William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back (William Shakespeare's Star Wars Trilogy) Hardcover Author: Visit Amazon's Ian Doescher Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1594747156 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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About the Author
Ian Doescher the author of
William Shakespeare’s Star Wars®: Verily, a New Hope. He lives with his family in Portland, Oregon.
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- Series: William Shakespeare's Star Wars Trilogy
- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: Quirk Books; First Edition edition (March 18, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1594747156
- ISBN-13: 978-1594747151
- Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
William Shakespeare’s Star Wars – The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher is the sequel to William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, a retelling of George Lucas’s space saga in the style of William Shakespeare. I would strongly recommend picking this up as an audiobook rather than ebook or hard copy – Random House Audio’s production is top notch with an excellent cast. It is far more like a radio play than an audiobook and the excellent cast does a wonderful job of telling the story.
What I liked
The source material. The original Star Wars trilogy is a darn good story. It contains a lot of strong themes which would have been as relevant in Shakespeare’s time as today: love, betrayal, youthful impetuousness, struggle against tyranny. Doescher therefore has a strong base on which to base his adaptation. It also isn’t too jarring, for example, when Han rails against Lando’s betrayal in Shakespearean language as it is a theme and emotion found in many of Shakespeare’s works.
Yoda. On my first listen through I was a little disappointed that Yoda didn’t sound too different from the other characters. In the movies, he has a unique speech pattern and I was hoping that this would be reflected in Empire Striketh Back. It was only on reading Doescher’s commentary that I realised Yoda was speaking in haiku! Darn I wished I’d picked that up first time. This is intended to reflect Yoda’s role as Luke’s master – or sensei – in the mystical force giving an eastern feel to it. Brilliant. Appropriate and brilliant.
The production. Random House Audio has gone full out to make this a radio play rather than an audiobook. We have a strong cast, sound effects (including the iconic swish of the lightsabres) as well as snippets of John Williams’ memorable soundtrack.
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