Return of the Jedi by James Kahn
My rating: 2 out of 5 stars
The novelization to the final film of the original trilogy came out close to the theatrical release, but hopefully those purchasing it decided to read it after seeing the film. Return of the Jedi by James Kahn transfers the script into literature.
The novelization flows the film without any new scenes to expand the narrative of the story. Kahn wrote action scenes good, but his writing character’s internal thoughts could not even be called a mixed bag. The main trio’s internal thoughts were passable in the case of Luke, bad in the case of Han, and done right awful for Leia while Vader’s thoughts came off as someone struggling which was effective, in fact the only internal thoughts that came off well were those of Lando Calrissian. Kahn didn’t really go into how the Ewoks had all those traps set up to fight the Imperial troops, but he worded well enough that it made better sense than what was in the film.
Return of the Jedi is an okay novelization as James Kahn brought out good action scenes but came up lacking with internal thoughts. I would not recommend the novelization and suggest sticking with the film.
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