William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh: Star Wars Part the Second (William Shakespeare's Star Wars)

It is a Herculean task Ian Doescher undertakes: how to make the most boring and forgettable Star Wars film into a solid read? He absolutely can. Anakin and Padme's love is finally believable and meaningful, and for the first time in actually found myself caring about Anakin Skywalker.These are grand feats to be sure, but it's going to be hard to top his accomplishments in Episode 1, where Doescher singlehandedly redeemed the hated Jar-Jar Binks. The sad truth is that there's just not a lot happening in this turd of a film. Phantom Menace had plenty of idiocy to correct or poke fun at, but Attack of the Clones was just a boring piece of cinema.Doescher does the best job anyone could, and I can now finally say there is something to come out of Attack of the Clones that I enjoyed. Nonetheless, this is likely to stand as my least favorite installment of William Shakespeare's Star Wars, purely due to the weakness of the source material.Doescher is in top form, and when I rank this book 4/5 I legitimately mean it. He has a tremendous gift for language and wordplay, and it is a joy to watch him work, but ultimately this book serves the same purpose as its film counterpart: to whet my appetite for Revenge of the Sith. There were so many lost opportunities for real tragedy in that film, and in this author's capable hands it may actually bring me to tears.Looking forward to it, Ian!

The dialogue is really well crafted, my favorite parts were Anakin and Padme's courting scenes. Whenever they're alone, they speak in rhyme. It works really well to have this kind of awkward dialogue between Anakin and any other character, and then when he's alone with Padme his words sing. For me it has the same effect the music did in the movie: It does a really good job of conveying how these people feel about each other and you accept them as a pair.As with the other books in the series, Mr Doescher brings out elements of the Saga that are insightful and you may not have thought of. It definitely helps you see Star Wars in a new light.

This dialog is so much better than the movie! For our sixth year, our extended family read a Shakespeare Star Wars on the Friday after Thanksgiving. This one was so engrossing to 15 of us, age 14 to 90, that we performed it until 1:00 am with no one suggesting we stop.

Same standard as IV, V, VI and I. This is no mere rendering of the story in Shakespearean language, it taps into universal human themes in a way I would have expected from the Bard himself.Impressive use of meter and poetic devices! I love the combination of meter and rhyme in the lovers' dialogue. The author does an excellent job of both action scenes and of romantic diaglogue.For fun: Doescher, as previously, has inserted gems of 'in-references' seamlessly into the dialogue - just one example - look for Mace's reference to the title of a well known Tarantino film.

LOVE every word Ian Doescher writes! My 9th grade daughter recently proclaimed to her English class that she "loves iambic pentameter" because of Mr. Doescher's William Shakespear's Star Wars books. Can't recommend these highly enough!

Just as good as the rest. As long as Doescher keeps writing them I'll keep buying them and enjoying the hell out of them. I felt this one and the next had more pop culture references than the previous episodes, but it was cool because they were integrated seamlessly and were actually pretty funny.

This a terrific interpretation of "The Clone Wars" with a Shakespearean flair, and yet "The Clone Army Attacketh" recounts the original tale with remarkable accuracy. It is a fabulous way to immerse oneself in both worlds. Cudos to the Ian Doerscher for another enjoyable read!

Prose (see what I did there?):It's ShakespeareIt's Star WarsCons:Noneth (see what I did there too?)Summary:It's freaking Star Wars Shakespeare! How could you go wrong with that??? These books are great fun reads, way better to read out loud and bother other people at work!

Love this series. I am eagerly awaiting the final chapter in which the circle becometh complete! I sincerely hope that Mr Doescher is going to develop the new films into iambic pentameter too!

Good fun and a great take on the stories

Wonderful book, love this and the rest of the set!

My son loves these. No, really. He LOVES them.

Brilliant adaptation