Star Wars is immensely popular and has been around for decades. Naturally, this means the franchise has spawned its share of memes and catchphrases.
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Please add entries in the following format:- The meme. ExplanationThe explanation behind the meme.
- Further mutations and successor memes, if any.
Across the Franchise
- A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...... ExplanationThe opening text scrawl for all of the "Episode" movies.
- The famous Opening Scroll ExplanationOriginally from Flash Gordon, fans have used it in their own works and parodies. Many think the credits are in the same style.
- I have a bad feeling about this... ExplanationSaid by somebody at least once in every movie. It's pervaded the Star Wars Expanded Universe, crept into franchise Fanspeak and even spread beyond Star Wars.
- Come to The Dark Side... ExplanationA stock card-carrying Affably Evil phrase tossed around online, using phrasing from the franchise but with no clear origin therein. Additionally, "turning to the Dark Side" has become a way of describing one who has sold out.
- We have cookies! ExplanationOne of the many alleged perks of being in "evil" groups. Almost always Blatant Lies when taken literally. It became an Ascended Meme when The Mandalorian Chapter 19 introduced "Imperial travel biscuits."
- May the Force be with you. ExplanationAt first a sarcastic remark by Han, it was taken straight in later films and as fanspeak (as well as used just as sarcastically as the first time).
- May the Force be with her.ExplanationIn response to Carrie Fisher's death, lots of people responded like this.
- Roger roger. ExplanationThe Separatist Battle Droids have notoriously bad comprehension skills and a comically nasal voice. This is just one of their most famous lines.
- Any and all of R2-D2's trademark beeping.ExplanationThese sound effects have become The Coconut Effect of robotic noises.
- R2-D2 was the most vulgar character in the movie. They beeped out everything he said. ExplanationMostly self-explanatory, all of his "dialogue" was beeps.
- "Obi-Wan Kenobi listening to whatever the fuck R2-D2 is explaining to him"Explanation From Kanye West's song "On Sight
", specifically the section from 1:59 to 2:07 (which is Kanye saying "uh-huh" alongside a synthline) is usually used as a way to describe such beeps and how everyone can understand them.
- C-3PO being the source of endless crappy "gay jokes" and the idea that he and Artoo are a gay couple.
- Quite strangely, Yoda speaks. ExplanationTo do the same, many fans tend. To deliver alleged wisdom, it is most often used.
- In Russia Soviet, generate Yoda memes can. ExplanationRussian Reversal meets Yoda Speak.
- Obi-Wan’s drinking habits. ExplanationAn old fandom joke and Fanon due to how Obi-Wan seems to have a glass of some kind of alcohol or make reference to it at least once every movie he has a living role in, not helped by the fact that in Labyrinth of Evil it was his idea to go bar-hopping getting drinks while finding information on the bounty hunter he and Anakin are hunting, and gets both himself and Anakin “half-drunk” in the process. No, really. (And later in the novel, Obi-Wan gets a facefull of an entire crate of intoxicating spores and Hilarity Ensues) Later a lot more peopletook notice of how often he seems to drink in The Clone Wars as well, leading to a minor revival of the in-joke; these include him needing to drink by virtue of being Anakin’s mentor and/or life hating him, puns on his mentor’s surname sounding like “Gin”, him being a Drunken Master, him and Anakin passing out from drunkenness instead of being poisoned in the TCW episode “Dooku Captured” (though this is also due to legitimate confusion over why they were knocked out despite apparently switching out the drugged drinks), prematurely aging because of this supposed habit, and forgetting about Artoo because he’s too drunk to remember him.
- Luke and his love affair with hot chocolate. ExplanationWhile sometimes associated with blue milk as well, an old in-joke and fanfic trope among hardcore fans was Luke’s apparent addiction to hot chocolate, due to him showing a recurring fondness for it in the old Expanded Universe, now Legends. While it was exaggerated sometimes, it’s easy to see why given that, when there is a shortage of chocolate after the Vong Wars, he actually invokes his position as Jedi Master to secure a supply of it. However, this gradually became less common, especially after most of the old EU was definitively de-canonized. Occasionally it’s brought up when the “Obi-Wan is The Alcoholic” joke/Fanon is, however.
- Lightsabers:
- The sound ExplanationOriginally a stock machine sound, it's made its way into many other media. Strangely, the only effect anyone seems to remember is the activation sound.
