William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back (Star Wars, Part the Fifth)
Ian Doescher
ISBN: 9781594747151
Read April 21, 2014
Review of William Shakespeare's Verily, A New Hope.
Still digging this series, and cannot wait for Jedi to come out in a few months. There are some rough spots here and there (the AT-ATs were a little strange for me, and some of the monologues were just a touch on the longwinded side, and the lamentation song was a little weird) but otherwise it was another brilliant installment in the ongoing marriage between Star Wars and Shakespeare.
Favorite parts:
Singing Ugnaughts. Seriously.
Lando gets an actual character arc. This one is actually a qualified success, because I think one of the strengths of the film is that the betrayal just comes completely out of left field unless you're naturally suspicious. They're talking, they're walking, the city is beautiful, and BAM - Vader! But in a book (er, play) that's harder to accomplish and then have Lando become a hero, so I like that he gets asides and monologues and hints that he's really unhappy to be forced into this choice.
"Exit, pursued by a wampa."
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