I haven't actually seen most of the episodes in question, but Alan Dean Foster's novelizations blew me away when I read them as a kid. I have to wonder how much he added to the original stories, because I don't remember the episodes I've seen being nearly that good.
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Not surprised, he was a hell of a writer. Maybe still is, I don't remember. But I was pretty impressed by the animated episodes, and remember then of comparable quality to the original product.