- Fanmade versions ExplanationEver since the first film, official merchandise and fan creations have tried to mimic the iconic weapon, but only recently have the most hardcore fans even come close. People like Science Friction have speculated on whether creating the real deal would be physically possible.
- A.K.A.-47 versions have even appeared in other media. ExplanationTwo of the best known would have to be the Beam Sword from Super Smash Bros. and (albeit on a larger scale) the beam sabers of the Mobile Suit Gundam anime franchise.
- The Imperial Stormtroopers' inability to hit any of their targets is so legendary, we named the trope for it after them.ExplanationWell, sort of. It's actually named after an optional rule from GURPS, but that was also an obvious reference to this.
- Lucasfilm being bought out by Disney has not been taken well by many fans. Reactions range from pointing out how Leia is now a Disney Princess to drawing characters in poor imitations of Disney art style.
- Now fans are putting lens flare over all sorts of Star Wars art. ExplanationJ. J. Abrams directed The Force Awakens, and he's best known for massive use of lens flare, especially in the new Star Trek movies. Although, interestingly enough, The Force Awakens has barely any lens flare to speak of.
- The entire Expanded Universe is now non-canon! NOOOOOOO!!! ExplanationDisney declared the original Expanded Universe, being all content outside the main films and The Clone Wars, non-canon to make room for the new trilogy and a new Expanded Universe. Fans have been quick to react with trademark fanspeak.
- Slave Disney Princesses. Explanation First, fans started jokingly pointing out that Princess Leia is now technically a Disney Princess. Then, Disney made the (rather controversial) announcement that they would no longer be releasing any action figures of Leia in her famously sexy "slave bikini". As a subtle protest, many female cosplayers designed their own versions of the famous bikini, and decided to wear it while cosplaying as various Disney heroines. Popular variants include "Slave Tinkerbell", "Slave Ariel", and "Slave Merida". There was also Carrie Fisher herself saying that they should just tell kids that she was forced to wear the bikini by a giant evil slug and she killed him.
- "Faster! More intense!" Explanation According to many of the cast and crew of A New Hope, coaching actors isn't George Lucas' strongest skill, and he has a bit of a habit of giving his actors frustratingly vague direction (possibly accounting for the wooden acting in the prequels). Supposedly, these were two of the only pieces of direction that Lucas knew how to give his actors, to the point that he once had both phrases written on cardboard signs when he temporarily lost his voice during a period of illness.
- "It's so dense. Every single image has so many things going on.".ExplanationA phrase by Rick McCallum, the producer for the prequels and the Special Editions of the original trilogy. Also popularized by Mr. Plinkett as a misguided boast about (over)abundance of visual spectacle that ends up cluttering the movie, or is achieved at the expense of substance and story, prompting fans to start making suggestions about other things that might be "so dense".
- The Skywalker Whining Gene. ExplanationThree generations of Skywalkers — Anakin, pre-Character Development Luke, and Leia's son Kylo — are so unbearably whiny that fans have decided it must be genetic.
- A more recent spinoff of this has arisen in the form of the Skywalker Fashion Gene. ExplanationFans, noticing that Padmé, Luke, and (to a lesser extent) Leia all have very stylish outfits and numerous costume changes compared to the Limited Wardrobe of every other character, have decided that expensive and immaculate fashion sense is another genetic trait of the Skywalker-Amidala line.
- One of the best things about Star Wars is the music. So there exist videos on YouTube depicting scenes from the movies having their musics removed. Most of them are hilariously awkward. Such as this.
- Written and Directed by GEORGE LUCASExplanationThe credits of each film always start with the same iconic music, and usually begin with "Written and Directed by GEORGE LUCAS". Fans tend to come up with an alternative outcome to a scene, usually one that originally went down in an unlikely or unrealistic manner, and then play the credits because it would change the course of the entire saga.
- Catholic fans accidentally responding to "May The Force be with you" with "and also with you" or "and with your spirit".Explanation Part of Catholic Mass has the priest ending a blessing with "peace be with you" or "may the Lord be with you", to which (until the late '00s/early 10s) the congregation responds "and also with you", or (since the late '00s/early 10s) "and with your spirit". The Mandalorian made this an Ascended Meme by having a New Republic pilot respond the former way.
- Jar Jar is the key to all of this. Explanation This was said by George Lucas during the making of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Jar Jar's character was one of the major complaints of the film, he was considered to be the most hated character in the entire franchise.
