jukeboxjoey said:
Vaderisnothayden said:Hold on, Luke becoming a Jedi meant he couldn't "get the girl"? So Lucas had the celibacy thing as a definite back then?
No. That's why caligulathegod correctly said "eventual storyline". There were plot elements that we find in the prequels that were there from the beginning.
And the celibacy thing wasn't one of those elements he had way back? Because if being a Jedi went with not having the romance you might think that meant he had the celibacy thing back then. And if I remember rightly, in the 3 years of Marvel comics after ROTJ they never got Luke together with anybody, which makes me wonder if after ROTJ they were told not to get Luke involved.
Vaderisnothayden said:
Also, can anybody tell me the gist of what the book reveals about the contents of the Journal of the Whills? Basically how do Lucas's claims of having the prequels story in the journal hold up against what the book says?
jukeboxjoey said:
Lucas's claim holds up fairly well. You can see how in flux the story was, right up to the premier of the movie. Story lines were changed for both literary and budgetary reasons. It's really neat to see the development and how so many things could have gone a different way. As for telling you the gist of the Journal of the Whills, it was a living document! "Always on the move"!
By saying Lucas's claim holds up well are you saying that it looks like Lucas had the prequel story worked out back then? Because that's what I meant. How much of the prequels story does it look like he had back then?
Vaderisnothayden said:
(Just to make sure I'm getting things right here, the journal Lucas was suposed to have had the story of everything including the prequels in since way back, written during the writing of the first film = The Journal of the Whills?)
jukeboxjoey said:
No, he did not have the story of everything. He had elements of the story that came in and out during the development of those stories. But yes, some things did exist in his mind that didn't come out until the prequels. Midichlorians, Coruscant, a bunch of names used in the prequels... don't want to give too much away. Buy the book. It's great for someone who has questions like yours. :-)
I am buying the book. Not sure where I'm going to fit it though. I hate it when books are made bulky.