William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope is now on sale from Random House Audio

A press release from Alex Chernin of Random House Digital Publishing:9781594746376_p0_v1_s260x420

Reimagined in glorious iambic pentameter, William Shakespeare’s Star Wars will astound and edify Rebels and Imperials alike.

Narrated by Daniel Davis, Jonathan Davis, January LaVoy, Marc Thompson, and author Ian Doescher, this saga of a wise (Jedi) knight, an evil (Sith) lord, a beautiful princess held captive and a young coming-of-age hero, abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare’s greatest plays.

Full of feuding royalty, family melodrama, comical fools, and fantastic creatures, Star Wars has always been the most Shakespearean of Hollywood blockbusters. Now it’s presented in a manner that Shakespeare himself would recognize–with classic iambic pentameter and Elizabethan-style stage directions.

Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. ’Tis a tale told by fretful droids, full of faithful Wookiees and fearsome Stormtroopers, signifying…pretty much everything.Reimagined in glorious iambic pentameter, William Shakespeare’s Star Wars will astound and edify Rebels and Imperials alike. Zounds! This is the audiobook you’re looking for.

Includes an afterword read by the author. – See more on this page.