Turlock High School students probably never envisioned Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and William Shakespeare together — that is, until Christiana Clark and Jeremy Gallardo from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s School Visit Program performed at their campus this week. In a “Shakespairing” that explored the relevancy of George Lucas’ "Star Wars" and Shakespeare’s “King Henry IV,” Clark and Gallardo brought out lightsabers to reenact the unforgettable battle between Skywalker and Kenobi before arming themselves with swords to play out the clash between young Harry Percy, nicknamed Hotspur, and Prince Henry. “Shakespeare can be relevant today, whether it’s about love, immigration, racial intolerance or war,” Gallardo told students Thursday.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival actors put a modern twist on The Bard
