There has been a bevvy of Shakespeare and Star Wars related news as of late, from the release of Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing and the reveal of the Hailee Steinfeld’s upcoming Romeo and Juliet adaptation, to the infestation of news surrounding the latest Star Wars sequel and even an announcement that a Star Wars land might be cropping up in Disneyland sometime soon.
Either way, the news was bound to mix at some point.
Instead of just waiting for Disney to pick up the ball, Doescher got to work and started on his own version which he would title Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope.
We’ve seen “Shaked up” versions of pop culture icons before (“The Two Gentlemen of Lebowski” stands as one of the best), and we’ve seen Star Wars in about eighty different mediums to date (including a musical set to the tune of Les Miserables), but today is the day that we get to see Shakespeare and Star Wars together, complete with illustrations.
It features everything that one could ever want from a “thee and thou” version of the 1977 classic, including a soliloquized version of the opening scrawl and the phrase “Anon, Anon R2! Where dost thou go? Oh prithee, patience, leave me not alone!”
The first sixteen pages have come online for everyone to gawk at, and so far it fits the bill as a science fiction adventure you could have experienced at the Rose theater 400 years ago. We can already see Leia being played by a male actor and the explosion of Alderaan being represented by a goat with a painting of an explosion on his side.
Thanks to EW for the excerpt, which we’ve provided for you below.
