William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the Seventh (William Shakespeare's Star Wars)

I read this in two days. The best part of these books is that because it is written as if it was written as a stage performance, and shows you what the characters are thinking.

In "William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the Seventh", Ian Doescher continues to tell the story of the "Star Wars" saga in Shakespearean style. Particularly noteworthy sequences include Rey's lines referencing the concept of a ray of light as well as theories surrounding her family history, Finn's lines including the letters of his Stormtrooper designation, and Poe evoking specific lines of Shakespeare. Returning characters Han and Leia speak in quatrains, R2 again has English asides to the audience, and Chewbacca's lines include a translation. These translations are particularly nice in his interaction with the Resistance doctor and his lengthy soliloquy following Han's death. One of Doescher's most stirring lines occurs when Han Solo paraphrases the St. Crispin's Day Speech from "Henry V" prior to the assault on Starkiller Base (pgs. 118-119). The trooper played by Daniel Criag gets some 007 references in his interaction with Rey: "I'll tighten thy bonds, make thee a specter" (pg. 115). Prior to this line, the first word of every sentence he speaks spells out D-A-N-I-E-L-C-R-A-I-G. Those willing to look will find plenty of other clever bits from Doescher in the latest volume of what has become one of the best on-going "Star Wars" tie-in series yet!

A clever and addictive adaptation of The Force Awakens. That Doescher has managed to adapt every single film of the saga (until this one, of course) as a Shakespearean is simply amazing, but the fact that all of these books are so entertaining and fascinating on a language level is really cool too. Chewbacca gets editor's translations every time he growls, BB-8 speaks only in beeps and boops, as well as R2D2 (who actually speaks in English during asides, though), and scenes that featured big special effects or battles in the movie, are translated as soliloquies or passionate, Shakespearean speeches. One (small) character in particular even makes fun of the fact that the film is extremely similar to A New Hope! All in all, The Force Doth Awaken is a fascinating experience, much like its six predecessors. What (probably) started as an experiment, has evolved and turned into a saga of its own. Can't wait for the Shakespearean version of The Last Jedi!

Boy, this author is talented! I’ve purchased all he’s written from the Star Wars saga. I find he is able to combine satire, humor and accurate story line to the voice of Shakespeare

A very cute little book written in Shakespeare-style prose. The novelty of this wears off after the first few pages, but that's not entirely surprising. I would imagine that this book is most useful for a classroom or as a tongue-in-cheek gift for Star Wars fans.The real gem of this particular publishing is the excellent illustrations throughout. The cover is the finest of them, and the remaining illustrations are just black-and-white, but they are all done with an eye on theatrical performance. It is cute to have subtle visual gags throughout the composition, and these will surely appeal to any one who has ever watched or put on a live play.

This unique take on The Force Awakens is absolutely hilarious. It's done in the true spirit of a Shakespearean play, but also follows the events of the movie perfectly, and with a few random pop-culture references thrown in just for fun. I bought several copies of this book for a friend's birthday party. He and his wife are in a local Shakespeare group, so we had a dramatic reading of the first two acts as a fun activity. And I tell ya, nothing cracks up a crowd of Shakespeare geeks like singing Rathtars. :)

With the first six books it was easy to read, as I had seen the movies several times, most were a thrill, because they were new and had new themes and made mental impressions that lasted. I have only seen this one once and it was on TV. The same writing and ideas were there but for someone who saw the first movies in the movie theaters in 1976, or so, the excitement is not there so much.

This came perfectly packaged and just as described. It came 2 days earlier than the estimated time. I would most definitely recommend ordering this book. I can't wait to order the others that we need for our collection.

I just love these books.Any Star Wars fan will.

My partner collects these, they’re nice for fans of the films.

When the new Star Wars trilogy was announced five years ago, I was quite skeptical. The original cast has grown older, and the fourth Indiana Jones film proved that film magic is not consistent, although I thought it was still okay. My hope rested on J.J Abrams, whom I have already seen make many beautiful things: films, series, but also the book "S" with Doug Dorst.Obviously I went to watch "The Force Awakens" with high expectations, and it was all that a new Star Wars movie should be, even more than the previous three episodes. To read Ian Doescher's adaptation in his "William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken", I find myself back that first time in the cinema.The visual spectacle is of course lacking in these books, but you can easily imagine them. Again Doescher lets two extra characters comment on the big storyline, this time how strong "The Force Awakens" resembles "A New Hope". Chewie's roars get a translation in the footnotes, and apparently there is a code hidden in the sounds of BB-8 that you could use to decipher his dialogues.Doescher has again done a nice job, especially with the extra inner dialogues for Rey and Kylo Ren. But I'm still looking forward to the last part in the cinema more than to the next book in this series.

I have read each volume of this saga with bated breath ever since stumbling upon Verily, A New Hope in a bookstore years ago. My first reaction was that this would be a fun read, as long as it isn't stupid. Turns out, I was right.Each part of this epic is perfectly written, even fixing some characters (Jar Jar) and turning what was already a phenomenon into something the Bard would be proud of. Keep up the good work, Ian!ErikPS Could you do the spin-off films, too? I'd love to see what you could do with K2.

I absolutely loved it! Once again Doescher channels the bard quite convincingly. A wonderful addition is the inclusion of the translation of Chewbacca's speech.The author's notes following the play make you want to re-read it right away. I wish I'd read them first! They allow for varying depths of reading, depending on whether you are in it for the sheer entertainment, or for the more technical aspects of writing a Shakespearean style play.I would love to see these plays on stage some day.