The Disney Royalty Fight Has Picked Up a New Defender: Boom Studios Share In the wake of accusations from Star Wars and Alien novelist Alan Dean Foster that Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm and Fox had led to royalties from his work going unpaid, a collective of writers and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America teamed up to push for the corporation to honour longstanding royalty agreements. They’ve now made a significant step forward thanks to Boom Studios. In a press release issued overnight, the Disney Must Pay Task Force announced that it has begun working with the comic book publisher to begin paying accurate royalties to creatives. You may be familiar with Boom’s many independent titles —