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This retelling of Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace in Shakespearean prose is very clever. It's filled with brilliant jokes and references, and a new depth added to certain characters who did not fare so well in the original film. With Episode One, Doescher alters several components of the story for the better. The main being Jar-Jar Binks, who is turned from a bumbling idiot into a character who is working for the good of his people. A great read for fans of both Star Wars, and Shakespeare, filled with witticisms and references for fans of Star Wars and Shakespeare alike.

I read Ian Doescher's William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls and thought it was super fun. I'm not a 'Star Wars' person, but I love the concept of Shakespeare-izing modern stories.