The Journal of the Whills was a record of events in the galaxy. Long after the Galactic Civil War, an individual was tasked with writing about events that transpired in the galaxy.
Verse 7:477 of the journal referenced the Jedi, containing a poem concerning the dark side and the light side of the Force.
Addar, a member of the Church of the Force, once watched a holovid of Brin Izisca reading from the Journal of the Whills, although he admittedly failed to understand what it meant. The excerpt in question read:
The conception of the Journal of the Whills dates back to the earliest drafts of the Star Wars franchise, in which George Lucas had intended to use the Journal as a plot device for connecting the Star Wars galaxy to the real world. While this idea was ultimately dropped, the Journal was mentioned in several Star Wars sources, such as the novelization of the original film, which, like the novelization of The Force Awakens, was written by Alan Dean Foster. The Journal of the Whills was first made canon by the novelization of The Force Awakens, which opens with a quotation from the journal.
The conception of the Journal of the Whills dates back to the earliest drafts of the Star Wars franchise, in which George Lucas had intended to use the Journal as a plot device for connecting the Star Wars galaxy to the real world. While this idea was ultimately dropped, the Journal was mentioned in several Star Wars sources, such as the novelization of the original film, which, like the novelization of The Force Awakens, was written by Alan Dean Foster. The Journal of the Whills was first made canon by the novelization of The Force Awakens, which opens with a quotation from the journal.