Star Wars fanatics would argue that George Lucas is as an important storyteller as William Shakespeare. Feuding families, rebels, wars and forbidden loves are both well documented by both writers. So, I'm going to have to say, its not really that hard to draw comparisons between the two.
This new piece of creative awesomeness that is Star Wars merchandise is a retelling of A New Hope, in the style of Shakespeare. Something that now I've seen done, seems long overdue. Lets face it, English High School lessons would have been a lot more fun.
As well as the beautifully well transcribed story by Ian Doescher, the reader gets to feast their eyes on 20 stunningly original illustrations that would fit well on the walls of some castle/spaceship - same thing really.
One of my favourite websites for quenching my payday thirst is Firebox.com (available to buy £11.99). A place I recommend all you casual nerds should go to lightly litter your apartment and living spaces with all your favourite geeky pleasures. The best thing is, they have the First Act of this intergalactic re-imagining to read digitally here - http://media.firebox.com/pdfs/Star-Wars_excerpt.pdf
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