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Book series by Ian Doescher
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William Shakespeare's Star Wars is a series of plays by Ian Doescher that parody the style of William Shakespeare, with nine instalments adapting the films of the Skywalker Saga. The plays are written as Elizabethan tragedies, mixing blank verse poetry and stage scripts with Early Modern English stock characters and orthography. Sometimes Shakespeare is quoted, or rather, rewritten, like the following in William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope:

“
Alas, poor stormtrooper, I knew ye not,
yet have I taken both uniform and life
From thee. What manner of a man wert thou?
A man of inf'nite jest or cruelty?
A man with helpmate and with children too?
A man who hath his Empire serv'd with pride?
A man, perhaps, who wish'd for perfect peace?
What'er thou wert, goodman, thy pardon grant
Unto the one who took thy place: e'en me.”

The original trilogy

See also: Star Wars original trilogy
  • William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope (2013)
    • based on Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
  • William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back: Star Wars Part the Fifth (2014)
  • William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return: Star Wars Part the Sixth (2014)

All three volumes were subsequently released as William Shakespeare's Star Wars Trilogy: The Royal Box Set.

The prequel trilogy

See also: Star Wars prequel trilogy

The sequel trilogy

See also: Star Wars sequel trilogy

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