- Darth Jar Jar (or Darth Darth Binks) ExplanationStems from the "Jar Jar was really a Sith Lord in disguise" theories which take the above meme and put a sinister spin on it, claiming he was the mastermind who brought Palpatine into power. Originates from this post that quickly gained steam.
- Can we use any quote from Star Wars and turn it into a meme? Explanation An acknowledgement of how memeable Star Wars dialogue is (especially dialogue from the prequels), it's common to answer back with a Star Wars line.
- Machete Order Explanation A viewing order suggested for new fans to watch the first two trilogies that preserves as many spoilers as possible. The basic order goes: IV, V, II, III, VI. Starting with A New Hope though The Empire Strikes Back, then play Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith as essentially an extended flashback after The Reveal of Luke's parentage, showing how that happened. Then finish the story with Return of the Jedi. The Phantom Menace is left out of the "pure" order (or at least declared optional) to keep a focus on Anakin's path to the Dark Side. Many fans who have already seen the saga praise the order, saying that it makes the story stronger (also, less Jar Jar). Others have also inserted their own variations, usually restoring TPM or adding parts from The Clone Wars or even Rebels that they feel are also essential viewing.
- Out of Context Star Wars Explanation Posting quotes from the many Accidental Innuendos without context to demonstrate how wrong they sound. Examples include "Luke! At that speed, do you think you can pull out in time?" and "Look at the size of that thing!"
- "And again, it's like poetry, it's sort of, they rhyme. Every stanza kind of rhymes with the last one. Hopefully it'll work." ExplanationThis line was from a Behind the Scenes video for The Phantom Menace, when George Lucas is comparing Anakin's destruction of the Trade Federation battleship to that of Luke Skywalker successfully blowing up the Death Star.
- It's like pottery.ExplanationA parody of Lucas' line, which has now become more commonly used.
- "This was your father’s saber. He murdered 30 kids with it."ExplanationMany have noted that the Prequel Trilogy showing that Anakin used his lightsaber to murder a lot of Jedi in Order 66 (including children) rather badly undermines the torch-passing themes behind Luke getting the saber from Obi-Wan. The fact that Obi-Wan knows full well what the saber was used for just makes it funnier.
- "And he was a good friend."ExplanationObi-Wan's now infamously Metaphorically True description of Anakin to Luke from A New Hope. Frequently used to cap off humorous recaps of the odder, or more morbid, parts of prequel canon during the same scene.
- The Youngling Slayer 9000.ExplanationA Fan Nickname for Anakin's lightsaber, due to the aforementioned child-murdering.
- Rey’s LightsaberExplanationContinuing from the above point, Rey ends up getting Anakin's saber in Episodes VII and VIII and merchandising tends to refer to it as "Rey's Lightsaber" since it technically belongs to her now. As many point out, this empowering detail is kind of ruined by the fact that said saber was used to kill a bunch of kids, not to mention Rey doesn't even have it for long before it's destroyed... for a while anyways.
- Wondering if Luke ever got those power converters.ExplanationAt the start of Episode IV, Luke is introduced complaining about needing to go to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters for Owen and Beru's farm. This is, obviously, completely forgotten about once the actual plot kicks off, leading to jokes treating the power converters like an Aborted Arc and complaining that the series has gotten massively off-track. The joke got even more mileage after the death of Luke in Episode VIII; Mark Hamill has even jokingly suggested Luke actually used the Force to teleport to Tosche Station to finally get those converters.
- 2019: The Saga Ends
2020: [More Star Wars Stories] announced ExplanationThe last trailer for The Rise of Skywalker comes with the line "The Saga will end" to signal as the Grand Finale of the Skywalker saga. Fans quickly responded by coming up with nonsense titles for installments they believe will be announced after the film; such as "Darth Jar Jar", "[X]: Another Star Wars Story". - Happy Hogan saved Star Wars! ExplanationThe Star Wars franchise dealt with waning fan interest in the late 2010s due to both divisive views of the Sequel Trilogy and possible franchise burnout (Ex. two trilogy films, a stand-alone film, three video games, an animated series, and a theme park land are just some of the new material debuted all within 2017-2019). But The Mandalorian so far has garnered near-universal praises and renewed interest in the franchise, with its creator Jon Favreau also widely known for playing Tony Stark’s bodyguard/head of security Harold "Happy" Hogan in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- "Which Star Wars are you watching?" "All of Them."ExplanationIt's a meme to play multiple episodes/movies at once in a YouTube video. At the moment, YouTuber Lucas Hammar is infamous for uploading videos that play franchise films at the same time (such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe films or the Transformers Film Series films), including the main nine Star Wars films. As such, his comment sections are full of these type of comments as well as comments about how some moments in different movies just so happen to occur at the same time in either a poetically beautiful way or a funny coincidental way.
