Name: Star Wars WWII News Reel
Genre: Short, Action
Released: 2015-07-03
Duration: 2 min
Rating: 5.6

A funny short film where Star Wars characters, gear, and ships are cleverly edited into actual World War II footage. I'm guessing the source footage comes from one of those old war bonds commercials-war bonds are even mentioned in the short. I've seen Disney's war bonds cartoon featuring the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf, and some parts here look quite similar.

There's not really a story; it's more of a comedy-or perhaps a parody, to be precise-but at just two minutes long, it's an amusing watch. It's especially fun to spot Star Wars characters interacting with real WWII figures.

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