{"id":10631,"date":"2019-05-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10631"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:48:42","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’S REVENGE, by Ian Doescher (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today is Free Comic Book Day, so find your nearest participating comics store here<\/a> and get there fast, before the excellent selection of free comic books runs out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s also Star Wars Day<\/a> – a good opportunity to point you to another volume in Ian Doescher’s Shakespearean retellings of the Star Wars movies… read ye now the Tragedy of the Sith’s Revenge<\/em> (movie episode three).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, our valiant Chewbacca appears in this volume (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

The Phantom of Menace<\/a><\/em> (part 1), The Clone Army Attacketh<\/em> (part 2), William Shakespeare\u2019s Star Wars<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 (part 4), The Empire Striketh Back<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 (part 5), and The Jedi Doth Return<\/em><\/a> (part 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doescher has also penned part 7 The Force Doth Awaken<\/em> (https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/William-Shakespeares-The-Force-Doth-Awaken-Star-Wars-Part-the-Seventh\/Ian-Doescher\/9798337401379<\/a>) and part 8 Jedi the Last<\/em> https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/William-Shakespeares-Jedi-the-Last-Star-Wars-Part-the-Eighth\/Ian-Doescher\/9798337401270<\/a>, all Shakespearean and all faithful to the movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as I wrote in 2015:
\nWhy speak just now of this most-worthy tome,
\nWhy note it not upon its natal day?
\nMark well today\u2019s harmonious date, kind one,
\nAnd may the Force be with us all, I pray!
\n**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: William Shakespeare’s Tragedy of the Sith’s Revenge (Star Wars Part the Third) \/ Ian Doescher. Quirk Books, 2015; Insight Editions, 2025. [author site<\/a>] [publisher site https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/William-Shakespeares-Tragedy-of-the-Siths-Revenge-Star-Wars-Part-the-Third\/Ian-Doescher\/9798337401416<\/a>]<\/a> Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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