SciFi.Com interviewed Approaching Storm author Alan Dean Foster. Here are a couple of interesting quotes:
You were the ghostwriter for Star Wars. Was it hard to take when the book became a bestseller and all the glory went to George Lucas instead of you?
Foster: Not at all. It was George's story. I was merely expanding upon it. Not having my name on the cover didn't bother me in the least. It would be akin to a contractor demanding to have his name on a Frank Lloyd Wright house.
On the same line, were you disappointed that Lucas never turned Splinter of the Mind's Eye into a Star Wars movie?
Foster: I can't think of many writers who aren't at least, in their heart of hearts, a little disappointed when any or every book of theirs isn't turned into a film. There's something about seeing your words in motion.... I always thought Splinter would have made a nice TV movie of the week. It was designed from the beginning to be filmable on a low budget. With modifications to the Luke-Leia relationship, it could still be done ... but that's not what George wants to do. It's his universe.
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