William Shakespeare's Star Wars
by Ian Doescher
169 pages
Quirk Books, 2013
Play in V Acts
Read in 3 days
Rating: ★★★★★
"C-3PO: Now is the summer of our happiness"
Review: The time has come for the 3rd Edition of Pinky and the Brain collaborating yet again on another great read! This was was MUCH more fun than the last two books, and how could it NOT be?! I mean, putting Shakespeare and Star Wars together has GOT to be fun at some point, right?
MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE: @NYCBookWorm84 and I are collaborating on William Shakespeare's Star Wars. Follow along! #TheCollaborators
— Alaina Patterson (@WillBeFunOrElse) December 28, 2013
I think it's fair to say Alaina of That's What She Read and myself took MUCH longer than we should have to read this but she was busy working and I was busy not working yet being very sick and our schedules never really meshed even AFTER we both finally finished the book to actually collaboratively review the book together like we always do so ANYWAY...
I do appreciate that the author didn't "dumb down" the Shakespearean language for the readers and kept it as true to form as if Shakespeare had written this saga himself.
And even though she fancies herself as Pinky in our duo I must say that of the two of us, she brings about the most incite into the books we read.
And, seeing as this book is under 170 pages I don't see what more I can say about how great this book is...well...perhaps...
Summary: Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. ’Tis a tale told by fretful droids, full of faithful Wookiees and fearstome Stormtroopers, signifying...pretty much everything.
Reimagined in glorious iambic pentameter—and complete with twenty gorgeous Elizabethan illustrations--William Shakespeare’s Star Wars will astound and edify Rebels and Imperials alike. Zounds! This is the book you’re looking for.
@WillBeFunOrElse where to begin but at the beginning really! I do want to say as a whole this was brilliantly executed! #TheCollaborators
— Erica Drayton (@NYCBookWorm84) December 28, 2013
First things first. This was written in classic Shakespearean Iambic Pentameter. Don't know what that is? FOR SHAME! Go look it up before you read any further! Now, as for the rest of you smart thespians ;-)
@NYCBookWorm84 #TheCollaborators I caught "Friends, Romans," "Band of Brothers," and the Dagger speech from Macbeth, among others.
— Alaina Patterson (@WillBeFunOrElse) December 28, 2013
We got the ball really rolling when discussing which character we liked best as well as which soliloquy we liked as well. For characters I felt Darth Vader's was the best because I was able to see a side of him through reading his innermost thoughts that I could never really see in the movies. Alaina seems to have quite the crush on Han Solo? Or maybe I was reading too into her answer? She could just have a thing for Harrison Ford? ;-)
@NYCBookWorm84 #TheCollaborators but my favorite soliloquy would have to be Luke's in V.v when he redoes the band of brothers speech
— Alaina Patterson (@WillBeFunOrElse) December 28, 2013
@WillBeFunOrElse my fave lines were from Darth Vader. He came off more 'human' than movie. #TheCollaborators
— Erica Drayton (@NYCBookWorm84) December 28, 2013
If you've ever seen the movies (and I'd wager there are less that haven't seen this movie, especially now that Alaina has joined the ranks with the rest of us!) then as you read this book you'll find yourself picturing the cast and the sequence of events happening simultaneously. The movie and the book hardly differ except for the way in which they speak.I do appreciate that the author didn't "dumb down" the Shakespearean language for the readers and kept it as true to form as if Shakespeare had written this saga himself.
And even though she fancies herself as Pinky in our duo I must say that of the two of us, she brings about the most incite into the books we read.
@NYCBookWorm84 #TheCollaborators The use of the soliloquy gives us more insight into these characters than what we'd see on-screen --
— Alaina Patterson (@WillBeFunOrElse) December 28, 2013
She goes on to say...
@NYCBookWorm84 #TheCollaborators before we could only infer his desire for adventure; now we can hear it as well.
— Alaina Patterson (@WillBeFunOrElse) December 28, 2013
We then got into a bit of an argument about actually putting this production on. Apparently Alaina will need more than just duct tape to create all the props and sets for this! BOO!! I still think we could do it!And, seeing as this book is under 170 pages I don't see what more I can say about how great this book is...well...perhaps...
@WillBeFunOrElse 'There let our heroes rest free from attack, Til darkness rise and Empire striketh back.' Fitting end? #TheCollaborators
— Erica Drayton (@NYCBookWorm84) December 28, 2013
Summary: Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. ’Tis a tale told by fretful droids, full of faithful Wookiees and fearstome Stormtroopers, signifying...pretty much everything.
Reimagined in glorious iambic pentameter—and complete with twenty gorgeous Elizabethan illustrations--William Shakespeare’s Star Wars will astound and edify Rebels and Imperials alike. Zounds! This is the book you’re looking for.
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