{"id":2644,"date":"2013-10-04T23:40:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T04:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=2644"},"modified":"2013-10-04T23:40:08","modified_gmt":"2013-10-05T04:40:08","slug":"happy-star-wars-reads-day-with-shakespeare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2013\/10\/happy-star-wars-reads-day-with-shakespeare.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy Star Wars Reads Day — With Shakespeare?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s the Original Star Wars — with a twist!<\/p><\/div>\n

October 5th is “Star Wars Reads Day<\/a>“. This initiative partners with several publishing companies and involves events throughout the country<\/a> celebrating Star Wars and literacy. My fellow GeekMom colleague Kay Moore is getting to attend an event at the San Diego Central Library where Ian Doescher’s\u00a0William Shakespeare’s Star Wars<\/em> will be read along with a silent viewing of the original (what some of you may call “A New Hope”). That sounds super cool, although I have plans today already<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you aren’t near one of the events, might I recommend stopping by your favorite bookstore and picking up a copy of\u00a0William Shakespeare’s Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>to enjoy.<\/p>\n

I’m not going to cover the plot of this story. If you’re a fan of my blog, you should know I’m a huge\u00a0Star Wars<\/em> fan<\/a>, especially the originals. The latter three (Episodes I-III) don’t appeal to me quite so much.<\/p>\n

So I will assume you know the plot of the original Star Wars<\/em> movie. ‘Nuf said.<\/p>\n

But what you probably have yet to realize is Doescher’s ability to convert the story into iambic pentameter and illustrate the book with dozens of woodcut-style<\/a> scenes from the story. It’s magical how he combines old world and modern storytelling.<\/p>\n

The book is set up like a Shakespeare play, complete with a list of characters, settings, and stage directions. The language pays excellent homage to The Bard’s style, with plenty of “hast”s, “doth”s, and “prithee”s.<\/p>\n

I read much of Act I aloud to Jacob and Timmy (and our sponsor cadet). I’m afraid their eyes rolled to the back of their heads listening to my overdramatic style<\/a> of reading, but I was able to introduce a discussion about Shakespeare and iambic pentameter with my boys. I warned them that Shakespeare is coming to an English class near them very very soon and it wouldn’t hurt to study his style with a familiar story.<\/p>\n

While I don’t have permission to reproduce the text, you can read the first 20 pages through this excerpt at Boing Boing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you get the book, be sure to pay attention to the afterword which explains the special connection between Shakespeare and George Lucas. A fun history.<\/p>\n

I had a good time reading\u00a0William Shakespeare’s Star Wars<\/em>. The book retails for $14.95 and will make a great gift this holiday season. It’s available at most bookstores and through online retailers such as Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Disclosure: A complimentary copy of this book was provided by the publisher.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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