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Shakespeare & Star Wars with Ian Doescher

Skytalkers

Charlotte Errity & Caitlin Plesher

Tv & Film, After Shows, Film Reviews

4.7623 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Caitlin and Charlotte are joined by author Ian Doescher to discuss the wonderful intersection of Shakespeare and Star Wars with the new release of “The Merry Rise of Skywalker”. We talk process, parallels, the Reylo Romeo & Juliet parts, Hamlet comparisons, and much, much more.    Our Sticker Sheet is available now: https://skytalkers.com/shop/ http://www.twitter.com/skytalkerspod http://facebook.com/skytalkerspod https://www.instagram.com/skytalkerspodcast http://www.twitter.com/crerrity http://www.twitter.com/caitlinplesher http://skytalkers.com https://www.patreon.com/skytalkers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Zounds menacing, the dead begin to speak.

0:05.3

Heard through the galaxy, though yet unseen, comes threat of harsh revenge in voice most bleak,

0:11.2

the sinister dark Emperor Palpatine.

0:13.7

Our General Organas sends a chain of spies to seek out news past every border.

0:19.0

Whilst Ray of Jedi hopes the last,

0:21.5

Doth train for battle gains the devil's first order.

0:24.5

Their supreme leader Kylo Ren is sour,

0:26.7

for he is this phantom emperor would see

0:28.8

to conquer any threat to his vast power.

0:32.1

Behold the end of our nonology.

0:34.1

In time so long ago begins our play

0:36.1

in force-touched Galaxy far, far away.

0:51.6

Welcome to Sky Talkers. Here are your hosts, Charlotte and Caitlin.

0:55.9

Hello and welcome to Sky Talkers. I'm your host Charlotte.

0:58.8

Hey, everyone. I'm your other host, Caitlin. And welcome to this episode where we're taking it back all the way to Shakespeare, Elizabethan, 14th century. We're there, baby.

1:08.3

We are. But we're in Star Wars too. We're in a galaxy far far away. So it is great. We're there, baby. We are. But we're in Star Wars, too. We're in a galaxy far far

1:12.0

far away. So it is great. We're so, so excited to welcome Ian Desher to our podcast today

1:18.3

because I'm a huge fan of Shakespeare. I think it is known. Love this stuff. And I've always

1:23.7

loved, as I, you will hear in this interview, I gush about how much I love the Shakespeare adaptation. It's kind of embarrassing. So I'm really, really happy that Caitlin and I were able to bring them on the show. It is honestly like a dream. I was telling my parents about it because I was, I was like, this is, and they were like, oh my God, I remember you used to go every summer and get them and you were so obsessed with them. We all kind of thought you were kind of weird.

1:46.0

Yeah, that's how it goes, you know?

1:50.6

But yeah, it's a really fun interview and I hope you guys enjoy it.

1:54.7

And I hope that you check out all his Shakespeare adaptations, which I think are so fun, but also the Mary Rise of Skywalker, which I think is a fitting

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