Editing Revolt in the Stars (section)

==Development==
Hubbard wrote the screenplay in 1977,<ref name="leiby">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/06/AR2005070601403.html|title=John Travolta's Alien Notion: He Plays a Strange Creature In a New Sci-Fi Film, but That's Not the Only Curious Thing About This Project|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=2008-06-03|date=November 28, 1999|last=Leiby|first=Richard}} (pages [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/06/AR2005070601403_2.html 2], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/06/AR2005070601403_3.html 3], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/06/AR2005070601403_4.html 4], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/06/AR2005070601403_5.html 5])</ref><ref name="emerson" /> while living in seclusion in [[Sparks, Nevada]] with three members of the [[Commodore's Messenger Organization]] from the [[Church of Scientology]].{{r|atack|miller}} He went into seclusion in July 1977, and by December of that year, he had finished his work on the 140-page screenplay and was ready to begin the production of a film version.{{r|atack}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suburbia.com.au/~fun/scn/press/9509xenu.html|title=VICE 1995: Revolt In The Stars (No News Is Xenu's)|work=Xenu (Victorian Inter-Campus Edition 1995)|publisher=www.suburbia.com.au|accessdate=2008-06-03|date=October 1995|last=Gerard|first=David}}</ref> ''Revolt in the Stars'' was registered as a screenplay with the [[United States Copyright Office]] in November 1977, with Diana Meredith DeWolf Hubbard, Hubbard's daughter,<ref name="corydon" /> listed as copyright claimant,<ref>[[United States Copyright Office]] - ''Revolt in the Stars'' by L. Ron Hubbard, Type of Work: Dramatic Work and Music; or Choreography, Registration Number / Date: RE0000928392 / 2005-12-08, Renewal registration for: DU0000105973 / 1977-11-07, Copyright Claimant: Diana Meredith Dewolf Hubbard</ref> and registered for release as a novel in May 1978, with Hubbard himself as the claimant.<ref>[[United States Copyright Office]] - ''Revolt in the Stars'' by L. Ron Hubbard, Type of Work: Text, Registration Number / Date: TXu000004150 / 1978-05-17, Title: Revolt in the stars / by L. Ron Hubbard., Copyright Claimant: L. Ron Hubbard, Date of Creation: 1978, Previous Registration: Prev. reg. as a screenplay, Revolt in the stars, DU105973, 1977., Basis of Claim: New Matter: rearrangements for release as a novel.</ref> A former Scientologist and [[Sea Org]] member told the ''[[Los Angeles Business Journal]]'' that Hubbard intended to distribute the film publicly so that people inhabited with thetans would become "restimulated and upset," and be motivated to learn more about Scientology.<ref name="rackham">{{cite web|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/11296190.html|title=Scientologists emerge as creators of mystery-shrouded movie firm|work=[[Los Angeles Business Journal]]|accessdate=2008-06-03|date=September 2, 1991|last=Rackham|first=Anne}}</ref> Hubbard moved to the Scientology facilities at [[La Quinta, California]] and began production on Scientology training films which demonstrated the practice of [[Auditing (Scientology)|auditing]].{{r|atack}} A {{convert|10|acre|m2|sing=on}} ranch in [[Indio, California]] was purchased in addition to a {{convert|140|acre|km2|sing=on}} ranch called Silver.{{r|atack|p=248}} The Tech films were produced at the Silver location, and by 1980 Hubbard had made plans to film ''Revolt in the Stars'' and publicize the Scientology OT III theology.{{r|atack|p=261}}

Hubbard's screenplay for ''Revolt in the Stars'' was passed around [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] in 1978.{{r|leiby|pp=3,4}} A production company called "A Brilliant Film Company"<ref name="henderson">''Henderson, Gregory F. v. A Brilliant Film Co. et al.''  No. 164213. [[California Superior Court]], [[San Joaquin County, California]]. Filed May 14, 1982</ref> and also called "Brilliant Films" announced plans, in October 1979, to produce ''Revolt in the Stars'' as an independent film production.<ref name="nyp1979">{{cite news|title=Coast cult chieftain backs big $49 million sci-fi movie venture|work=[[New York Post]]|date=October 11, 1979|last=Staff}}</ref> The ''[[New York Post]]'' reported that the film had a $49 million budget, and was described as "a science fiction thriller."<ref name="nyp1979" /> Bent Corydon writes in ''[[L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?]]'' that millions of dollars in funding for film production of ''Revolt in the Stars'' was raised from investors, but he adds: "highly questionable methods of fund raising brought the project to a halt."<ref name="corydon">{{cite book | last =Corydon | first =Bent |author2=L. Ron Hubbard Jr.  | title =[[L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?]] | publisher =[[Lyle Stuart]] | year =1987 | location =[[New Jersey]] | pages =172–173, 184–185, 363–364 | isbn =0-8184-0444-2}}</ref> Efforts to promote the screenplay and get it developed as a film were unsuccessful, and Hubbard focused on writing "Man, the Endangered Species" which later became the novel ''[[Battlefield Earth (novel)|Battlefield Earth]].''<ref name="leiby" /> This ''was'' produced as a [[Battlefield Earth (film)|feature film in 2000]], starring [[John Travolta]] as one of the villains, but it drew hostile critical response and performed poorly at the box office.

