--- description: Time is running low to rewatch all three movies from the original Star Wars trilogy title: Catch Up on Star Wars in Less Than 5 Minutes with This Musical Recap image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea7251acb9ca0c33/698875faa988ca0cf56b5c86/screen-shot-2015-12-17-at-5-30-30-pm.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Catch Up on _Star Wars_ in Less Than 5 Minutes with This Musical Recap  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 17, 2015 10:43 PM CUT  Youtube  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 17, 2015 10:43 PM CUT As you may or may not have heard, [_Star Wars: The Force Awakens_](http://time.com/4147688/star-wars-force-awakens-what-we-know/ "undefined")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 "undefined") 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 "undefined") 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/ "undefined"), you’ll have to find a summary elsewhere. Watch the full video below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4154203/star-wars-musical-recap/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4154203/star-wars-musical-recap/"},"headline":"Catch Up on Star Wars in Less Than 5 Minutes with This Musical Recap","datePublished":"2015-12-17T22:43:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:54.924Z","description":"\"Between the last film and now, well it's been a long long time\"","url":"https://time.com/4154203/star-wars-musical-recap/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Music","Star Wars topic","darth vader","Princess Leia","star wars: the force awakens","The Force Awakens","Han Solo"],"thumbnailUrl":"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=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"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=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-12-17 at 5.30.30 PM","caption":"","creditText":"Youtube","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4154203/star-wars-musical-recap/","name":"Catch Up on Star Wars in Less Than 5 Minutes with This Musical Recap"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer","description":"Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/UyGxWpXw/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-20T02:40:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/UyGxWpXw.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4154203/star-wars-musical-recap/","duration":"PT2M35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4154203/star-wars-musical-recap/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```