- "Sorry, but don't know what Ahsoka Tano is."ExplanationMark Hamill's response to a tweet asking him if he knows about Ahsoka... even though he's met Ashley Eckstein. He later retracted his statement the next day.
- The mic was in picture! ExplanationThe core trio's reaction to a boom mic appearing in the frame just when they think they got it this time. The clip in question appears in The Making of Star Wars.
- "Why would Padmé fall for Anakin?!"ExplanationA famous yonkoma from Fullmetal Alchemist author Hiromu Arakawa, who is a Star Wars fan, but is baffled by the Anakin/Padmé romance. Anakin and Padmé's romance is seen as a Strangled by the Red String by a sizable amount of the fanbase, and Arakawa's works are famously well-received for depicting her female characters as self-sufficient and as capable as their male counterparts, leading to comparisons favoring Fullmetal Alchemist over Star Wars, people pointing out that it doesn't put Star Wars in a good light if a highly-acclaimed author can criticize it, or just jokes about how this further proves Anakin/Padmé is not a good romance in-universe and in writing.
- Yo dudes, The Empire is pretty chill, maybe you should, like, join it or something.ExplanationA line spoken by Darth Vader from the trailer to an unreleased miniseries, Star Wars Detours. The phrase became famous for how Totally Radical it is, and as a result, became used in YouTube Poop and many other remixes.
- Obi-Wan is a jerk. ExplanationA GIF meme, clips of Obi-Wan using Force push from the prequels, cut together with Epic Fail clips, to make it look like Obi-Wan's causing them.
- "Ahh, the Polynesian Spa."ExplanationAfter Temuera Morrison finished filming The Book of Boba Fett Season 1, he recorded an advertisement for the Polynesian Spa in Rotorua, New Zealand, ending with him sitting in a pool overlooking Lake Rotorua; several fans have since reedited it into Tem swimming through various Star Wars locales, and occasionally added others reacting to the sight of him in an uncharacteristically relaxed mood. Later variations of this meme credit the Polynesian Spa for Boba Fett looking Progressively Prettier in The Book of Boba Fett — especially after ads started showing a clip of Boba submerged in bacta — or for Boba's reduced screentime in Chapters 5 and 6.
- Glup ShittoExplanationA made-up character, parodying the tendency of fans to get excited over the appearance of minor characters with ridiculous names
- Masked female Inquisitor is Barriss!ExplanationWhen the Inquisitors were first introduced in the new canon, Dave Filoni made mention that many of these Inquisitors were once Jedi who had fallen to the Dark Side after Order 66. Because Star Wars Rebels showed Ahsoka Tano returned as Fulcrum, fans believed that the fallen Jedi and former friend Barriss would also return as an Inquisitor. This theory gained steam when the masked Seventh Sister was shown in Rebels Season 2 previews, with brief glimpses of green skin confirming her to be a Mirialan, Barriss' species. Alas, it turns out the Seventh Sister was a brand new character and one who got unceremoniously killed by Maul in the season finale. This would have been the end of the story had Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order not shown another masked female Inquisitor known as the Second Sister. This revived speculation of Barriss being this new Inquisitor, but it turns out to be another original character. By this point, it has become a running gag with the fandom to claim that every new masked Inquisitor must be Barriss Offee, to the point that some joked that the reason why Reva (aka the Third Sister) is showing her face in Obi-Wan Kenobi is to kill speculations that she is Barriss Offee.
- Surrender, Jedi.ExplanationThis edited clip from The Padawan Menace, set to Money so big, gained moderate attention due to its sheer hilarity.
- Obi-Wan "Ol' Hack-and-Slash" Kenobi's propensity for cutting limbs offnote just in the core film series, he removed Darth Maul's entire lower half, Zam Wesell's hand, the acklay's front legs, two of General Grievous's hands, both of Darth Vader's legs and one arm, and finally one of Ponda Baba's arms became the font of quite a variety of jokes and Image Macros right around the time the prequel generation became adults.
