He wrote the New York Times bestseller Star Wars. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device PC phones or tablets. He holds a bachelors degree in political science and a MFA from the University of California Los Angeles. Reading the next two currently. Use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading A New Hope. Great and honest intro by George Lucas about how he approached the ghostwriter Alan Dean Foster and it is great to see both of their talents on the page. From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker as the first version was titled arrived on November 12 1976. Alan Dean Foster has written many genres including fantasy horror detective western historical and contemporary fiction. Splinter of the Minds Eye seems to be the other book at issue. 1 the A New Hope novelization was ghost written. Star Wars is an American epic space-opera media franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas that includes Star Wars 1977 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 and Return of the Jedi 1983. Dawson and Bait by Alan Dean Foster More than thirty years ago Star Wars burst onto the big screen and became a cultural phenomenon. The Perfect Weapon by Delilah S. Star Wars novel author Alan Dean Foster claims that Disney owes him 4 years of overdue royalties. The first original novel based on Star Wars characters was Splinter of the Minds Eye 1978 written by Alan Dean Foster USA. He currently resides in Prescott Arizona with his wife and is also known for his novelizations of film scripts. It appears that Disneys terrifying control over the Star Wars franchise is continuing as The Science Fiction Fantasy Writers of America have made public an attempt by the global entertainment conglomerate to withhold rightfully owed royalties to Alan Dean Foster the veteran Star Wars author responsible for penning some of the franchises most important novels. Star Wars Awards and Nominations. Soon Ballantine had sold another 35 million copies. Shown in cinemas in 1997 as the first of Lucasfilms 20th anniversary Special Editions of the original Star Wars trilogy Episode IV.