Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker wrote a novel called "Splinter of the Mind's Eye", which was originally commissioned by George Lucas for the purpose of being filmed as a low-budget sequel, as a fallback plan in the event that "Star Wars" did not do well. It was published in 1978, a year after the movie's release. This made it the first full-length original novel to be published in the Star Wars expanded universe. The next official novelization of a "Star Wars" movie was "The Empire Strikes Back" by Donald F. Glut in 1980. Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker Star Wars: From the
Star Wars expanded to other media conflict with, or undermine the meaning of Mr. Lucas's "Star Wars" saga of films and screenplays." Director of Fan Relations Steve Sansweet clarified: In August 2005, Lucas said of the Expanded Universe: In October 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm for $4.06 billion. Subsequently, Lucasfilm formed the ""Star Wars" Story Group", which was established to keep track of and define the canon and unify the films, comics, and other media. Among its members are Chee, Kiri Hart, and Pablo Hidalgo. To prevent a planned sequel trilogy from being beholden to and restrained by the plotlines of the "Expanded Universe"