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- As the hype for the series built up, there was a resurgence of "Hello there!". Obi-Wan himself says exactly that during Part VI when greeting a young Luke.
- "Hello."/"Goodbye." Explanation (SPOILERS) When the Grand Inquisitor comes to Vader's aid in Part V, he greets Reva with this line rather condescendingly. He and Vader then leave Reva to her fate, parting with an equally mocking "goodbye" in return. The way in which it's framed almost makes it look like a Game Over screen in a Batman: Arkham game, so it's little wonder why people got attached to it rather quickly.
- Obi-Wan looking through binocularsExplanation A still of Obi-Wan looking at a young Luke Skywalker through a pair of binoculars from the teaser trailer has become popular as a reaction image to whatever news may be going on that day.
- "Like you trained his father?"Explanation The second trailer has Owen demand Obi-Wan stay away from Luke. The Jedi Master retorts that Luke will need to be trained when the time comes, but Owen says this line, which makes Obi-Wan take pause. Cue the internet making numerous jokes about how Owen dissed Kenobi in a cruel, but not entirely untrue way. This meme has additionally evolved into Owen similarly roasting other characters. For example:
Kanan: In fact, Master Luminara would make a great teacher for you.
Owen: Like how she made a great teacher for Barriss?
- The fact that Obi-Wan still looks quite a bit younger than his canonical age despite being only ten years away from the first film where he is completely white-haired has caused some to joke that dealing with Anakin again will cause him to age drastically over the course of the series. A variation is that now having to deal with Leia, who has the traits of Padmé and Anakin that stressed him out, is what will do it.
- "And Alderaan's not far away, it's Californication"Explanation Flea's appearance in the show has him first appearing on Alderaan, which led many to call back to a lyric from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Californication".
- No need to watch the Prequels now.Explanation The first episode of the show gives a 4-minute recap of the three prequel films. Given their divisive nature, quite a few viewers have joked that no one has to watch the prequels anymore, since they can just watch the recap.
- Metal Gear Kenobi.Explanation Part IV has Obi-Wan infiltrating and sneaking around Fortress Inquisitorius in a manner that reminded several people of the Metal Gear games. He even enters the Fortress by way of swimming, much like how Solid Snake enters Shadow Moses by water in the intro to Metal Gear Solid.
- Wade, the Path member who gets killed in "Part IV", has had many fans jokingly mourning him and claiming he was their favourite character due to his lack of characterisation and blatant Red Shirt status.
- Vader finally has the high ground!Explanation In their final duel of the mini-series, Vader uses the Force to collapse the ground under Obi-Wan, causing his former master to fall into the pit. Then he stands over the pit's rim and the camera switches to Obi-Wan's perspective where he sees the Sith Lord towering over him on high ground. Fans got delighted that Vader finally got the high ground over Obi-Wan, and are somewhat disappointed that Vader didn't say "I have the high ground!" just to rub it into Obi-Wan's face.
- Obi-Wan became an Earthbender. Explanation One of Obi-Wan's attacks in "Part VI"'s final duel consists of him levitating several rocks and hurling them at Darth Vader. Avatar: The Last Airbender comparisons were immediately made.
- "It's over, Anakin! I have the ground!"Explanation This scene also led to an update of the "high ground" meme from Revenge of the Sith.
- Drunk Organa Explanation Look closely at Bail Organa at the end of Part VI: he seems to be jittering in place akin to a drunk person.
