If you think the best part of the “Star Wars” series so far is the scientific explanation behind the Force, which includes the midi-chlorians, then you would have loved George Lucas‘ Sequel Trilogy.
Ever since Disney took over Lucasfilm and has started pumping out “Star Wars” films on an annual basis, there is a contingent of fans that long for the days of Lucas running the show. These fans are desperate to find out what the series’ creator would have done with Episodes 7 to 9. Now, thanks to James Cameron’s “Story of Science Fiction” series, we have our best idea at what the filmmaker had in store for the sequels – and it’s probably not what you expected.
In a tweet from Livio Ramondelli, an illustrator who contributed to the companion book to Cameron’s series about the sci-fi genre, he shares two quotes from George Lucas about what would have been the basis of his sequel trilogy. Long story short, it would have been more about the science behind the Force.
“[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,” Lucas explains.
“If I’d held onto the company I could have done it, and then it would have been done. Of course, a lot of the fans would have hated it, just like they did ‘Phantom Menace’ and everything, but at least the whole story from beginning to end would be told,” he continues.
Judging by those quotes, it appears that reports of Lucas becoming a defeated man seem to be accurate. He directly references the fact that audiences didn’t react kindly to his Prequel Trilogy, but would have been compelled to finish his story the way he wanted to, regardless of fan complaints. Obviously, a film about the Whills would probably also include Jedi, Sith, light sabers, and space battles, but it appears that the director would have taken the films in a whole other direction. A controversial direction, at that.
Maybe down the line, Disney will hire Lucas to tell his story in a book or a comic series. Or, more likely, fans will never get the end of the story, as George Lucas would have presented. Either way, we’ll see what Disney/Lucasfilm have in mind for the ending of their Sequel Trilogy in December 2019, when ‘Episode IX’ hits theaters.
As far as I've seen, these are the first specifics George Lucas has shared about what his vision of Episodes 7-9 would have been. This comes from @insighteditions awesome companion book to "James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction series" on AMC: pic.twitter.com/Wtlw8zlrqv
— Livio Ramondelli (@LivioRamondelli) June 12, 2018