mayan elders told their children how the world was created through the use of story building nature tales. Their use of complex scientific words would be seen by other cultures as just a magical world.

[@DManLewis1]

4:27 dude... idk man, I LOVE IT tbh.

[@luxdalet]

Well, whatever George Whills ;) I confess I was on the side of not liking the midichlorians thing in Ep1. But then so many years later, watching the episode of Yoda with these mystical/"single celled" beings, it fit together for me, and made me appreciate even more the mystery of it all.

[@LaraA55]

@That Star Wars Theory I think George is brilliant and yes, I so would love to hear and see more of the Whills. As I see it science and religion go hand in hand to hand. I agree that some things should be kept a mystery but in the case of the whills, if their explanation is done properly ,simply without revealing too much, I don't think it would upset fans.

[@johndoyle2347]

The Whills were Lucas' expression, in fiction, of the five cases of functions that are continuous, yet not differentiable at points. Corner/cusp singularity of dark matter. Jump discontinuity relates to "cylindrical" and rarefied areas of stable particles, such as photons. Vertical asymptote, vertical tangent, and vertical line are tensors.

[@podcastbard]

I like the wills, maybe if George could've shown it on the big screen He would explain it better. And it would be 😎

[@p0rt3r]

I would like to know what his final trilogy would have looked like. For me Star Wars works just fine without midi-clorians and Whils, so they seem to make things unnecessarily complicated. But that is only, because I don't know where he wanted to go with this. The Whils must serve some kind of purpose in his story that makes them necessary.

[@strambino1]

I really think it’s a good thing to explain the wills, but I think it would go over very well if it were in a series like clone wars, or the bad batch.

[@ConsciousGravy]

The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@WLOUIS1024]

I would love it is Disney commissioned George to a single movie on the Whills and life inside the force for the Jedi

[@henkman00]

1999 Guy 1: ''The Force as a blood sugar thing is a very lazy retcon to explain why Anne Kin is noticed by Ka-waii Gin'' Guy 2: ''don't worry about it, Lucas will blame us for not elaborating on it in the next two movies. but in about 24 years there will be books and cartoons that explain that the Force is actually controlled by the Whills'' Guy 2: ''Bruce Whills?'' Guy 1: ''yes, Bruce Whills''

[@TheGoodInquisitor]

His explanation is VERY good and more esoteric that you may think.

[@keyseronthewire]

I personally love the idea of diving deeper into the force... Science tells us that the force is especially these microscopic organisms living inside of us, creating a symbiotic relationship and these things are called midichlorians... The Whills are the higher power of that (quite literally)... Speaking to us via midichlorians... To me, even by exploring the deeper nature of the force via science, it makes sense while simultaneously remaining mysterious. In chemistry or biology we're told what a lot of stuff is, but I always still wondered the "why" when I got the "what" and the "how". If you end up doing the AI George Lucas sequel trilogy treatment... You should really incorporate the Whills even though you aren't the biggest fan of them. We don't always have to know the "why" but getting the "what" and the "how" is very much needed in expansive lore imo. Also, if you end up doing it... Bringing Maul back (again) will be tricky if you're following Rebels canon where he died... Perhaps his spirit embodies a host or simply a Frankenstein clone of him.

[@ConsciousGravy]

If you were curious, as the creator intended since the Prequels.... The Whills, as single celled organisms, form a network. They permeate the Universe. They are in all life forms and in all environments. By existing everywhere and feeding off the positive energy of the Living Force, they form a HIVE MIND. They are connected through the Cosmic Force and, being everywhere, have an awareness of EVERYTHING. Each individual Whill has the awareness of the entire network. Due to their dependance on the Living Force, they influence life toward sustainable balance. All the individual, single cell Whills are connected as the mind of the Universe, like the mind of God. They know all. The bad ones are called the CHAONS (kay - ons). They feed off the negative engergy of the Force, the Dark Side.

[@mphoramathe1801]

This explanation makes the force more mystical to me, less mysterious maybe but more connected to all life. All life share's these microscopic interactions growing and evolving through balanced cycles of life and death, creation and destruction. The dark side here is almost like cancer, self serving, consuming and corrupting everything, until there can be no cycle, no evolution and ultimately no life.. but I'm a nerd😊