Watch: 'The Galactic Civil War' Doc – A Ken Burns 'Star Wars' Recap

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Star Wars meets Ken Burns in this new mash-up video from the Washington Post. This video was initially posted on Friday when Star Wars: The Force Awakens first hit theaters, but if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s a fun recap of the original trilogy. Their pitch: “Like Ken Burns’s “The Civil War,” Star Wars depicts an epic conflict. So we mashed them up.” Ken Burns is the documentarian whose techniques have become so iconic they’re literally named after him. Burns is not involved in this, they just wanted to make a short doc about Star Wars in his style. It’s a fun way to keep the Star Wars buzz going and review all the major events of the original three before seeing The Force Awakens for a fifth time. Watch “The Galactic Civil War” below. ›››