{"id":3307,"date":"2014-05-04T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=3307"},"modified":"2014-05-30T18:02:20","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T23:02:20","slug":"star-wars-shakespeare-the-empire-striketh-back-by-ian-doescher-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=3307","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars & Shakespeare = The Empire Striketh Back, by Ian Doescher (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/a>From icy Hoth to Bespin’s airy clime,
\nImper’al forces chase our valiant crew!
\nThrough ast’roid field and perils dire, they flee –
\nHan Solo, Wookiie, rebel Princess, too.<\/p>\n

Sage Yoda<\/a> teacheth Luke the Jedi way,
\nAs taught he this boy’s father in the past.
\nYet time grows short and Skywalker departs –
\nHis friends meet treachery this very day.<\/p>\n

Lord Vader’s mask\u00e9d face his secret hides,
\nNow Luke must face a past he wouldst deny.
\nThe Empire Striketh Back<\/em> at freedom’s cause!
\nFor hero, rebels, friends, so dark a time.<\/p>\n

(Seek thee beginning of this Star Wars tale?
\nYea, Verily A New Hope<\/em> find’st thou here<\/a>.
\nFear not! We shall rejoin our friends eftsoon,
\nas in July, The Jedi Doth Return<\/em>!)<\/p>\n

Gentle reader, May the Force be with thee!
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0 William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back (Star Wars: Part the Fifth) \/ Ian Doescher. Quirk Books, 2014.[author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 [book trailer<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Return to that “galaxy far, far away” as the fifth Star Wars episode sees our valiant rebel heroes face bitter cold, epic challenges, and stinging betrayal as The Empire Striketh Back<\/em>, in the style of the Bard himself.<\/p>\n

Ian Doescher follows up his successful William Shakespeare’s Star Wars<\/em> with the heretofore hidden voices of malign creatures (AT-ATs philosophizing in iambic pentameter), songs of the Ughnaughts in the corridors of Bespin, and the wisdom of Yoda shining forth in haiku:<\/p>\n

Nay, nay! Try thou not,
\nBut do though or do thou not,
\nFor there is no “try.” (pg.98)<\/p>\n

Old secrets, shocking treachery, newly acknowledged love – will the heroes prevail in this stellar fight for the right or will the Empire vile destroy all hope?\u00a0 Mayhap, gentle readers shall discover all in July 2014’s The Jedi Doth Return<\/em>!\u00a0 (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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