We always knew that the Star Wars movies were supposed to be a homage to the pulp serials of the 1930s and 1940s. But what if someone took them just a little further back? Back, say, to the Keystone Cops era of silent films with wonderful ragtime music. Well, if someone were to do that, it might look a little bit like this:
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