William Shakespeare's Star Wars is a series of plays by Ian Doescher that parody the style of William Shakespeare, with nine instalments adapting the films of the Skywalker Saga. The plays are written as Elizabethan tragedies, mixing blank verse poetry and stage scripts with Early Modern English stock characters and orthography. Sometimes Shakespeare is quoted, or rather, rewritten, like the following in William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope:
The original trilogy
- William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope (2013)
- based on Star Wars: Episode IV â A New Hope
- William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back: Star Wars Part the Fifth (2014)
- based on Star Wars: Episode V â The Empire Strikes Back
- William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return: Star Wars Part the Sixth (2014)
- based on Star Wars: Episode VI â Return of the Jedi
All three volumes were subsequently released as William Shakespeare's Star Wars Trilogy: The Royal Box Set.
The prequel trilogy
- William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First (2015)
- based on '
- William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh: Star Wars Part the Second (2015)
- based on '
- William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge: Star Wars Part the Third (2015)
- based on '
The sequel trilogy
- William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the Seventh (2017)
- based on '
- William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last: Star Wars Part the Eighth (2018)
- based on '
- William ShakespeareâÂÂs The Merry Rise of Skywalker: Star Wars Part the Ninth (2020)
- based on '
See also
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