Ancient Order of the Whills

The Ancient Order of the Whills were a higher order of beings, possibly extra-galactic. They were known to have had Shamans.

History
The Whills kept a collection of stories, called the Journal of the Whills, that chronicled the history of the galaxy.

Behind the scenes
In early drafts of A New Hope, the name 'Whills' is equivalent to the Force. It is probably an early incarnation of the concept of midichlorians.

"Originally, I was trying to have the story be told by somebody else (an immortal being known as a Whill); 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 concepts 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."

- George Lucas

It is a common misconception that "Whill" is the name of the unknown race of Yoda, but George Lucas has firmly denied this. Their form is totally unknown, so since the Whills were an early concept of the Force, some fans speculate that the Whills are of spiritual substance more or less like Wisties and probably immortal. However, this is unlikely to be true, as Qui-Gon Jinn stated in the Revenge of the Sith novelization that he knew of only one Shaman who had achieved immortality.

Since the journal was composed in 104 ABY, it's possible that the events explored in the Star Wars: Legacy were not part of the narration. In fact, it is unclear to what extent the narration covered the history of the galaxy as we know it.

Appearances

 * The Last One Standing
 * The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission
 * The Last of the Jedi: Dark Warning
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novelization