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.
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