While the Whills are never seen on screen and their followers don't appear until 2016's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, it appears that the entire Star Wars saga was initially meant to be told from the Whills' perspective. Instead, they are people who simply live through the Force. Not much is known about the Whills themselves, except that they were a group of beings who recorded the events of the galaxy in their journal, but their followers have had a little more presence. In canon, the Guardians of the Whills are a group of Force worshipers without a connection to it like the Jedi. While the first half of the title makes it into the re-release, from the Journal of the Whills is cut and not seen in canon again for decades. RELATED: Each Star Wars Villain's Most Embarrassing Movie Moment

The title shows that Lucas always had plans to make this the fourth entry in a larger series and also proves that he was willing to play the long game if it succeeded. What makes the name even more fascinating is that the script used in the book was drafted on January 15, 1976, over a year before the film's release.

But one of the most interesting aspects of the script was its title, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope - From the Journal of the Whills. Unlike the concept and production art that have since become famous, Lucas' fourth draft for the film that appears in the art book went under the radar. In 1978, a book titled The Art of Star Wars was released by Ballantine Books, which served as evidence of the franchise's future. While the book was mainly focused on artwork, as its title suggests, it also had, 'Including the Complete Script of the Film by George Lucas' on its cover. Most didn't know that this was all a part of George Lucas' larger plan for the series that later became the 'empire' that billions of people know and love today. RELATED: Star Wars: How A Legendary Wayseeker Saved The Newest Jedi Knight What made the unveiling even more ingenious was the addition of Episode IV, raising even more questions about its meaning since this was the first film released chronologically. But by re-releasing the film under the title of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, it promised that this was far from the end for Star Wars. Many who watched the original probably never expected that this was going to be the start of a trilogy, let alone an entire saga. But what isn't well known among the fanbase is that the re-release wasn't the first public appearance of its new title. It wasn't until the 1981 re-release that the film officially got the name everyone now knows. As most fans of the films know, the first movie didn't release with the subtitle Episode IV - A New Hope and was simply titled Star Wars. Now, over four decades later, the franchise is still going strong but isn't without a few more surprises. When Star Wars hit theaters in 1977, viewers couldn't have predicted the cultural impact the film would create.

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