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Nom canonique: Kahn, James
Date de naissance: 1947-12-30
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Star Wars : Return of the Jedi par James Kahn

The writing is much better in this one! Which makes me happy, because Return of the Jedi is my fave movie, so it's good that it also gets to be my fave book. James Kahn seems to have a much better grasp of the characters, and gives them their own voices: Luke is philosophical and sentimental, Lando thinks in gambling metaphors, Han is more casual and so on. I works.

It's also funny, and I smile a lot and even laughed at a few times. With that said, let's discuss quotes again!

"I was killing your kind when being a Jedi meant something."

I kinda wish we'd seen more of Jabba doing that in the prequels rather than, ehhh, whatever it was he did at that podrace. (Note: I was ten when ep I came out. I LOVED the podrace)

Luke wanted to burn the villain. [...] Of course, his primary objective was to free his friends, whom he loved dearly; it was this concern that guided him now, abolve all else. but in the process, to free the universe of this ganster slug - this was a prospect that tinted Luke's purpose with an ever-so-slightly dark satisfaction.

Luke's flirting with the dark side works so well in the novel. You kinda see why he is tempted and you can almost see him crossing over by going a little too far at some point. It comes sorta close, I think.

[Leia is captured by Jabba.] But there were worse things, and in any case, this wouldn't last.
The worse things she knew well. Her standard of comparison was the night she'd been tortured by Darth Vader. She's been almost broken.

I love how her being captured by Jabba is compared to her being tortured by Vader. She's like "there were worse things, like idk the worst night of my entire life that I never wanna talk about" and not "oh it was fun I got to wear a cute golden bikini for a while". That bikini will never define her and it never should.

Yet Leia's hold was not merely physical. She closed her eyes, closed out the pain in her hands, focused all of her life-force - and all it was able to channel - into squeezing the breath from the horried creature.

Leia uses the force to kill Jabba. Piss off with your "we don't know if Leia is force-sensitive or not"-bullshit.

Yoda stood still smiling inside, his small green hand clutching his walking stick for support.

Yoda is green now, not blue. You get more continuity in Sweet Valley.

Ben continued his narrative. "When your father left, he didn't know your mother was pregnant. Your mother and I knew he would find out eventually, but we wanted to keep you both as safe as possible, for as long as possible. So I took you to live with my brother Owen, on Tatooine ... and your mother took Leia to live as the daughter of Senator Organa, on Alderaan."

!!! WAIT WHAT!? UNCLE OWEN IS OBI-WAN KENOBI'S BROTHER??????? IS HIS NAME OWEN KENOBI THEN??? HOW DID LUKE NEVER SEE THAT FUCKING CONNECTION GROWING UP!?

Oh my gods, this is like 50005050350050 times better than the prequels WHYYY wasn't this the story? I'm so mad.

"Leia!" Luke and Han shouted together.
"Rahrhah!"
"Boo dEEdwee!"
"Your Highness!"

For some reason all alien languages are spelled out in this one, so here's how you say Leia in wookiee and binary droid language. In case you were wondering.

I don't have the energy to quote it, but when Han finds Leia right after Luke has left, the scene is kinda different from the movie in all the wrong ways. In the movie Leia is like "I want to be left alone for a while, I don't wanna talk about it" and Han's like "BUT YOU COULD TELL LUKE!?!??!" and then he's about to leave because you know, that's what she said, but then he sorta turns back and apologizes at which point Leia says "hold me" and Han does. In the book Han gets pissed when she won't tell him what's going on and starts shaking her!?!??!?!?!? And idk she does kinda embrace him, but I still like it much better when he's shown as someone who listens to her and not someone who gets irrationally angry and shakes her? The fuck!?

[Paploo the ewok steals a bike from the stormtroopers to draw them off.] He was going farily low velocity for what the bike could do - but in Ewok-time, Paploo was absolutely dizzy with speed and extiement. It was terrifying; but he loved it. He would talk about this ride until the end of his life, and then his children would tell their children, and it would get faster with each generation.

