James Kahn(I)
- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
James Kahn is an American medical specialist and writer, best known for
his novelization of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Born in
Chicago on December 30, 1947, Kahn received a degree in medical studies
from the University of Chicago. His post-graduate training,
specializing in Emergency Medicine, was completed at USC-LA County
Hospital and UCLA. His original work includes three novels in the New
World series: World Enough, and Time (1980), Time's Dark Laughter
(1982), and Timefall (1987). As well as Return of the Jedi, he wrote
the novelizations of the films Poltergeist and Indiana Jones and the
Temple of Doom. He has also written for well-known TV shows such as
Melrose Place and Star Trek: The Next Generation. He was the producer
of Melrose Place from 1996 to 1998.
