Verily, A New Hope

Ian Doescher, a fiction writer who lives in Portland, is a genius.  He rewrote the Star Wars Trilogy in the style of William Shakespeare.  Here is the prologue to the original Star Wars screeplay compared to the original opening crawl.

Star Wars Original Opening Crawl (Source)
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....

Episode IV
A NEW HOPE.

It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire.

During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet.

Pursued by the Empire’s sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy….

Verily, A New Hope (Source)

PROLOGUE
Outer Space

Enter CHORUS

CHORUS. It is a period of civil war.
The spaceships of the rebels, striking swift
From base unseen, have gain'd a vict'ry o'er
The cruel Galactic Empire, now adrift.
Amidst the battle, rebel spies prevail'd
And stole the plans to a space station vast,
Whose powerful beams will later be unveil'd
And crush a planet: the DEATH STAR blast.
Pursu'd by agents sinister and cold,
Now Princess Leia to her home doth flee,
Deliv'ring plans and a new hope they hold:
Of bringing freedom to the galaxy.
In time so long ago begins our play,
In star-crossed galaxy far, far away.