Who wrote the 1978 novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye?
Alan Dean Foster received a contract in 1976 to ghostwrite the novelization of Star Wars. He was given drafts of the script and rough footage as source material for his work.
Alan Dean Foster received a contract in 1976 to ghostwrite the novelization of Star Wars. He was given drafts of the script and rough footage as source material for his work.
The film adaptation was abandoned when Star Wars broke box office records in its first year. This decision occurred shortly after the original movie achieved financial success.
The story takes place on Mimban, a swampy world chosen to minimize visual effects costs. Imperial agents operate an energy mine there which caused Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia to crash land.
Han Solo and Chewbacca were excluded because Harrison Ford had not signed a contract for sequels at that time. George Lucas wanted to reuse props from the first production to keep costs down.
It was retroactively placed two years after the original film to sit one year before The Empire Strikes Back. Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 leading to a reclassification of licensed materials produced since 1977.