{"id":10631,"date":"2019-05-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10631"},"modified":"2019-05-04T08:12:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T13:12:13","slug":"may-the-fourth-be-with-you-tragedy-of-the-siths-revenge-by-ian-doescher-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10631","title":{"rendered":"May the Fourth be with you! TRAGEDY OF THE SITH&#8217;S REVENGE, by Ian Doescher (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"10645\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=10645\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Sith.jpg?fit=466%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"466,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sith\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Sith.jpg?fit=466%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Sith.jpg?resize=201%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"book cover of William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge, by Ian Doescher, published by Quirk Books | recommended on BooksYALove.com\" class=\"wp-image-10645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Sith.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Sith.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Sith.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today is Free Comic Book Day, so find your nearest participating comics store <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/freecomicbookday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and get there fast, before the excellent selection of free comic books runs out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s also <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Star Wars Day (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.starwars.com\/star-wars-day\" target=\"_blank\">Star Wars Day<\/a> &#8211; a good opportunity to point you to another volume in Ian Doescher&#8217;s Shakespearean retellings of the Star Wars movies&#8230; read ye now the <em>Tragedy of the Sith&#8217;s Revenge<\/em>  (movie episode three).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, our valiant Chewbacca appears in this volume (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"farewell, actor Peter Mayhew (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/05\/02\/719841314\/peter-mayhew-portrayed-chewbacca-the-wookiee-in-star-wars-movies-dies-at-74\" target=\"_blank\">farewell too soon, actor Peter Mayhew<\/a>), as do many characters good and evil from the episodes in this series before and after this one: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Phantom of Menace (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=5811\" target=\"_blank\">The Phantom of Menace<\/a><\/em> (part 1), <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Clone Army Attacketh (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quirkbooks.com\/book\/william-shakespeares-clone-army-attacketh\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Clone Army Attacketh<\/em><\/a>  (part 2), <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=3298\" target=\"_blank\"><em>William Shakespeare\u2019s Star Wars<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 (part 4), <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=3307\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Empire Striketh Back<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 (part 5), and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=4219\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Jedi Doth Return<\/em><\/a>  (part 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doescher has also penned part 7 <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Force Doth Awaken (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quirkbooks.com\/book\/william-shakespeares-force-doth-awaken\" target=\"_blank\">The Force Doth Awaken<\/a><\/em> and part 8 <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Jedi the Last. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quirkbooks.com\/book\/william-shakespeares-jedi-last\" target=\"_blank\">Jedi the Last<\/a><\/em>, all Shakespearean and all faithful to the movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And as I wrote in 2015:<br>\nWhy speak just now of this most-worthy tome,<br>\nWhy note it not upon its natal day?<br>\nMark well today\u2019s harmonious date, kind one,<br>\nAnd may the Force be with us all, I pray!<br>\n**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: William Shakespeare&#8217;s  Tragedy of the Sith&#8217;s Revenge (Star Wars Part the Third) \/ Ian Doescher. Quirk Books, 2015. [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"author site (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iandoescher.com\/william-shakespeares-star-wars\/\" target=\"_blank\">author site<\/a>]  [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.quirkbooks.com\/book\/william-shakespeares-tragedy-siths-revenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"publisher site] (opens in a new tab)\">publisher site]<\/a>  Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Free Comic Book Day, so find your nearest participating comics store here and get there fast, before the excellent selection of free comic books runs out! It&#8217;s also Star Wars Day &#8211; a good opportunity to point you to another volume in Ian Doescher&#8217;s Shakespearean retellings of the Star Wars movies&#8230; read ye [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,19,68,30,62],"tags":[90,22,7,4,20,37,16,39,49,31,67,93,224,15,198,21,66,199,35,33,6,8,28,59],"class_list":["post-10631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-fiction","category-future","category-legends","category-science-fiction","tag-abandonment","tag-behavior","tag-beliefs","tag-belonging","tag-conflict","tag-death","tag-determination","tag-love","tag-memories","tag-non-us-author","tag-outer-space","tag-poetry","tag-politics","tag-relationships","tag-retelling","tag-self-image","tag-series","tag-shakespeare","tag-surprises","tag-survival","tag-travel","tag-us-author","tag-villains","tag-war"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Sith.jpg?fit=466%2C700&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10631"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10653,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10631\/revisions\/10653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}