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James Kahn
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Wrote STAR TREK, MELROSE PLACE. RETURN OF THE JEDI, TEMPLE OF DOOM, POLTERGEIST, GOONIES.
Hear his album of sea shanties about climate change THE RISIN' OF THE SEA. https://thatjameskahn.com/
Released Nov 1st, Episode 27 of Cool Tunes For a Hot Planet starts out with a song about ordinary Americans banding together this month to celebrate No Kings Day.
Watch Episode 27: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq80...
#NoKingsDay #NoKingsDayProtest #GlobalFarming #Indivisible
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
November 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
August 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Interview with Star Wars Clube Portugal
swccpt.blogspot.com/2025/07/entr...
(If you read the article via google, you will be offered the option of reading the article in English. If not, scroll halfway down the page and see the translated version included).
July 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Episode 19 of Cool Tunes For a Hot Planet, released July 1, is all about the power of music to help bend the arc of the moral universe.

Full Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dITr...

#PowerofMusic #SocialInjustice #PeacefulResistance #CivilRightsMovement #WeShallOvercome #Anthem
July 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My Jedi Memoir: A Double Life is a Booklife Editors Pick ⚡️.
"Jedi fans will feast, but Kahn’s life, work, and hard-won insights are fascinating enough that readers will likely hope for a followup that spends more time in a galaxy closer to home."
booklife.com/project/my-j...
July 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Episode 19 of Cool Tunes For a Hot Planet is all about the power of music to help bend the arc of the moral universe.

Full Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dITr...

#CoolTunesCrew #PowerofMusic #SocialInjustice #PeacefulResistance #CivilRightsMovement #WeShallOvercome #Anthem
July 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Tripwire Magazine on June 20th, 2025:
"Film News: Hollywood Novelisation Writer James Kahn Talks To Tripwire About A Hidden Career"
"With the writer’s new memoir in mind, Tripwire’s contributing writer Paul N Neal reached out to find out a little more.…"
tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/ho...
June 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Lightsaber Malfunction ....

My Jedi Memoir: A Double Life by James Kahn is Now Available at tinyurl.com/JediMemoirAm...

#ThatJamesKahn #Jedi #ReturnoftheJedi #Poltergeist #TheGoonies #LightSaber #ET #StarWarsSky #WritingCommunity #StarWarsLegion
June 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Heritage Auctions just went live with the hand-annotated 'Return of the Jedi' script & my handwritten novelization.
Bidding is online and private for 35 days, then goes to live streaming on the last day, July 17.
entertainment.ha.com/c/search/res...

#StarWarsSky #BookSky #WriterSky
June 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Emergency Room Stories, Part 3.
I spent the 1980’s & '90’s writing for Hollywood and working as an emergency room doctor - a double life! My memories of those times provide the fodder for these crazy, funny, poignant, outrageous, surreal, and revealing tales.
June 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
My Jedi Memoir: A Double Life is Now Available at tinyurl.com/JediMemoirAm...
June 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Part IV - I wrote the Goonies novelization in the manner of Treasure Island, one of my favorite books of all time.

#TheGoonies #TheGooniesMovie #Spielberg #ThatJamesKahn #HuckleberryFinn #WarnerBrothers #TreasureIsland
June 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
My Jedi Memoir: A Double Life by James Kahn is Now Available at tinyurl.com/JediMemoirAm...
June 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Part III - While I was writing the #Goonies novelization in late 1984, in #Spielberg's office on the #Warner lot, I'd take writing breaks by walking around Willie's pirate ship, sitting in 3 feet of water on a sound stage.
June 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
My Jedi Memoir: A Double Life is Now Available at tinyurl.com/JediMemoirAm...
June 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
When I wrote the Goonies novelization 40 years ago, I decided to write it in the First Person, from Mikey's perspective. I wanted it to sound conversational, like you were an old acquaintance of his, and he wanted to tell you about this amazing story that had happened to him.
June 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Emergency Room Stories, Part 2.

I spent the 1980’s & '90’s writing for Hollywood and working as an emergency room doctor - a double life! My memories of those times provide the fodder for these crazy, funny, poignant, outrageous, surreal, and revealing tales.
June 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Published June 4th, 2025: Pause ‘Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith’ at 1 hour 25 minutes to spot George Lucas’ son as a heroic Jedi in French publication @3dvf.bsky.social .
Read the full article at 3dvf.com/en/pause-sta...
June 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
June 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Emergency Room Stories, Part 1.
I spent the 1980’s & '90’s writing for Hollywood and working as an emergency room doctor - a double life! My memories of those times provide the fodder for these crazy, funny, poignant, outrageous, surreal, and revealing tales.
June 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Writing the Poltergeist Novelization, Part 1- I spent the 1980’s & 90’s writing for Hollywood & working as an emergency room doctor. My memories of those times provide the fodder for these crazy, funny, poignant, outrageous, surreal, & revealing tales.

#Poltergeist #Spielberg #WeirdStory #Writing
May 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
ET and Me, part 2 - a reading from 'My Jedi Memoir: A Double Life'.

Fond memories revealed in 'My Jedi Memoir: A Double Life'.
Available now at tinyurl.com/JediMemoirAm...

#ET #AlienResuscitation #ThatJamesKahn #ExtraTerrestrial #EmergencyRoom #ProblemSolver #HowItStarted
May 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
ET and Me, part 2 - a reading from 'My Jedi Memoir: A Double Life'. I was able to oversee resuscitation of #ET, the young #extraterrestrial on the first day of filming. I hear our #CPR proved successful.

#AlienResuscitation #ThatJamesKahn #EmergencyRoom #ProblemSolver #HowItStarted #Hollywood
May 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM