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Star Wars author appeals to Disney in fight over royalties

Published Nov 19 2020 at 2:08 PM GMT
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  • Alan Dean Foster claims media giant has not paid him royalties for his books after acquiring Lucasfilm and 20th Century FoxDisney has been accused of failing to pay royalties to the acclaimed author Alan Dean Foster for his bestselling novelisations of films including Star Wars and Alien, in a fight over copyright that is being described as unprecedented and grotesque.
  • Foster was approached by George Lucas to write a novelisation of Star Wars: A New Hope, which was published at the end of 1976, shortly befor.




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  • Published Nov 19, 2020 2:08 PM GMT