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He also wrote 10 books based on episodes of the animated Star Trek, the first six books each consisting of three linked novella-length episode adaptations, and the last four being expanded adaptations of single episodes that segued into original story. Foster’s story relied heavily on abandoned concepts that appeared in Lucas’s early treatments for the first film.įoster has the story credit for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. However, Star Wars was a blockbusting success, and The Empire Strikes Back (1980) would be developed instead. It would be akin to a contractor demanding to have his name on a Frank Lloyd Wright house.”įoster also wrote the follow-up novel Splinter of the Mind’s Eye (1978), written with the intention of being adapted as a low-budget sequel to Star Wars if the film was unsuccessful. Not having my name on the cover didn’t bother me in the least. When asked if it was difficult for him to see Lucas get all the credit for Star Wars, Foster said, “Not at all. Alan Dean Foster (1946 – ) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction, who has written several book series, more than 20 standalone novels and many novelizations of film scripts.įoster was the ghostwriter of the original novelization of Star Wars, which was credited solely to George Lucas.