William Shakespeare's Star Wars Trilogy: The Royal Box Set: Includes William Shakespeare's Star Wars, the Empire Striketh Back, the Jedi Doth Return,: ... Return; and an 8-by-34-inch full-color poster - Hardcover

Ian Doescher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594747911 ISBN 13: 9781594747915

Publisher: Quirk Books, 2014

Synopsis

Return to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The Royal Box Set includes hardcover editions of William Shakespeare's Star Wars, William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back, and William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return. The Royal Box Set also includes a spectacular bonus feature: a specially commissioned, full-colour 360 mm x 80 mm paper tapestry depicting dozens of major and minor characters in the Shakespeare's Star Wars universe, shown together taking a curtain call at the Globe Theatre. From Luke and Leia to Yoda, Chewbacca, Boba Fett, Jawas, Storm Troopers, and a slew of Ewoks, this dazzling poster will be an essential collectible for Star Wars fans of all ages.

About this title

Review:

"Ian Doescher has reimagined the entire first "Star Wars" film as an Elizabethan play, complete with iambic pentameter and elaborate illustrations. It's geekception."--"The Mary Sue" ..".the book is so brilliant you'll wonder why someone didn't think of it sooner."--"Paste Magazine" .."another smart tribute fans will enjoy."--"The Star-Ledger"" " "If you are looking for a neat way to get acquainted with Shakespeare or you are a teacher whose students are having a rough time accessing the genius of the Bard of Avon, I highly recommend you give "William Shakespeare's Star Wars" a try!"--"GeekMom" "Is it all a great, geeky, inter-galactic goblet of literary fun? Verily!" --"AmericanProfile.com" ..".a quirky addition to the genre-busting canon..."--Entertainment Weekly ..".what Doescher made is delicious."--Charleston City Paper ..".brilliant..."--Deseret News "This is a great read. Author Ian Doescher may not have bested Shakespeare, but he's certainly one-upped Lucas."--Asbury Park Press "As Shakespeare would say, you might think, this be madness, yet there is a method in 't."--Newsday ..".charming..."--The Courier-Journal ..".the ultimate fan fic."-- ABC News Radio """Doescher's pseudo-Shakespearean language is absolutely dead-on; this is one of the best-written Shakespeare parodies created for this audience and it is absolutely laugh-out-loud funny for those familiar with both The Bard and Star Wars."--"School Library Journal"" " "At last, the mother of all mashups is upon us."--CNET.com ..".outstanding."--Geekdad "Nicolas Delort's woodcut-style illustrations are a fabulous mixture of old and new."--"Boing Boing"" " "Delightful."--"PortlandMercury.com"" " "For anglophiles, scifi nerds, and probably 9th grade English students." --"The Bookreporter"" " "["William Shakespeare's Star Wars"] is a a brilliant and super-cool wayg

About the Author:

Ian Doescher is the author of the NYT bestseller WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S STAR WARS. He has a B.A. in Music from Yale, a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, and a Ph.D. in Theology from Union Seminary. A theologically trained social media specialist, Ian currently works for a marketing agency in Portland. Nicolas Delort is a freelance illustrator based in Paris, France. Gathering inspiration in the daily and mundane as well as books and any kind of narrative medium, Delort has been compared to Gustav Dore and Franklin Booth for his wonderfully textural pen-and-ink drawings of scenes both fantastical and familiar. Delort's work has been featured on the cover of Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane from Solaris Books and in several galleries worldwide.

About this edition

• Publisher: Quirk Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1594747911
• ISBN 13: 9781594747915
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528