History Memes / TheLastJedi

** "... and that's a good thing!" [[labelnote:Explanation]] This has become a regularly occurring joke on [[Website/FourChan 4chan's]] /tv/ board in response to [[https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/last-jedi-rey-parents-nostalgia-history/ article]] [[https://samlbyers.com/2017/12/23/the-last-jedi-deconstructs-star-wars/ headlines]] defending the film's deconstructionist themes. The joke goes if an article is run about a big-budget franchise film that goes against the anon's beliefs, [[SarcasmMode they follow it up with the aforementioned line]]. [[/labelnote]] * "[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Ahsoka]] is the wolf!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The theatrical trailer for ''The Last Jedi'' revealed a new creature called the vulptex, a crystalline fox-like animal native to Crait, which at the time was believed by fans to be a wolf. Shortly before the movie was released, ''Rebels'' Season 4 introduced wolves linked to the Force, Ahsoka's fate was stated to be addressed in Season 4, and a common but ridiculed theory was that [[{{Animorphism}} Ahsoka was somehow turned into a wolf]] after [[spoiler:being last seen walking away to an unknown fate]] halfway through the show.[[/labelnote]]

** "... and that's a good thing!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Following 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]]
* "[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Ahsoka]] is the wolf!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The theatrical trailer for ''The Last Jedi'' revealed a new creature called the vulptex, a crystalline fox-like animal native to Crait, which at the time was believed by fans to be a wolf. Shortly before the movie was released, ''Rebels'' Season 4 introduced wolves linked to the Force, Ahsoka's fate was stated to be addressed in Season 4, and a common but ridiculed theory was that [[{{Animorphism}} Ahsoka was somehow turned into a wolf]] after [[spoiler:being last seen walking away to an unknown fate]] halfway through the show.[[/labelnote]]

* And that's a good thing! [[labelnote:explanation]]This has become a regularly occurring joke on [[Website/FourChan 4chan's]] /tv/ board in response to [[https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/last-jedi-rey-parents-nostalgia-history/ article]] [[https://samlbyers.com/2017/12/23/the-last-jedi-deconstructs-star-wars/ headlines]] defending the film's deconstructionist themes. The joke goes if an article is run about a big-budget franchise film that goes against the anon's beliefs, [[SarcasmMode they follow it up with the aforementioned line]]. [[/labelnote]]

** Poe: Oh, they ''hate'' that ship!

* 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. One particularly famous Tumblr post about it used the line to make fun of throwing out packaging for food with cooking directions on it.[[/labelnote]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zya0yW129ss and Led Zeppelin.]]

* Vice Admiral Holdo My Beer. [[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]]Amilyn 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 fight with the guards goes with everything. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In an inversion of [[VideoGame/StreetFighter "Guile's theme goes with everything"]], fans discovered that Rey and Kylo's lightsaber fight against Snoke's guards works with an impressive number of musical accompaniments. The real key to it is the brief slow motion at the start, which provides a perfect launching point for when the music really gets going.[[/labelnote]]

** The gasping porg in the trailer has become a popular candidate to photoshop into other pictures, mostly to express shock. Creator/GailSimone has started a trend on twitter of posting song lyrics above the image, as if the Porg were singing.

** The gaping porg in the trailer has become a popular candidate to photoshop into other pictures, mostly to express shock. Creator/GailSimone has started a trend on twitter of posting song lyrics above the image, as if the Porg were singing.

* "Subverting Expectations!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the most frequent defenses of the film from critics and supporters was that the multiple plot twists (some of which felt like they [[AssPull came out of nowhere]]) 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, or the entire ''[[Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters Godzilla]]'' [[Anime/GodzillaCityOnTheEdgeOfBattle anime]] [[Anime/GodzillaThePlanetEater trilogy]]. It's also frequently used as a general synonym for "disappointment". It's also reclaimed by fans of the film to mock those who claim the movie is subversive, instead positing the film very neatly sits withing Star Wars' mythic cycle and that those who paid attention to the story beats of previous entries could follow the logic of the plot.[[/labelnote]]

-> '''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...

* "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, or the entire ''[[Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters Godzilla]]'' [[Anime/GodzillaCityOnTheEdgeOfBattle anime]] [[Anime/GodzillaThePlanetEater trilogy]]. It's also frequently used as a general synonym for "disappointment". It's also reclaimed by fans of the film to mock those who claim the movie is subversive, instead positing the film very neatly sits withing Star Wars' mythic cycle and that those who paid attention to the story beats of previous entries could follow the logic of the plot.[[/labelnote]]

* 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. Not recommended to use in public.[[/labelnote]]
* They cut this out but left in Canto Blight/the Luke drinking milk scene? [[labelnote:Explanation]]''The Last Jedi'' features a large number of deleted scenes that fans would have loved to see in the film, including an extended cut of Phasma's death, Finn getting to interact with one of his old Stormtrooper friends who is happy to see Finn in a captain's uniform, and Luke taking time to grieve for Han's death. That all of these were left out while scenes some received negatively or thought unnecessary including the Canto Blight segment and Luke milking an alien and drinking it in front of Rey were left in surprised a lot of the fans or had them wondering what was the thought process in the editing room.
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** [[Creator/SchaffrillasProductions Why Luke's Green Alien Tiddy Milk Scene is Secretly Brilliant]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A joke video from a popular [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop YouTube Pooper]] sarcastically claiming that the alien milk scene is the ultimate form of visual storytelling and the best scene in the film. Since then, it's become popular to claim that the scene is actually brilliant, [[PoesLaw to varying degrees of sarcasm.]][[/labelnote]]

