Star Wars Novelists
By Chelsea SteinerDec 20th, 2020, 3:07 pm
When the Walt Disney Company spent $4 billion to acquire Lucasfilm in 2012, they were amassing a galaxy’s worth of characters, sagas, and intellectual property. In short order, Disney churned out a new trilogy, standalone films, a hit series, a theme park and more, all in service of the world of
Star Wars. But as Disney rakes in billions in
Star Wars revenue, they refuse to pay royalties on the franchise’s novelizations.
According to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America association,
Star Wars novelists have been shut off from royalties, as have fellow novelists for 20th Century Fox’s library, which include books set in the worlds of