William Shakespeare's Star Wars trilogy

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William Shakespeare's Star Wars trilogy is a novel trilogy including three non-canonical Star Wars Legends books by Ian Doescher written in William Shakespeare's style.

List of books[]

The original trilogy (collected in William Shakespeare's Star Wars Trilogy: The Royal Box Set)[]

• William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope (based on Star Wars / Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, 2013)
• William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back: Star Wars Part the Fifth (based on The Empire Strikes Back / Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, 2014)
• William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return: Star Wars Part the Sixth (based on Return of the Jedi / Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, 2014)

The prequel trilogy[]

• William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First (based on Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, 2015)
• William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh: Star Wars Part the Second (based on Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, 2015)
• William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge: Star Wars Part the Third (based on Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, 2015)

The sequel trilogy[]

• William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the Seventh (based on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 2017)
• William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last: Star Wars Part the Eighth (based on Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 2018)
• William Shakespeare’s The Merry Rise of Skywalker: Star Wars Part the Ninth (based on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 2020)

Style[]

The novels are written like poems or scripts of operas and the characters resemble medieval characters; the orthography is Shakespeare's own.