** Princess General Leia of [[{{Franchise/Superman}} Krypton]][[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]] Leia's use of the Force to survive in space for a brief time and them fly back into the ship looked like the infamous Superman flying pose.[[/labelnote]]

* They cut this out but left in Canto Blight/the Luke drinking milk scene? [[labelnote:Explanation]]''The Last Jedi'' features a large number of deleted scenes that fans would have loved to see in the film, including an extended cut of Phasma's death, Finn getting to interact with one of his old Stormtrooper friends who is happy to see Finn in a captain's uniform, and Luke taking time to grieve for Han's death. That all of these were left out while scenes some received negatively or thought unnecessary including the Canto Blight segment and Luke milking an alien and drinking it in front of Rey were left in surprised a lot of the fans or had them wondering what was the thought process in the editing room. For the Alien milking, refer to the above note discussing sexual imagery - if true it was probably left in as a metaphor for Rey's journey to accept her sexuality.

* 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. People [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory doubtful of the symbolism]] and on the opposite end of the ShipToShipCombat soon adopted it as SnarkBait - though it should be noted ''Star Wars'' is heavily Jungian, TLJ has many other seemingly sexual visual metaphors and Rian Johnson himself joked that the famous Force Bond Hand Touch was the closest Star Wars would get to a sex scene. UnfortunateImplications arise when people use this to mock and deny feminine sexuality.[[/note]]

* "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. It's also frequently used as a general synonym for "disappointment". It's also reclaimed by fans of the film to mock those who claim the movie is subversive, instead positing the film very neatly sits withing Star Wars' mythic cycle and that those who paid attention to the story beats of previous entries could follow the logic of the plot.[[/labelnote]]

** [[Creator/SchaffrillasProductions Why Luke's Green Alien Tiddy Milk Scene is Secretly Brilliant]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A joke video from a popular [[YouTubePoop Youtube Pooper]] sarcastically claiming that the alien milk scene is the ultimate form of visual storytelling and the best scene in the film. Since then, it's become popular to claim that the scene is actually brilliant, [[PoesLaw to varying degrees of sarcasm.]][[/labelnote]]

** [[SchaffrillasProductions Why Luke's Green Alien Tiddy Milk Scene is Secretly Brilliant]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A joke video from a popular [[YouTubePoop Youtube Pooper]] sarcastically claiming that the alien milk scene is the ultimate form of visual storytelling and the best scene in the film. Since then, it's become popular to claim that the scene is actually brilliant, [[PoesLaw to varying degrees of sarcasm.]][[/labelnote]]

** [[ShaffrillasProductions Why Luke's Green Alien Tiddy Milk Scene is Secretly Brilliant]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]A joke video from a popular [[YouTubePoop Youtube Pooper]] sarcastically claiming that the alien milk scene is the ultimate form of visual storytelling and the best scene in the film. Since then, it's become popular to claim that the scene is actually brilliant, [[PoesLaw to varying degrees of sarcasm.]][[/labelnote]]

* They cut this out but left in Canto Blight/the Luke drinking milk scene? [[labelnote:Explanation]]''The Last Jedi'' features a large number of deleted scenes that fans would have loved to see in the film, including an extended cut of Phasma's death, Finn getting to interact with one of his old Stormtrooper friends who is happy to see Finn in a captain's uniform, and Luke taking time to grieve for Han's death. That all of these were left out while scenes some received negatively or thought unnecessary including the Canto Blight segment and Luke milking an alien and drinking it in front of Rey were left in surprised a lot of the fans or had them wondering what was the thought process in the editing room. For the Alien milking, refer to the above note discussing sexual imagery - if true it was probably left in as a metaphor for Rey's journey to accept her sexuality.[[/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. People [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory doubtful of the symbolism]] and on the opposite end of the ShipToShipCombat soon adopted it as SnarkBait. UnfourtunateImplications rise when people use this to mock and deny feminine sexuality.[[/note]]

* 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]]
* They cut this out but left in Canto Blight/the Luke drinking milk scene? [[labelnote:Explanation]]''The Last Jedi'' features a large number of deleted scenes that fans would have loved to see in the film, including an extended cut of Phasma's death, Finn getting to interact with one of his old Stormtrooper friends who is happy to see Finn in a captain's uniform, and Luke taking time to grieve for Han's death. That all of these were left out while negatively received scenes including the Canto Blight segment and Luke milking an alien and drinking it in front of Rey were left in surprised a lot of the fans or had them wondering what was the thought process in the editing room.[[/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. It's also frequently used as a general synonym for "disappointment".[[/labelnote]]

* Did you ever hear the tragedy of Supreme Leader Snoke the [[spoiler:RedHerring]]?[[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]]This movie shows that Snoke is nothing more than just a glorified DiscOneFinalBoss, much to the ire of many fans. The meme, which originated as a copypasta of Palpatine's monologue about Darth Plagueis the Wise in Episode III, also works as a reference to the popular fan theory that Snoke is the reincarnated Plagueis.[[/labelnote]]

* [[Literature/PrideAndPrejudice Pride and Porgs and Prejudice]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Fans have taken to calling the film this because of Rey and Kylo's blatant FoeRomanceSubtext, specifically because Kylo's WeCanRuleTogether speech has drawn comparisons to Mr.Darcy's proposal to Elizabeth Bennet.[[/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. People [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory doubtful of the symbolism]] and on the opposite end of the ShipToShipCombat soon adopted it as SnarkBait.[[/note]]