[[Author Services Inc.]], the for profit subsidiary company of the [[Church of Spiritual Technology]], controls development of ''Revolt in the Stars'' in addition to Hubbard's other writings.{{r|atack|p=286}} In a 1983 press release announcing that the independent feature film company Salem Productions Inc. had acquired motion picture and ancillary rights to ''Battlefield Earth'' in a deal with Author Services Inc., ''Revolt in the Stars'' is listed as one of Hubbard's "classics."<ref>{{cite news| last=[[Press release]]|title =PR Newswire - October 14, 1983, Friday | work =PR Newswire Association, Inc. | publisher =Contacts listed: Ed Margulies of Salem Productions and Bill Widder of Dateline Communications for Salem Productions | date =October 14, 1983}}</ref> Copyright was transferred in 1993 with the Church of Spiritual Technology and trustee for L. Ron Hubbard, Norman F. Starkey, listed as parties.<ref>[[United States Copyright Office]] - ''Model of OT ship organization and operation based on 7 division system & 7,730 other titles. (Part 004 of 040)'', Document: V2927 P238-724, 145: Revolt in the stars (1977) DU105973. 146: Revolt in the stars (1978) TXu 4-150. Date of Recordation: 1993-12-13, Date of Execution: 1993-11-29, Notes: Transfer of copyright. Party 1: Norman F. Starkey, trustee, Author’s Family Trust-B. Party 2: Church of Spiritual Technology (Los Angeles)</ref> Scientologist and actor [[John Travolta]] was involved in developing ''Battlefield Earth'' into a [[Battlefield Earth (film)|film of the same name]], and in 1996 ''[[New York Daily News]]'' wrote of reports that he also wanted to develop ''Revolt in the Stars'' into a film.<ref>{{cite news|title=Scientologists Say This Crusade's By the Book|work=[[New York Daily News]]|date=June 10, 1996 |last1=Rush |first1=George |first2=Joanna |last2=Molloy |first3=Baird |last3=Jones}}</ref> According to the website [[Operation Clambake]], a synopsis of the screenplay was posted to the newsgroup [[alt.religion.scientology]] in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xenu.net/archive/WIR/wir0-19.html#7|title=Revolt in the Stars|work=Alt.religion.scientology Week in Review|publisher=[[Operation Clambake]]|accessdate=2008-06-03|date=August 27, 1995|last=Keller|first=Rod}}</ref> Scientology critic [[Grady Ward]] published a summary of the material.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suburbia.net/~fun/scn/pers/fun/xenu/revolt.html|title=Revolt In The Stars - summary by Grady Ward|publisher=www.suburbia.net|accessdate=2008-06-03|last=[[Grady Ward|Ward, Grady]]}}</ref> ''The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements'' notes that ''Revolt in the Stars'' remains one of Hubbard's unpublished science fiction works but unofficial copies circulate on the internet,{{r|lewis}} and this is confirmed in ''The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of UFO Religions'' and ''New Religions: A Guide''.<ref name="lewisufo">{{cite book | editor=Lewis, James R.  | authorlink =James R. Lewis (scholar) | title =The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of UFO Religions | publisher =Prometheus Books | date =November 2003 | isbn =1-57392-964-6 | page =42 }}</ref><ref name="melton">{{cite book | last =Partridge| first =Christopher | authorlink =Christopher Partridge |author2=[[J. Gordon Melton]]  | title =New Religions: A Guide: New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities | publisher =[[Oxford University Press]] | date =May 6, 2004 | isbn =0-19-522042-0 | page =374}}</ref>