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Ian Doescher received a B.A. in music from Yale University, a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary. He is the creative director at Pivot Group LLC, a full service marketing, research and web agency. He has written several books including William show more Shakespeare's Star Wars, William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back, and William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Ian Doescher

William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope (2013) — Author — 2,122 copies
William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return (2014) — Author — 700 copies
William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace (2015) — Author — 353 copies
William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh (2015) — Author — 265 copies
William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge (2015) — Author — 261 copies
William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken (2017) — Author — 197 copies
William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last (2018) — Author — 124 copies

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Shakespeare's best. Way ahead of its time.
 
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TheScribblingMan | 126 other reviews | Jul 29, 2023 |
Over-the-top silly and just plain awesome!
 
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scathach01 | 126 other reviews | Mar 9, 2023 |
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)
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