History Memes / TheLastJedi

* Admiral Gender Studies [[labelnote:Explanation]] A nickname among many that detractors of the film have given to Admiral Holdo, who's purple hair and condescending attitude toward Poe was assumed to be the creators' attempts of forcing in a StrawFeminist character.[[/labelnote]]

** Powerful Kellog, Swiss, Finnland, Ross, Austria Wan Wan Kenobi, and Snooker Supremo as the character's names

* "Impressive. Every word in that sentence was wrong."[[labelnote:Explanation]]When Luke asks Rey what she knows about the force. Rey explains that it's a power that makes things float. Luke then says this quote to her, he also later says this to Kylo Ren during their confrontation.[[/labelnote]]

* "I've seen this raw strength only once before." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Luke notices Rey's power and mentions that he has seen similar strength in Kylo Ren. This has been parodied with Luke referencing other characters such as Jar Jar or other comic relief characters as well as characters from the Legends continuity have also been periodically seen, such as Kyle Katarn, Revan, and Kyp Durron.[[/labelnote]]

** "... and that's a good thing!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Folloiwng this film's release it saw dozens of articles defending it and its plot twists, arguing that the film tried to do something new with the franchise. These articles often used the same titles as the first, proclaiming some new change from ''Last Jedi'' to be a good thing.[[/labelnote]]

* "''The Last Jedi'' was so subversive it subverted my expectations of watching a good ''Star Wars'' movie."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Detractors of the film took the theme of subverting the expectations of the audience and created this statement.[[/labelnote]]

* "Subverting Expectations!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the most frequent defenses of the film from critics and supporters was that the multiple plot twists (which some saw as a ShockingSwerve including Snoke's death) were deliberately done to subvert viewer expectations. Ever since then "subverting expectations" has become a mocking meme brought up whenever a creator tries to justify plot twists in this manner, such as the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' creators said they had Arya kill the Night King as having Jon do it would be too predictable.[[/labelnote]]

* "Subverting Expectations!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the most frequent defenses of the film was that the multiple plot twists (which some saw as a ShockingSwerve including Snoke's death) were deliberately done to subvert viewer expectations. Ever since then "subverting expectations" has become a mocking meme brought up whenever a creator tries to justify plot twists in this manner, such as the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' creators said they had Arya kill the Night King as having Jon do it would be too predictable.[[/labelnote]]

WARNING:Some spoilers ahead for media that aren't the last jedi

--> '''Hux:''' This is General Hux of the First Order. The Republic is no more. Your fleet are meme scum and war criminals. Tell your precious princess there will be no tropes, there will be no surrender...

* "They RUINED Luke and they RUINED Star Wars!" – [[HistoryRepeats Your Equally Stupid Dad]][[labelnote:Explanation]]With backlash inevitably comes backlash ''to'' the backlash, as demonstrated by [[https://i.imgur.com/n5yxpRQ.png this image]] which pokes fun at the InternetBackdraft caused by this movie [[HistoryRepeats while pointing out similarities to the post-release fan reception of]] ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.[[/labelnote]]

* Vice Admiral Holdo My Beer. [[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]]Holdo's spectacular, devastating stunt [[spoiler:with the ''Raddus'']] led to this appropriate pun on her name. "Hold my beer" is a memetic phrase uttered before doing something reckless or dangerous.[[/labelnote]]

* ''The Last Jedi'' now has a [[WebVideo/BackstokeOfTheWest Chinese bootleg edition]] with [[BlindIdiotTranslation horribly translated subtitles]], which resulted in a FountainOfMemes such as:

* Admiral Gender Studies
[[labelnote:Explanation]] A nickname among many that detractors of the film have given to Admiral Holdo, who's purple hair and condescending attitude toward Poe was assumed to be the creators' attempts of forcing in a StrawFeminist character.[[/labelnote]]

[[labelnote:Explanation]] A nickname among many that detractors of the film have given to Admiral Holdo, who's purple hair and condescending attitude toward Poe was assumed to be the creators' attempts of forcing in a straw feminist character.[[/labelnote]]

* The sacred texts! [[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]]Luke shouts this when Yoda burns the tree containing the sacred Jedi texts. Some people used this quote when having their PornStash or other possessions getting deleted.[[/labelnote]]

** "Russian bots were responsible for the audience backlash!"[[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/2/17927696/star-wars-the-last-jedi-russian-trolls-bots-study A research paper from Morten Bay claims]] that half of the negative tweets of ''The Last Jedi'' were politically right-leaning or were Russian troll bots. Despite the various flaws within that research (namely that it was analyzing negative tweets to Rian Johnson rather than the film itself) fans of the movie quickly latch on to this claim to explain the [[CriticalDissonance low Audience Score on Rotten Tomato in contrast to the Critics' score]].[[/labelnote]]

** "Russian bots were responsible for the audience backlash!"[[labelnote:Explanation]][[https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/2/17927696/star-wars-the-last-jedi-russian-trolls-bots-study A research paper from Morten Bay claims]] that half of the negative tweets of ''The Last Jedi'' were politically right-leaning or were Russian troll bots. Despite the various flaws within that research (namely that it was analyzing negative tweets to Rian Johnson rather than the film itself) fans of the movie quickly latch on to this claim to explain the [[CriticalDissonance low Audience Score on Rotten Tomato in contrast to the Critics' score]]. Like the "Disney paid the paid the critics!" meme, it has been a subject of mockery by detractors who note that films like ''Wonder Woman'' and ''Black Panther'' didn't suffer similar backlashes despite being just as socially progressive as ''The Last Jedi'' if not more so.[[/labelnote]]

* Throne room sex meta.[[note]]A Reylo fan on Tumblr made an analysis post (that has since been deleted, although reblogs and images of it still exist) claiming that Rey and Kylo's fight against the Praetorian Guards is a metaphor for Rey's sexual awakening. Due to the level of stretching it comes off as and since neither Reylo or the movie are particularly well-liked by most ''Star Wars'' fans on Tumblr, this has been subject to SnarkBait.[[/note]]

* The Last Jedi now has a Chinese bootleg edition with [[BlindIdiotTranslation horribly translated subtitles]], which resulted in a FountainOfMemes such as:

* "Disney paid the critics!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Much like the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse and its negatively-received movies, detractors of the movie have taken to accusing Disney of paying critics to give the movie positive reviews, despite how implausible it is.[[/labelnote]]

** And of course, "Do Not Want" has made a return, this time in Kylo's mouth

** Luke Skywalker brushing dust off his shoulder.[[labelnote:Explanation(more spoilers)]] Luke Skywalker survives the massive gunning unharmed and appears to brush dust off his shoulder. This scene has been used when someone appears to emerge unscathed from a controversial situation.[[/labelnote]]

* I want every gun we have to fire on that man.[[labelnote:Explanation(spoilers)]] Kylo Ren says this when Luke shows up outside the base on Crait. This quote has been used when someone says an awful or unpopular opinion.[[/labelnote]]