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George Lucas's Terrible Idea for Star Wars Episodes 7-9 (indiewire.com)
In an interview with James Cameron, George Lucas reveals what he'd planed for the final three Star Wars films:
"[The next three 'Star Wars' films] were going to get into a microbiotic world," he told Cameron. "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...." In terms of his storytelling, Lucas regarded individuals as "vehicles for the Whills to travel around in... And the conduit is the midi-chlorians. The midi-chlorians are the ones that communicate with the Whills. The Whills, in a general sense, they are the Force."
Lucas is confident that had he kept his company, the Whills-focused films "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."
Lucas acknowledges in the interview that "Everybody hated it in 'Phantom Menace' [when] we started talking about midi-chlorians," prompting one Ars Technica editor to add "Because it was a really dumb idea." He speculates that if the final three Star Wars movies followed Lucas's original plan, "Imagine, if you can, our heroes shrinking down like the Fantastic Voyage to go meet some midi-chlorians."
Knowing Lucas's plans for the franchise "should make every Star Wars fan send a note of gratitude to whoever at Disney decided to buy the franchise and take it away and out from under Lucas' control."
Lucas is confident that had he kept his company, the Whills-focused films "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."
Lucas acknowledges in the interview that "Everybody hated it in 'Phantom Menace' [when] we started talking about midi-chlorians," prompting one Ars Technica editor to add "Because it was a really dumb idea." He speculates that if the final three Star Wars movies followed Lucas's original plan, "Imagine, if you can, our heroes shrinking down like the Fantastic Voyage to go meet some midi-chlorians."
Knowing Lucas's plans for the franchise "should make every Star Wars fan send a note of gratitude to whoever at Disney decided to buy the franchise and take it away and out from under Lucas' control."
You know what I get from reading comments like these? You can't make a Star Wars fan happy. It's not possible. They're expecting a carbon copy of the same feeling they had when they saw the original three movies and guess what, it isn't going to fucking happen. Fans shit on the prequels that Lucas made himself, now they're shitting on the sequels made by a completely different director because Lucas has sold out to Disney, man! Except...you didn't want him directing Star Wars any longer due to the prequels, so getting up in arms about him selling off that trash to Disney rather than being yelled at by a bunch of virgin Star Wars nerds, seems just a little bit petty. The man created one of the most enduring franchises in history and sold it all just to get away from the god awful fucking fans, think about that the next time you're telling your imaginary friends how awful you thought the new sequels are by all means. You are literally the reason Star Wars is shit, because there's no making you happy anyway so why not? Why not turn out some bland garbage that the majority of popcorn stuffers in the theatres are going to enjoy, knowing full well that the "fans" are a bunch of ungrateful little shits who will trash anything you release anyway? Crap is what you deserve, so crap is what you get.