^ Nice find RogueLeader 😃
The Original Trilogy Discussion Index Thread (in the ‘Archival / Historical discussions’ section) has a few threads featured on Lucas’ revisionism / re-writing of history / some of the contradictions or maybe mis-remembering events… depending on your point of view 😉
I’m not sure if midichlorians are mentioned specifically in there - though seems likely they would be (somewhere)…
There are a few OT•com threads on some of Rinzler’s books (and also zombie84’s ‘Secret History of Star Wars’ book) which may feature the topic too?:-
The Secret History of Star Wars : ‘Now Available In Print’ thread : AudioBook thread
Making of Star Wars (New Book) Discussion
Making of Empire Strikes Back (the book) thread : Heilemann’s thread on the MoESB book
Making of Return of the Jedi (the book) Thread
Star Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogy (the book)
Of interest…
In the Star Wars novelisation, originally published in 1976 and titled as ‘Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker’, the author wrote this about ‘the force’…
"Kenobi nodded. "I forget sometimes in whose presence I babble. Let us say simply that the force is something a Jedi must deal with. While it has never been properly explained, scientists have theorized it is an energy field generated by living things. Early man suspected its existence, yet remained in ignorance of its potential for millennia.
“Only certain individuals could recognize the force for what it was. They were mercilessly labeled: charlatans, fakers, mystics—and worse. Even fewer could make use of it. As it was usually beyond their primitive controls, it frequently was too powerful for them. They were misunderstood by their fellow—and worse.”
Kenobi made a wide, all encompassing gesture with both arms. “The force surrounds each and every one of us. Some men believe it directs our actions, and not the other way around. Knowledge of the force and how to manipulate it was what gave the Jedi his special power.”
^ by George Lucas (author of the 1976 novelisation of Star Wars).
Anyone know of a site or blog, book or detailed article (or thread or post), cataloging the various point-by-point details on the subject of Lucas’ revisionism / re-writing of history / some of the contradictions or maybe mis-remembering events?
It’d make for an intriguing read - and a welcome addition on here given many of the changes to the history of Star Wars films over the years - given the somewhat contradictory reasons as to why from George Lucas himself…