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Loading... William Shakespeare's Star Wars (edition 2013)by Ian Doescher
Work InformationWilliam Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Our family has a serious Thing with Star Wars. I do not always share the enthusiasm, except this book is AMAZING. This is hilarious and well executed. I absolutely recommend it to nerds everywhere. ( ) Hilarious. Hi-lar-i-ous. I think anyone who loves Star Wars and/or Shakespeare will get an immense kick out of this book. There are dozens of highlighted passages all over my book(/Kindle) and notes attached to them. It's wonderful getting to see the author makes asides with knowledge we know having seen Episodes 1-6 as a populace. We can see where Beru and Obi-Won are both coming from with so much more drastic clarity, as well as asides from Vadar that reference his entire life. We can cringe and giggle at the whole of Leia and Luke, and every little reference to the word "sister." Not to mention that the whole thing has taken quoted pieces from all over Shakespeare's plays and dovetailed them together, so that you're laughing at Star Wars, but also flailing happily about a line from Romeo & Juliet, MacBeth, Twelfth Night, and on and on. I'm definitely going to advise this for anyone who loves these ideas. As is necessary as an English Master and a geek, I'm going to give you two ratings, the way I do when these two intersection. As a Star Wars --> Shakespeare book I'd rate it: Perfect Five Stars As a Shakespeare Play --> Star Wars I'd rate it a 3.9 Stars (It drags a little in Act IV-V for Shakespeare's liking) no reviews | add a review
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A retelling of Star wars in the style of Shakespeare, in which a wise Jedi knight, an evil Sith lord, a beautiful captive princess, and a young hero coming of age reflect the valor and villainy of the Bard's greatest plays. No library descriptions found.
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