- Cerveza Cristal!ExplanationThe 2003 Chilean Canal 13 airings of the original trilogy found a pretty clever way of going into ad breaks... namely, by splicing ads for the titular Chilean drink into the movie with an insert shot of a character in the current scene reaching for one! Notably, the scene in which Obi-Wan gives Luke his father's saber is recontextualized as the old man offering the farm boy an ice-cold brewski. When this resurfaced in March 2024, fans had a field day speculating on the apparent galaxy-wide popularity of this Latin American canned beer in the Star Wars universe. This also led to the beer becoming an Interrupting Meme as people found ways to work it into other movies.
- Sheev. ExplanationPalpatine's first name, as revealed by the novel Tarkin. Fans were quick to mock how unimpressive it sounded. In many circles, calling him "Sheev" is essentially an indicator of doing a pisstake.
- It isn't Uj cake. Explanation The Mandalorian syrupy sponge cake is taken as so delicious, that characters who have tried it and then try other foods will remark they're good, but it's not Uj cake.
- Shirtless Helmetless Din in the waters beneath Mandalore.ExplanationIn The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 5: "Return of The Mandalorian", the Children of the Watch's Armorer instructs Din Djarin to atone for his public unmaskings by bathing in "the living waters beneath the mines of Mandalore," inspiring viewers with crushes on Din and/or Pedro Pascal to fantasize about him finally receiving a Shirtless Scene in The Mandalorian Season 3. (In the end, fans were disappointed to see that he doesn't remove either his helmet or his armor before going into the water.)
- Statement: HK-47's speech pattern is a very recognizable one, even used for all entries on his character sheet.
- Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords:
- "APATHY IS DEATH."ExplanationOne memorable moment in Ludo Kressh's tomb on Korriban involves being forced to choose between Kreia or your companions, with the knowledge that she's a Dark Jedi. Trying to shrug off the illusion has everyone echo this line and turn hostile.
- Influence Lost: Kreia ExplanationKreia is rather infamous for her tendency to criticize the player for their choices. Quite a few players were irritated with her approach and believe that she is determined to harangue the Exile no matter what they do. That reputation might not be entirely deserved, as there are ways to gain influence with Kreia — sometimes all you need to do is say that you will consider her opinion — but that doesn't stop the fanbase from creating memes regarding her unreasonable standards.
- Influence Gained: Kreia ExplanationIt is possible, and even likely, to both gain and lose influence with Kreia within the same conversation, encouraging the idea that her standards concerning the Exile are demanding and unreasonable, when not absurd.
- You will not erode my will! [You have eroded Sion's will.]ExplanationThe penultimate boss fight against Darth Sion requires you to undermine his seething fury (which makes him Nigh-Invulnerable through The Power of Hate) by talking to him between bouts of fighting. The first time you try this he will call out your attempt and claim you "will not erode my will" - followed immediately by a popup telling you that you have, indeed, eroded his will.
- Jedi Jesus or Darth Jesus ExplanationOne of the face options for a male Exile looks a lot like the European portrayals of Jesus Christ.
- Star Wars: The Old Republic:
- Please keep the dancing in the designated dancing zones.
- TORtanic, due to the belief the game would be a WoW killer and how much faith and money was put into it note In fact, someone compared how much money was spent for the game to how much was spent for the namesake and concluded that they're the same, only for it to turn out to not quite be the new MMO killer app that people believed it would be.
- Jokes about Darth Baras are incredibly common amongst the Imperial side, usually involving his weight issues or his anger issues. Some even consider him a Memetic Badass. One example would be this parody of the Sith Code:
Cake is a lie, there is only pie.
Through pie, I gain calories.
Through calories, I gain weight.
Through weight, I gain body mass.
Though body mass, my belt is broken.
The recliner shall set me free.
- "Your weakness is in your blood!" note A constant phrase from the final boss in the Hammer Station flashpoint.
- "Choice is an illusion!" note Taken from a line in Knights of the Fallen Empire and used to mock the incredibly shallow choices in the storyline.
- Knights of the Eternal Grind note This is a parody title mocking the new gearing system introduced in 5.0, it is a Level Grind which involves getting a random gear piece every time you reach a level. There are currently 300 levels and 4 tiers, and you don't even get access to the fourth level until you hit level 300—your level just stops going up at that point.
