We all know this is just a video of a bunch of stationary figurines stuck to a spinning platter. The problem is your eyes are too slow to keep up, so your brain says, “Here, let me help.” Some help.

Before there was video, animation (i.e. moving images or at least the illusion of moving images) was possible, thanks to devices called zoetropes. This video of a LEGO Star Wars zoetrope explains the ...