Journal of the Whills/Legends

The Journal of the Whills was a legendary record of events in the galaxy. Ostensibly, the Journal was maintained by the Ancient Order of the Whills, a mysterious group of beings.
==History==
By 70 BBYDarth Plageuis establishes that Darth Tenebrous died in 67 BBY. As estalbhises that he studied for three standard years about the prophecy after he had read part of the Journal of the Whills, he must have read it by 70 BBY Darth Tenebrous had read part of the Journal of the Whills, and it contained the obscure legend of the Chosen One, a metaphorical savior prophesied to bring balance to the force. In four of the eleven possible translation of the journal, the phrase "born of pure force" was used to describe the Chosen One.
The events surrounding the life of several members of the Skywalker family were recorded in the Journal by a Keeper of the Whills, after an interview with the astromech droid R2-D2 one hundred years after the Battle of Endor.The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith
==Content==
The prophecy of the Chosen One was included in the journal, and at least that part of the journal had to be translated to understand.
==Full text==
==Behind the scenes==
As well as not having a clear beginning, the style of the Journal is inconsistent. Whereas the First Saga is expository, written in the past tense with a third person perspective, another known excerpt, from early script drafts, is written in a formatted poetic style reminiscent of many religious texts. The excerpt reads as follows:
:"... And in the time of greatest
:despair there shall come a savior,
:and he shall be known as:
:THE SON OF THE SUNS."
:Journal of the Whills, 3:127
Although it has never been confirmed, it is possible that this excerpt deals with the prophecy of the Chosen One seeing as that it does seem to make what could be considered references to Anakin Skywalker, though it could just as easily be referring to his son. The numeric reference is important as it indicates a possible chapter and verse from which the excerpt is taken. The style of the excerpt is also written in the future tense with a prophetic tone, a clear difference from the larger excerpt from the First Saga. However, the First Saga excerpt does indicate that some form of poetic style may be consistent throughout the Journal, as it states:
:"The Old Republic was the Republic of legend, greater than distance or time. No need to note where it was or whence it came, only to know that... it was the Republic."
In his early drafts, George Lucas ostensibly planned to use the Journal of the Whills as a plot device to connect the Star Wars galaxy to our own. In Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays, Lucas explains his original intent:
:"Originally, I was trying to have the story be told by somebody else; there was somebody watching this whole story and recording it, somebody probably wiser than the mortal players in the actual events. I eventually dropped this idea, and the concept behind the Whills turned into the Force. But the Whills became part of this massive amount of notes, quotes, background information that I used for the scripts; the stories were actually taken from the 'Journal of the Whills'."
In 2005's The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith, Lucas intimates that he intended the stories told in his films to be relayed to a Keeper of the Whills by R2-D2, who would record them in the Journal.
"Journal of the Whills" is also the name of the fanclub edition of Star Wars - Das offizielle Magazin, the official German Star Wars magazine.
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: A New Hope novelization 
*Introductory Adventure Game
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition
*The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook
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*Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
*Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays
*Star Wars Chronicles
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*The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith
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*The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
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*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
==Notes and references==
Category:Journals and memoirs