Ewoks are the best. Fuck off if you don't agree.

With a last, heartfelt smile, he whspiered, "I love you."
"I know," she answered simply.

Doesn't work as well now that Han never said his line in the last book, but it's still such a great line. I'm glad it got to be there.

Now that I'm done with the Star Wars trilogy, I think it's time for the Lando Calrissian adventures. :D Never read them before, so it'll be fun.… (plus d'informations)

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upontheforemostship | 8 autres critiques | Feb 22, 2023 |

Indiana Jones a Chrám zkázy par James Kahn

Volné pokračování knihy Dobyvatelé ztracené archy podle úspěšného filmu Stevena Spielberga.
Rok 1935. Indiana Jones se tentokrát v šanghajském klubu zaplete s čínským gangsterským bossem. Ve hře je zprvu „jen" stará čínská socha a vzácný diamant, záhy však i samotný Jonesův život. Nečekaný vývoj událostí přivede Indyho na další dobrodružnou výpravu, tentokrát do Indie.

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stpetr | 1 autre critique | Jan 15, 2023 |

The Star Wars Trilogy par George Lucas

This collection of novelizations of the original trilogy of the Star Wars franchise is based on film scripts that Alan Dean Foster (ghostwriting for George Lucas), Donald F. Glut, and James Kahn used to bring the films to the printed page. Ultimately only Glut’s treatment of The Empire Strikes Back is the best of the bunch as it was readable, and the characterizations were good. Unfortunately, Dean’s Star Wars and Kahn’s Return of the Jedi while each having one good thing to them were overwhelmed by either poor writing or horrible internalization of characters along with a myriad of other issues to go along side them. I would recommend watching the films over the reading this collection if you’re a general reader, but if you want to dip your toe into the novelizations go for The Empire Strikes Back.

Star Wars by George Lucas
The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut 3/5
Return of the Jedi by James Kahn 2/5… (plus d'informations)

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mattries37315 | 13 autres critiques | Sep 29, 2021 |

Os Goonies: Never say die! par James Kahn

Ao buscar um tema para seu primeiro filme autoral, J.J. Abrams – que não vive sem referências – voltou à sua adolescência, quando, como muitos outros moleques dos anos 1980, foi saudado por uma safra de filmes que finalmente contemplava sua própria geração. Super 8 (2011) saúda tanto E.T. (1982), de Steven Spielberg, quanto Os Goonies (1985), de Richard Donner. Os três filmes celebram a rotina de uma turma de adolescentes na década de 80 (sim, Super 8 é um filme de época) e contam como nem mesmo incidentes extraordinários pode abalar a amizade de uma galera.Antes dos anos 1980, os filmes falavam de crimes, romances, aventuras e dramas – mas todos do ponto de vista adulto. E os adultos não entendiam a nova década, do walkman, do videogame, do computador e do videocassete. Era o início da revolução digital – aquela que hoje é plena – e qualquer turma de moleques sabia que os adultos não tinham a menor ideia do que estava acontecendo. A minha turma, em Brasília, sabia. Outras turmas pelo mundo também. Não é à toa que estes filmes encontraram eco justamente em uma audiência que parecia seus protagonistas...Mas se Super 8 e E.T. lidam com a ligação de um dos protagonistas com um alienígena, Os Goonies é uma aventura coletiva. E mesmo que sua adaptação para o livro seja narrada em primeira pessoa – do ponto de vista de Mikey Walsh, o personagem asmático vivido pelo ator Sean Astin –, sua história conta como personalidades tão diferentes quanto Bocão, Gordo, Dado, Brand e as meninas Andy e Stef podem conviver e se gostar, independentemente de sexo, raça ou idade. Baseado no roteiro original de Chris Columbus, o livro de James Kahn aprofunda ainda mais estas relações ao explorar melhor cada um dos personagens – inclusive os vilões Fratelli e seu filho-monstro Sloth – sem perder o ritmo de toboágua que dá o tom do filme.Alexandre Matias… (plus d'informations)

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matheus1berto21 | Jul 14, 2021 |

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