rogue_leader's review
5.0
This series is so much fun! If you can get a hold of it, listen to the audiobooks, it is a completely different experience to hear the full cast with sound effects and music. The voice actors do a wonderful job imitating the voices of the actors from the films.
bklassen's review
adventurous
challenging
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
tschmitty's review
4.0
These were quite fun. I hope that one day some cool Shakespeare troop will perform them live.
laurengraham17's review
4.0
I really enjoyed reading this interesting trilogy! It makes me want to delve more deeply into the worlds of Shakespeare and Star Wars. :)
the_fabric_of_words's review
5.0
It's that time of year. Your students are done. They can smell summer and freedom and if you don't do something fun with them these last four weeks, you'll lose them entirely.
Here it is. Guaranteed to capture even the most reluctant reader. William Shakespeare's Star Wars.
This is the third set of Readers Theater classroom reading pages I'm offering teachers. You need to purchase class copies of the book for students to use as the script and have a version of the movie ready for students to watch (iTunes, DVD, whatever works for you).
Quirk Books offers an Educator's Guide, as well, in which author Ian Doescher explains the many references to different Shakespeare plays, which you may choose to teach - or not.
If you haven't taught this unit with one of Doescher's books before, you may need to introduce imabic pentameter. Use the supporting lesson materials, including the Two-Line Start Cards, from my previous post: Using Star Wars to introduce iambic pentameter.
If, however, your students read Verily and Empire at the end of grading periods 1, 2 or 3, you can launch right into Jedi and use it as a wrap-up of the school year!
What a fun way to start summer vacation!
For the free teaching materials mentioned here, visit my blog: https://amb.mystrikingly.com/blog/end-the-year-right-with-star-wars-readers-theater
Here it is. Guaranteed to capture even the most reluctant reader. William Shakespeare's Star Wars.
This is the third set of Readers Theater classroom reading pages I'm offering teachers. You need to purchase class copies of the book for students to use as the script and have a version of the movie ready for students to watch (iTunes, DVD, whatever works for you).
Quirk Books offers an Educator's Guide, as well, in which author Ian Doescher explains the many references to different Shakespeare plays, which you may choose to teach - or not.
If you haven't taught this unit with one of Doescher's books before, you may need to introduce imabic pentameter. Use the supporting lesson materials, including the Two-Line Start Cards, from my previous post: Using Star Wars to introduce iambic pentameter.
If, however, your students read Verily and Empire at the end of grading periods 1, 2 or 3, you can launch right into Jedi and use it as a wrap-up of the school year!
What a fun way to start summer vacation!
For the free teaching materials mentioned here, visit my blog: https://amb.mystrikingly.com/blog/end-the-year-right-with-star-wars-readers-theater
merricatct's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this! It's not just the script of Return of the Jedi with a few thee's and thou's thrown in ... the author did a fantastic job of really adapting the familiar movie storyline and dialogue into something truly Shakespearian. I especially appreciated the extended soliloquies that a number of the characters had, the better to explain their motivations and true feelings. A quick but fun read.
michellebookaddict's review
5.0
✔ William Shakespeare's Return of the Jedi (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, Book 3) by Ian Doescher 5★♥♥
This was a great ending to Doescher's parody to the Star Wars trilogy. Especially the ending. I loved the ending with R2-D2 giving a speech to match Puck in A Midsummer's Night Dream. I read the first two books in this parody from the library ebooks. I couldn't wait till they had they third book available (they still don't), so I bought it for my kindle. I wasn't disappointed.
The Jedi Returns is my favorite in Lucas's Star Wars trilogy (well, his movies. I've yet to read the books). It's been a long time since I've seen the movies, but Doescher really did a great job with character description in this book. It seemed almost every character had a long prose speech, even some random Imperial Guards.
My favorite part was the way the characters all described the Ewoks...
Act 3. Luke:
"A simple tribe are these, yet wise as well—
With neither guns nor lightsabers they snar’d
A pilot skill’d, a Wookiee brave and strong,
A Jedi Knight, and two most earnest droids."
I'll definitely be recommending this to my Star Wars fan friends, or just fans of a good comedy and parody.
This was a great ending to Doescher's parody to the Star Wars trilogy. Especially the ending. I loved the ending with R2-D2 giving a speech to match Puck in A Midsummer's Night Dream. I read the first two books in this parody from the library ebooks. I couldn't wait till they had they third book available (they still don't), so I bought it for my kindle. I wasn't disappointed.
The Jedi Returns is my favorite in Lucas's Star Wars trilogy (well, his movies. I've yet to read the books). It's been a long time since I've seen the movies, but Doescher really did a great job with character description in this book. It seemed almost every character had a long prose speech, even some random Imperial Guards.
My favorite part was the way the characters all described the Ewoks...
Act 3. Luke:
"A simple tribe are these, yet wise as well—
With neither guns nor lightsabers they snar’d
A pilot skill’d, a Wookiee brave and strong,
A Jedi Knight, and two most earnest droids."
I'll definitely be recommending this to my Star Wars fan friends, or just fans of a good comedy and parody.