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A follow-up to the best-selling William Shakespeare´s Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope returns readers to a galaxy far, far away, where a brooding young hero, a power-mad emperor and their jesting droids match wits, struggle for power and soliloquize in elegant iambic pentameter.

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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 Yoda to a hungry wampa.

Many a fortnight have passed since the destruction of the Death Star. Young Luke Skywalker and his friends have taken refuge on the ice planet of Hoth, where the evil Darth Vader has hatched a cold-blooded plan to capture them. Only with the help of a little green Jedi Master-and a swaggering rascal named Lando Calrissian-can our heroes escape the Empire´s wrath. And only then will Lord Vader learn how sharper than a tauntaun´s tooth it is to have a Jedi child.

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.What light through Yoda´s window breaks? Methinks you´ll find out in the pages of The Empire Striketh Back!

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"...enormous fun..." -AVClub.com

"Good luck getting to the end without rolling off your chairs. This book is a hoot."-McClatchy Tribune

"So what are you waiting for? Get thee once more to a galaxy far, far away."-Paste Magazine

"...an inspired illustrated mashup that retells the space adventure in artful iambic pentameter and answers the question: What light through Yoda´s window breaks?"-Tampa Bay Tribune

"Classic literature blended with fun is the best way to describe William Shakespeare´s The Empire Striketh Back..."-San Gabriel Valley Tribune

"Illustrated with beautiful black-and-white Elizabethan-style artwork, [William Shakespeare´s The Empire Striketh Back] offer[s] essential reading for all ages."-East Bay Express

"´Tis a delight."-Palm Beach Post

"...masterful..."-Deseret News

"This is a must for any fan of ´Star Wars´"-The Citizen

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Ian Doescher is the New York Times best-selling author of William Shakespeare´s Star Wars©: Verily, A New Hope. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his family. Visit him at IanDoescher.com.

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