William Shakespeare's Star Wars

By: Ian Doescher

Narrated by: Various

Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. ’Tis a tale told by fretful droids, full of faithful Wookiees and fearsome Stormtroopers, signifying...pretty much everything.

Reimagined in glorious iambic pentameter, William Shakespeare’s Star Wars will astound and edify Rebels and Imperials alike. Zounds! This is the audiobook you’re looking for.

This audiobook is read by Daniel Davis, Jonathan Davis, January LaVoy, Marc Thompson, and the author, Ian Doescher.

Includes an afterword read by the author.

Wonderful!

I wasn't sure what do expect. Star Wars is Shakespearean and loved all iambic pentameter and Shakespeare insults. Loved it. Can't wait ti listen again with the kids.

Great fun

I enjoyed listening to the book. Great acting and sound effects brought new life to a well beloved story for me.

So enjoyable!

After being involved with a theatre production recently, I had developed a major curiosity for checking out these Shakespearean renditions of the Classic Star Wars trilogy. Plus some of my favorite audiobook narrators all take part in bringing these interesting versions of these characters to life, and add so much to a delightful listen! Marc Thompson As C3P0 might’ve been my favorite.

Super Fun

Where does William Shakespeare's Star Wars rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is easily the funnest audio book I've had the pleasure of listening to thus far.

Who was your favorite character and why?

As far as this novel goes, right now I'm caught between C-3PO and Han Solo. C-3PO is already a very dramatic character and hearing his narrative in William Shakespeare's Star Wars made me laugh aloud. Han Solo's stubbornness was also magnified by the narrative's style and made me love the character more.

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

The multiple narrators here were absolutely perfect. I was particularly happy about Daniel Davis being one of them. As far as I could tell, he read the chorus and did a fantastic job.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

There's already a film for this book so I'll just ignore this question...

Hilarious and awesome!

A great performance of one of the Bard's true classics. The acting was at times a bit wooden, but true Star Wars fans will recognize the in-jokes from the multiple iterations of the original trilogy. Can't wait for the next one!