James Kahn, the author behind the novelidsations of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Goonies amongst others, looks back to his years writing movie adaptations, and foremost amongst those was his time working on Return of the Jedi. It’s those Star Wars and Indy novels that will grab the imagination of Lucasfilm fans, and you can delve into that novel right now by clicking here and ordering it on Amazon.
JAMES KAHN spent the 1980’s and 1990’s writing for Hollywood and working as an emergency room doctor. His memories of those times provide the fodder for these crazy, funny, poignant, outrageous, surreal, revealing tales.
He also goes in depth about his writing of some of the biggest novelizations of the decade – Poltergeist, The Goonies, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; and especially Return of the Jedi – for which he provides a scene by scene exegesis, exploring the entire novel.
Accompanied by scans of original manuscript pages, this is a never before seen window into the creative process that went into the writing of the classic Jedi novel.
ASIN: B0F596HV83
Publisher: BearManor Media (April 24, 2025)
Language: English
Hardcover: 276 pages
ISBN-13: 979-8887717319