The rush to spoof, critique, and emulate Star Wars has reached new highs as the film opens, and now it has a more academic parody.
Star Wars, if it were the basis of a Ken Burns war documentary, was produced by The Washington Post on Friday.
A lone fiddle to set a Civil War-era tone accompanies film stills, expert interviews, and the explanation of the meaning of the famed galactic war.
Spoiler-free with PBS-friendly production values, watch it below.

