Chris Claremont Chris Claremont ( born November 30 , 1950 in , England ) is a comic book writer , who worked on a few issues in Marvel ' s " Star Wars " series , including the multipart " World of Fire ! " for Marvel UK ( reprinted in " " ) , " " , and others . His contributions include co - creating the characters Kharys and Aron Peacebringer . Biography . Writer profile . Claremont is regarded as one of the hallmark Marvel Comics writers , having written one of the flagship titles , the " " , for sixteen consecutive years , bringing the title from obscurity to one of the most successful comics of all time . Many of his stories contained the social undercurrent of mutants being a harassed minority . Claremont also promoted strong female characters such as , and . Claremont ' s work on " X - Men " , which was longer than that of any other writer , defined many of the " X - Men " characters years after his departure from Marvel Comics . Claremont has also written several novels , including the novelization of the second X - Men film , " " . He has a cameo in the film " " during the prologue , for which he is credited as " Lawnmower man . " Marvel Comics . As an entry into comic writing , Claremont was given the fledgling title " " in 1974 , which teamed him with . then gave him the writing duties for the relaunched X - Men . Claremont found narrative excuses to sideline , as one of the problems with the original X - Men series was that the Professor often appeared at the end of the story to provide a deus ex machina solution to whatever problem the X - Men faced . During his years as " X - Men " writer , Claremont wrote or co - wrote many classic stories such as the " " and " . " In addition , he helped launch best - selling spin - offs such as " " , " " , " " , and " Wolverine " . In 1986 , Marvel launched an " X - Men " spinoff , " " , altering the Phoenix / Jean Grey continuity Claremont had established . In 1991 a second X - Men title simply called " " ( often referred as " adjectiveless " X - Men ) was launched having Claremont as writer though he only wrote three issues since he left Marvel following a series of editorial differences with the X - Men editor at the time . In 1998 , he returned to Marvel as editorial director and the regular writer of " " . He also wrote a " Wolverine " story arc . In 2000 , as part of the company ' s " " event , he wrote " Uncanny X - Men " and " X - Men " until he moved to " " . In 2006 , cardiac illness forced Claremont to postpone the beginning of a planned run on " " as well as the launch of " GeNext " . Also cut short was his run on " Uncanny X - Men " , which was completed by over Claremont ' s plots . Likewise , writer Frank Tieri took over on " " in Claremont ' s stead for a time . In 2007 , Claremont returned to " New Excalibur " , writing a story arc where the character Nocturne has a stroke . He also completed his first arc on " Exiles " , introducing Psylocke to the team . Career outside Marvel Comics . Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the " " " Debt of Honor " graphic novel , his creator - owned " " for and " " for Dark Horse Comics . He also wrote a few issues of the series at , which introduced his creator - owned character , Huntsman . Outside of comics , Claremont co - wrote the " The Shadow War Chronicles " trilogy , " Shadow Moon " ( 1995 ) , " Shadow Dawn " ( 1996 ) and " Shadow Star " ( 1999 ) , with George Lucas . This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie " Willow " . He wrote a science fiction trilogy about female USAF pilot / astronaut Nicole Shea , consisting of " First Flight " ( 1987 ) , " Grounded ! " ( 1991 ) , and " Sundowner " ( 1994 ) . Claremont was also a contributor to the " " anthology series .