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eBook – The Empire Striketh Back

eBook –  The Empire Striketh Back Full title :  William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back By : Ian Doescher  Iillustrations :  Nicolas Delort Score : 9/10 Year : 2014 Publisher : Quirk Books  eISBN :  978-1-59474-716-8 Based on  978-1-59474-715-1 (hard cover) Pages : 176 *  Language : English From Goodreads : Hot on the heels of the New York Times best seller William Shakespeare’s Star Wars comes the next two installments of the original trilogy: William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back  (and not reviewed as yet,  William Shakespeare’s The Jedi Doth Return.) Return to the star-crossed galaxy far, far away as the brooding young hero, a power-mad emperor, and their jesting droids match wits, struggle for power, and soliloquize in elegant and impeccable iambic pentameter. Illustrated with beautiful black-and-white Elizabethan-style artwork, these two plays offer essential reading for all ages. Something Wookiee this way comes!  *** As he explains at the end, Ian Doescher
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Episode - Star Trek Deep Space 9 - 3 - Past Prologue



Episode - Star Trek Deep Space 9 - 3 - Past Prologue

Score 9/10 
Directed by : Winrich Kolbe
Cinematography: Marvin V. Rush
Country : USA
Language : English
Duration : 0:43:37 (French Dvd)
Writers : Gene Roddenberry (based upon Star Trek, created by) ; 
Rick Berman (created by) , Michael Piller (created by, showrunner)
Katharyn Powers (written by)

Full cast and personnel list on IMDB
 
Past Prologue - whose title refers to an act in one of Shakespeare's plays, as Star Trek often references his works - sees in its very beginning scene the introduction of 'Plain, simple, Garak' to Doctor Bashir, who, alarmed, asks Sisko for advice regarding the Cardassian spy's approaches and relationship getting out of hand... From this very start, and first appearance of Garak, the entire episode is full of exquisite dialogues - some of the best, really - particularly between these two, as well as Sisko and a Cardassian commander, Danar, in pursuit of Tahna Loss, a Bajoran, accused of acts of violence towards the Cardassians... 

The other amazing dialogues involve Odo, the grumpy constable, offering a wise advice to Kira Nerys, torn between awful choices. 


Since the news of an important discovery in the previous episode spread, a plot to cut ties both with the Federation and the Cardassians is at the center of the story - serving to the new characters' arrival, return of others, and showcases an evolution in Kira Nerys. 
Previously, we saw her angry, and with obvious signs she suffered trauma. Now, she is a voice of reason, despite her passionate defense and explanation of a difficult, yet necessary situation. The way she arrives to her own decision about it is so well written! 

Past Prologue is a really good episode following the pilot - though it was actually produced after A man alone (episode 4 in order). Character development and back stories start immediately to add to the clues from Emissary - without touching, yet, the main arcs. 

Cinematography continues with the dramatic lighting and shadow-play. It adds other elements in the special effects, but saying which would be a spoiler for those who never seen it. So, I'll remain vague. 

Pacing and interweaving the story elements into one continuous plot are all done wonderfully ; even after 30+ times watching this episode (i'm on series rewatch 29 but seen season 1 additional times), it only gets better and more jubilant to watch the first building blocks of some of the most important interpersonal relationships between main and recurring characters - some had already been seen in the pilot but not all. 

Absolute delight !
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