But how does he get away with that, since Lucasfilm's policy has always been that anything Star Wars related that is published thus becomes their property. Or knowing Lucasfilm, if Veitch trademarked it, why would they keep using the name in continuity?
I also can't see Veitch having the trademark. If he does, does that mean that Timothy Zahn has the trademark to Thrawn, Mara Jade and Talon Karrde? Does Stackpole have the trademark to Corran Horn? I just find it implausible that LFL would either a)use a character who is trademarked, or b)allow a character in their stories to be trademarked by someone other than them. I don't see the logic behind it.