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William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last : Star Wars Part the Eighth by Ian Doescher (2018, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherQuirk Books
ISBN-101683690877
ISBN-139781683690870
eBay Product ID (ePID)19038387412
Product Key Features
Book TitleWilliam Shakespeare's Jedi the Last : Star Wars Part the Eighth
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2018
TopicScience Fiction / Space Opera, Form / Parodies, Science Fiction / General
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction, Humor
AuthorIan Doescher
Book SeriesWilliam Shakespeare's Star Wars Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight10.3 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2017-951340
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Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number8
Dewey Decimal813.6
SynopsisExperience the Star Wars saga reimagined as an Elizabethan drama penned by William Shakespeare himself, complete with authentic meter and verse, and theatrical monologues and dialog by everyone from Luke Skywalker to Rose Tico. The Star Wars saga continues, with Bard of Avon providing some of the biggest shocks yet Alack, the valiant Resistance must flee from the scoundrels of the First Order, and it falls to Rey, Finn, Poe, Rose, and BB-8 to take up arms against sea of troubles. Can they bring Snoke's schemes to woe, destruction, ruin, and decay? Will Luke Skywalker take the stage once more, and aid General Leia in the winter of her discontent? Authentic meter, stage directions, reimagined movie scenes and dialogue, and hidden Easter eggs throughout will entertain and impress fans of Star Wars and Shakespeare alike. Every scene and character from the film appears in the play, along with twenty woodcut-style illustrations that depict an Elizabethan version of the Star Wars galaxy., Experience the Star Wars saga reimagined as an Elizabethan drama penned by William Shakespeare himself, complete with authentic meter and verse, and theatrical monologues and dialog by everyone from Luke Skywalker to Rose Tico. The Star Wars saga continues, with Bard of Avon providing some of the biggest shocks yet! Alack, the valiant Resistance must flee from the scoundrels of the First Order, and it falls to Rey, Finn, Poe, Rose, and BB-8 to take up arms against a sea of troubles. Can they bring Snoke's schemes to woe, destruction, ruin, and decay? Will Luke Skywalker take the stage once more, and aid General Leia in the winter of her discontent? Authentic meter, stage directions, reimagined movie scenes and dialogue, and hidden Easter eggs throughout will entertain and impress fans of Star Wars and Shakespeare alike. Every scene and character from the film appears in the play, along with twenty woodcut-style illustrations that depict an Elizabethan version of the Star Wars galaxy.
LC Classification NumberPS3604.O3419
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