Does anyone have any tips for writing a Battle Scene

It can be difficult to get a Star Wars book accepted (you have to go through the rights holder) but working on the presumption you can solve all that, I'll go over some pointers for writing a battle scene.

Focus on the action and don't make it too easy. Keep your characters moving and the fight with them. Short sentences can work very well because they read faster. Involve the senses. Don't just describe appearance, cover sound, touch and smell as well as sight. Use emotions to make the battle feel important, make your reader care.

Hope this helps.

Welcome to AW! You might want to search the Science Fiction & Fantasy forum. There are a couple of threads on battle scenes and combat.

As we were discussing in the Anime Novelizations thread, DO NOT start writing this story, unless you're writing fan fiction.

Provided you contact the license holder and get permission to even pitch a story about Star Wars, you'll have to write a 3-6 page pitch describing the story you want to write. This will be looked at by the editor and also by the licensing department of Lucasfilms. Lucasfilms almost exclusively uses established SF/F writers, but there's alway a chance your pitch may catch their attention.

If they like your pitch, then you'll be given a contract to produce a story. Many times they'll request a chapter breakdown before you begin, especially if you're not a well-known writer. Again, your editor AND licensing will review and either approve, suggest changes or cancel the book.

If they like your chapter breakdown, then you'll get the green light to begin writing the story. When you finish, the editor will go over it, making whatever decisons they feel is necessary for you to have a final draft. Once that's through, it still goes to licensing for approval. Knowing Lucasfilms, all Star Wars books go through George for final approval. At this point, they can approve, recommend changes, recommend radical changes or simply kill the book.

Media Tie-In writing is a different animal than standard novel/short story writing, since this is work for hire. You have no ownership of the characters or the story. At any point something could come up and bring your participation to a halt, to include them deciding they like your idea but not your writing and they could bring in someone else to finish the book for you.

How can they do that? It's easy. They own the property. You're playing with their toys and they get to make the rules.

Now, is it fun to write tie-in work? Heck yes, or I wouldn't do it. But, you have to know and understand the rules going in.

Ask Lori Jareo. Lucas has VERY big gorillas in business suits called lawyers and he's VERY protective of his property.