--- title: Refresh Your Star Wars Memory with This Musical Recap description: Time is running low to rewatch all three movies from the original Star Wars trilogy canonical: https://time.com/4154203/star-wars-musical-recap/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-17T22:43:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:42:16.620Z og:title: Catch Up on Star Wars in Less Than 5 Minutes with This Musical Recap og:description: "Between the last film and now, well it's been a long long time" og:url: https://time.com/4154203/star-wars-musical-recap/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea7251acb9ca0c33/698875faa988ca0cf56b5c86/screen-shot-2015-12-17-at-5-30-30-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2724 og:image:height: 1532 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-12-17 at 5.30.30 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Catch Up on Star Wars in Less Than 5 Minutes with This Musical Recap twitter:description: "Between the last film and now, well it's been a long long time" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea7251acb9ca0c33/698875faa988ca0cf56b5c86/screen-shot-2015-12-17-at-5-30-30-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Catch Up on _Star Wars_ in Less Than 5 Minutes with This Musical Recap > Sponsored content. 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Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 17, 2015 10:43 PM UTC  Youtube  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 17, 2015 10:43 PM UTC As you may or may not have heard, [_Star Wars: The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4147688/star-wars-force-awakens-what-we-know/)hits theaters on Dec. 18\. And while time is running low to [rewatch all three movies](http://time.com/money/4147542/watch-star-wars-movies-force-awakens/?xid=time%5Fsocialflow%5Ftwitter) from the original trilogy — _A New Hope_, _The_ _Empire Strikes Back_ and _Return of the Jedi_ — this detailed musical recap is sure to refresh your memory in just under five minutes. The song was composed by YouTube channel [The Warp Zone](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSOkex4abVl14cZ4tLyUYzw) and will catch you up on everything you need to know before you return to the galaxy far, far away. But beware: if you’re a fan of the [prequels](http://time.com/4143743/star-wars-fans-react-to-the-premiere-of-the-phantom-menace/), you’ll have to find a summary elsewhere. Watch the full video below. ## Transcript [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ MUSIC ] Who are you? [ MUSIC ] I'm no one. [ MUSIC ] I was raised to do one thing. [ MUSIC ] [ NOISE ] I've got nothing to fight for. [ MUSIC ] Nothing will stand in our way. I will finish what you started. No! [ MUSIC ] There are stories about what happened. [ MUSIC ] It's true. All of it. [ MUSIC ] The Dark Side. [ MUSIC ] The Jedi. [ MUSIC ] They're real. The force. It's calling to you. [ MUSIC ] Just let it in. [ MUSIC ] Dispatch inquisitors to hunt the rebels. The The Empire's looking everywhere for us. We can't just run. We're being pulled out of hyperspace. It's a star destroyer. 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