{"id":1557,"date":"2019-06-19T15:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T21:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2019-06-06T17:20:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T23:20:12","slug":"book-shakespeares-the-empire-striketh-back-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/19\/book-shakespeares-the-empire-striketh-back-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Shakespeare'sWilliam Shakespeare\u2019s The Empire Striketh Back<\/u><\/strong>
\nYear: 2014
\nAuthor: Ian Doescher
\nLength: 205 minutes \/ 3.42 hours<\/p>\n

I said it for my review of Shakespeare\u2019s Star Wars<\/em><\/a>, and I\u2019ll say it again: this combination of old verbiage and meter with popular science fiction is a match made in heaven. The follow-up to the first part of the original trilogy, Shakespeare\u2019s The Empire Striketh Back<\/em> continues to be an amusing exercise that anyone who loves Shakespeare and\/or Star Wars<\/em> will enjoy. Some consider Empire<\/em> to be the best part of the original trilogy, and its adherence to the plot won\u2019t disappoint. Additionally, the audiobook version continues to use music, sound effects, and voice acting to recreate an experience as close to the source material as possible.<\/p>\n

While the audiobook did provide a robust experience of the text (especially the voice actors who recreated Han Solo and C-3PO\u2019s speech patterns), the author\u2019s explanation at the end made me realize there were some aspects that weren\u2019t quite as clear as they would have been if I had just read the book normally. For instance, Yoda\u2019s typically backward speech wasn\u2019t as backward as I would have thought\u2014mostly because the Shakespearean cadence sounds a little backward. Instead, Yoda spoke in haiku, which I\u2019m sure would have been more evident if I was reading the words on the page.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned above, Empire<\/em> is the favorite of many Star Wars<\/em> fans. However, I\u2019m one of the rare few (like the author) who find Return of the Jedi<\/em> to be their favorite of these first three films. Consequently, since this book held close to the original plot, it seemed to sag a little between the opening act on Hoth and the third act in Cloud City. At least the added soliloquies from ancillary characters like the AT-AT walkers, random Stormtroopers, and the dangerous creatures of the universe added in some humorous elements to the narrative that weren\u2019t strictly canon.<\/p>\n

A fantastic audiobook that still might require a read-through, I give Shakespeare\u2019s The Empire Striketh Back<\/em> 4.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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