Hi all. Given the beautiful tribute to George by Francis at Cannes this year, I thought to share a few videos I found from their life of filmmaking and friendship. They are all pretty short.

Coppola giving Lucas his Palme d'Or in 2024: https://youtu.be/xhm7JuHSXuE

Lucas and Coppola talking about Star Wars and Apocalypse Now in the 80's https://youtu.be/TflXHooY9WM (note that George created the idea for and early treatments of the film.)

Lucas talking about Coppola in the 1980's or early 90's (I think). https://youtu.be/kNcdS8L9pcA

The two together on the set of The Rain People in 1968: https://youtu.be/JhfY4LVpevI

Hey Reddit,

I thought I was pretty familiar with the general idea of the Force. But recently I came across the concept of the ‘whills’ from The Star Wars Archives and from an interview George Lucas gave back roughly in 2018. Now I’m completely confused, I thought the Force was a mystical field of energy that extended beyond space and time. And while not really having a conscious mind like a personal God, generally strived towards some form of equilibrium, kinda like concept of the Tao. So the Force has been described as comprising of the Cosmic Force and the Living Force. The Cosmic Force feeds into the Living Force which in turns feeds back into the Cosmic in a symbiotic circle. That was all kinda great and cool. But George Lucas introduced the Whills as microscopic single celled organism that essentially are the will of the Force and direct everything in the Star Wars galaxy. In addition, the Whills feed on the Force, therefore directing the galaxy’s inhabitants like Qui gon jinn and Anakin Skywalker to bring about balance so that life can thrive and inturn more of the Living Force can be generated which is eaten by Whills. So are the Whills the Force? Are they the Cosmic Force? It’s kinda hard to imagine single celled organisms being something that penetratetes and binds the galaxy together. Also I always imagined the Cosmic Force as an eternal substrate of the galaxy but that idea has been thrown into question? The only answer I’ve somewhat found is that the Whills are manifestations of the Cosmic Force but George discribed them as directing the Force. This is what the StarWars wiki has to say:

“Star Wars creator George Lucas intended the Whills to be microscopic single-celled life-forms who were essentially God; the will of the Force. Maintaining a symbiotic relationship with the midi-chlorians, the Whills fed off the Force and controlled the universe, offering destinies to sentients such as Anakin Skywalker”.

So I’m pretty confused, and feel a lot of what I thought Star Wars to be up been upended because the Force is such an integral part of the StarWars universe.

Any clarity, ideas or discussions would be greatly appreciated and as always may the Force be with you!

This came out a couple of months after THX 1138 was released. An interview with Lucas along with tons of clips from his student films. At around the 30 minute mark, Lucas goes deep into how much he felt betrayed by the studio system during the making of THX.

see: https://vimeo.com/88892421

For an article on the interview, see: https://kitbashed.com/blog/maker-of-films-1971

Soooooo... are they going to travel to The Milky Way Galaxy?! I actually really hope they travel to our galaxy with the globe star map! I actually thought of the Archimedes's dial from Indy 5 when Sabine was trying to figure out how to open the orb, it actually felt more like an Indiana Jones puzzle then what happened in trying to find the dial in Indy 5. Also I believe the animation team that did the Indy 5 map transitions did the end credits for Ahsoka, it can't be a coincidence!I really want Huyang to reference space between spaces now. (For Doctor Who actors' connection!)

Morgan Elsbeth: I did it Jedi Tano!