William Shakespeare's the Force Doth Awaken Star Wars Part the Seventh

Ian Doescher — 2017

Experience The Force Awakensas a Shakespeare play, complete with Elizabethan verse, Shakespearian monologues, and theatrical stage directions! As the noble Resistance clashes with the vile First Order, Rey, Finn, Poe Damaron, Kylo Ren, and BB-8 are pulled into a galaxy-wide drama-in iambic pentameter! Star Wars fans and Shakespeare enthusiasts alike will enjoy the authentic meter, reimagined movie scenes and dialogue, and hidden Easter eggs throughout. Chewbacca speaks! Leader Snoke gives a soliloquy! And the romance of Han Solo and Leia Organa takes a tragic turn that Shakespeare would approve of. All with woodcut-style illustrations that place Star Wars characters into an Elizabethan galaxy. The story may take place in a galaxy far, far away, but you'll be convinced it was written by the Bard.

Reviews

Danielle Raymond @idkmydude

Jun 11, 2024

Didn't like it as much as the others, but still hilarious and a fantastically performed audiobook.

Kim@skullfullofbooks

Nov 15, 2021

It lacked a bit of the magic of the original three. I'm not sure if it's because of the themed Poe lines or some of the other things Doescher squeezed in there, but it wasn't as good. I think part of it was BB-8 noises. It makes it harder to become entranced when you have a lot of noises to skim. I also don't understand why he didn't handle Chewbacca like R2-D2 and have Enlgish to the reader instead of footnotes. I really don't like footnotes. I definitely didn't hate it, read it in maybe 3 or 4 hours and didn't want to stop until it was finished! Glad I saw it in the Library system on a random search for something unrelated. It made my night!

Lewis John Fisher@lewisfishr

Nov 7, 2021

I like this for the work Ian does in adapting Star Wars to the wonderful world of Shakespeare. What choices Disney has made in terms of Star Wars, however...