- When Arcann romance?note With the reveal that Arcann can become a possible companion should the right choices be made, many fans began to anticipate a romance with him, which Patch 5.8 gladly delivered.
- I Believe In The Democratization Of Fear note This line, spoken by Darth Jadus as the summation of his opinion that Sith teachings should be spread to all in the Empire, regardless of Force-sensitivity, has gone viral.
- "Is that supposed to be Han Solo?"note A common question in Dromund Kaas General Chat, early in the game's release. One of the Sith Warrior's first quests for Darth Baras has the Warrior retrieving a man frozen in carbonite for Baras. Cue some asking, apparently legitimately, if the man was supposed to be Han Solo during his stint in carbonite between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, and the General Chat channel blowing up with explaining how it can't be Han Solo, because the game is set some three thousand years before the films, which should be patently obvious, which might segue into a huge free-for-all discussion about the history of Star Wars Legends. This can lead to some referring facetiously to every character frozen in carbonite in the game as "Han Solo."
- A BLIND, DEAF, COMATOSE LOBOTOMY PATIENT COULD FEEL MY ANGER! note Darth Baras' reaction to the player character saying they can feel (Baras)' anger during an interrogation. Given Baras had just given off a Force Scream powerful enough to shake the room he was standing in, one can understand his point.
- Star Wars: Battlefront II (not the new one) saw a massive surge in memetic popularity in mid-2016.
- The Clone Trooper lines were especially memetic.
- "Watch those wrist rockets!"ExplanationSaid by clones fighting Super Battle Droids, who have wrist-mounted rockets as a Secondary Fire. Granted, this is sound tactical advice as a direct hit from a wrist rocket is a One-Hit Kill against infantry, but given that Super Battle Droids are ironically enough the most common CIS unit due to being their basic trooper and are among the few enemy units that clone troopers have responses to (the others being Droidekas and snipers), you can expect to hear this line quite a bit (especially in Galactic Conquest, where it's the only unit type that the CIS starts with). Same goes for the next two lines.
- "They've sent in the Supers!"
- "Fumblin' heck, it's a Super!"
- "Just like the simulations!"ExplanationSaid when the player racks up a decent kill-streak as a clone trooper. Used as a meme for when things go exactly as planned or expected.
- "Now hear this!"ExplanationOne of the generic background lines heard in the Star Destroyer's hangar during space battles starts with this phrase.
- "One-hundred! Two-hundred! Three-hundred! You guys are gonna make me rich!"ExplanationBoba Fett sometimes says this after killing enemies.
- "Enemy forces have captured a command post!"ExplanationThe line used whenever the other team captures a command post. Given the infamy surrounding the AI's abilities and Skewed Priorities, as well as that every side's announcer uses this line verbatim, prepare to hear it a lot.
- "That's another command post for the Republic!"ExplanationOne of the lines the Republic's announcer uses when taking over a command post.
- "That was exhilarating."ExplanationAnakin Skywalker is available as a hero unit in a small handful of maps, and though he's not voiced by Hayden Christensen, they made sure to have fun with the reputation surrounding his performance in Attack of the Clones.
- "The day is ours. Well done, gentlemen."ExplanationAnother Imperial space battle announcement, specifically for when your team meets the threshold of points to win.
- "I can't shake- oh, wait, nevermind."ExplanationSpace battles have a surprising amount of dialogue poking fun at common trends in the series, such as in the case for the Rebels, where one of the random radio messages has a pilot start on the typical "I can't shake him!" only to cut himself off halfway when he apparently manages it.
- The 501st Journal entry for Order 66 became a popular meme template online.
- "Your tactics confuse and frighten me, sir." Explanation Scorch's reaction if Boss orders him to plant an explosive, only to immediately cancel said order. Often used as a reaction to unorthodox, if not downright bizarre plans and actions. It's worth noting that this isn't the exact line said by Scorch, with the actual line being "Your behavior frightens and confuses me, sir."
- I'm Han SoloExplanationThis infamous parody of "Ridin' Solo" is one song from the dancing minigame of Star Wars Kinect.
- Star Wars Battlefront II (2017):
- "We weren't expecting special forces."
- "Sector is clear." [lightsaber wooshes around] "NOT CLEAR! NOT CLEAR!"
- "The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for [tedious action that yields little reward]". ExplanationAfter EA's response to Darth Vader and several other iconic characters being locked behind a ridiculous paywall became the most downvoted comment in Reddit history, the post's opening sentence has been twisted into a wide variety of jokes about other things lacking a sense of pride and accomplishment.
