Doony & Me

Star Wars by Shakespeare

Since I was a child (I was 9, when the original Star Wars was released) I have loved the whole Star Wars universe.

I enjoy the films (and associated spin offs) and when I saw this book on a visit to Stratford-upon-Avon a few years ago, I had to buy it.

Stratford is the home to William Shakespeare.

Famous for his plays and sonnets, I love how the opening scroll from the beginning of the film has been translated; the rest of the book is just as beautifully portrayed.

The Opening Scroll

It is a period of civil war.

The spaceships of the rebels, striking swift

From base unseen, have gain’d a vict’ry o’er

The cruel Galactic Empire, now adrift.

Amidst the battle, rebel spies prevail’d

And stole the plans to a space station vast,

Whose pow’rful beams will later be unveil’d

And crush a planet: ’tis the DEATH STAR blast.

Pursu’d by agents sinister and cold,

Now Princess Leia to her home doth flee,

Deliv’ring plans and a new hope they hold:

Of bringing freedom to the galaxy.

In time so long ago begins our play,

In star-crossed galaxy far, far away.


You can buy William Shakespeare’s Star Wars; Verily A New Hope on Amazon (or other good booksellers).

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