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Unauthorized 'Star Wars sequel' faces copyright reality |
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Three recently published science fiction novels by Chinese writer Zheng Jun have stirred up controversy with their claim to be a "sequel to Star Wars" on the book covers. The works do not have authorization from Lucasfilm, the copyright holder of the legendary US movie series owned by creator and director George Lucas. On his popular micro blog, author and translator Qu Chang wrote that it is "surprising the books were published". Zheng "must have not considered the intellectual property rights" involved in the US movies, Qu noted. Zheng admitted that he never thought about authorization, claiming he wrote "just a fan work, not the original work", which is clearly stated in the introduction. His three-episode series expands to 1,000 years after the Star Wars stories. Zheng wrote the first episode in 1999 and finished the last in 2008. |
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