William Shakespeare's Star Wars (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #4)

by Ian Doescher

[inlibrisveritas]

There is no hiding the fact that I love Star Wars…and that I have an extreme fondness for Shakespeare. I have an entire bookcase devoted to Star Wars novels and I frequently read Shakespeare’s plays out loud and in character…there is truly no end to my geekiness. So it’s only natural I picked this up.

There isn’t anything overly complicated about this adaptation of Star Wars, it’s A new Hope but in Iambic pentameter and with mostly Shakespearian era wording. It’s easy to follow and understand, and true to style it adds flourishes in places you don’t expect or necessarily need…but that’s what makes it great. I loved seeing all of the lines from the movie reimagined in such a great way, and even the occasional illustration that accompanied the text.

One of the best parts about this book is the portions with R2-D2, who is more than just a beeping and screeching droid with supposed sass…he has depth, pain, and more importantly disdain…a lot of disdain. R2 steals the show with his monologues and his constantly sighing at how stupid everyone else is. It’s perfect.

So if you’ve played with the idea of trying this out, do it! It’s not the most revolutionary thing out there, but if you enjoy Star Wars and Shakespeare then get it! You’ll definitely get a few laughs out of it.