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Not a lawyer but I believe such fan fiction would be considered a derivative work.

Copyright protects original creators’ exclusive right to create derivative works. So, selling your Star Wars fan fiction without permission from the copyright holders would be copyright infringement.

See this article.

#1322 · · Dennis Hackethal, about 2 months ago · context

Copyright is stifling to creativity, as now people are not incentivised to write fan-fictions.

#1329 · · Dirk MeulenbeltOP, revised by Dennis Hackethal about 2 months ago · ← 3rd of 3 versions → · Criticism of #1322Criticized3

People can still publish fan fiction as long as they get the copyright holder’s permission.

#1330 · · Dennis Hackethal, about 2 months ago · Criticism of #1329
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Copyright encourages creativity because the most creative work is done by the original work’s creator, and copyright protects that creation. Without that incentive, many original creators wouldn’t publish their creations in the first place.

#1333 · · Dennis Hackethal revised about 2 months ago · ← 2nd of 2 versions → · Criticism of #1329
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Another way copyright promotes creativity is that it doesn’t allow creations that aren’t sufficiently creative.

#1332 · · Dennis Hackethal, about 2 months ago · Criticism of #1329
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