- This video lampooning EA (which was originally released in 2012) has gained a significant resurgence in popularity, with quite a few people stating that it's still relevant five years after its release.
- "They're looking into it."ExplanationAfter EA's disastrous initial attempt to address the paywall controversy mentioned above, DICE scheduled an AMA to address player concerns. By two and a half hours in, nearly all of the answers they provided were some variation of "We're looking into it and will make adjustments where necessary," the vagueness of which users took as a sign that they didn't actually want to answer anything. Jokes about EA and DICE literally looking at things exploded afterwards.
- Given how well known the whole microtransaction controversy is, many have been making jokes about how there will be microtransactions for everything, no matter how small or insignificant it may be. Some have even made jokes about the refund button being hidden in loot boxes.
- Pink Darth Vader.ExplanationCFO Blake Jorgensen's comments about how a white Darth Vader would look outlandish and would trample on canon (in a game where Darth Maul can fight Rey) inspired a lot of love for a pink-colored hulking Sith Lord, bringing to mind similarly memetic pink recolors like Captain Falcon's.
- Luke Skywalker fights some beetles Explanation A portion of Luke Skywalker's much hyped playable segment has him fight off a swarm of beetles with his lightsaber, which many fans were quick to make fun of
- CLOSING THE GAP! / KEEP YOUR HEADS DOWN! ExplanationThe battle cries for Stormtroopers in the story campaign when they bust out their riot baton. Unfortunately, due to Artificial Stupidity, them dropping their otherwise effective blasters is a very suicidal move when fighting the player, who can simply run around and make a joke out of the riot troopers.
- Pre-balance patch Anakin. ExplanationWhile he was eventually Nerfed, it didn’t take long for players to notice how easy it was for Anakin to become a ludicrous Game-Breaker in multiplayer. While this is understandable considering he’s The Chosen One and all, this being a game, this could make multiplayer incredibly unbalanced.
- Retribution ExplanationA big factor in Anakin’s Game-Breaker status and particularly infamous was Retribution, which could not only potentially wipe out an entire room of enemies, but freeze them in place while he deals damage to them, and worst of all was incredibly easy to use. This was, much like Anakin’s power level itself, justified from a canon standpoint due to what the move is based on, but was the bane of non-Anakin players everywhere. After he was Nerfed however, Retribution became so incredibly unreliable due to so often glitching upon activation that it became basically useless, making it infamous for the complete opposite reason it was originally.
- REMEMBER THE GENERAL'S WORDS! ExplanationOne of the the Resistance Officer's battle cries when using the Battle Command ability, referring to General Leia. Exactly what those words were is left to the player's imagination.
- Bandaged arm Chewbacca! ExplanationAfter a drought of news update in early April 2018, DICE came up with new appearances for characters, and one of them is simply Chewbacca with a bandage on his arm (from The Force Awakens), with DICE citing that it was among the top choices in the community's wish list. Naturally, this has come under fire with lots of snark from fans who asked for cosmetics variety.
- COWARDS!!! ExplanationOne of Kylo Ren's emotes, which has him throw a tantrum by wildly swinging his saber around and yelling "Cowards!". This wouldn't sound bad on a masked Kylo Ren, but Roger Craig Smith's impression as an unmasked Kylo oozes with hamminess, making this emote a favourite for emote spamming.
- Droidekas = speeder bikes. ExplanationIn EA's apology for accidentally including a Droideka in a promotional image (which wasn't included in the game until Summer 2019), they claimed they initially mistook the droid (which was obvious to many what it was) for "a crashed speeder or enviromental clutter". Naturally, the internet quickly began mocking them for this mistake, including many photoshops and mods (for other games) featuring speeder bikes replaced by droidekas, and vice-versa.
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order:
- Trust no one/Don't stand out.ExplanationUsed cynically by people apprehensive about EA proudly advertising the game as single-player without microtransactions, seeing it as the company attempting to sweep their prior incidents under the rug. It was also used to reference EA shooting themselves in the foot if the seemingly promising game ended up having microtransactions post-launch.
- The pink poncho cosmetic unlock, which became a punchline for any joke about underwhelming collectibles. The response was almost certainly linked to a comment EA made during the development of Battlefront II about how they can't add cosmetics to their Star Wars games that break canon, specifically citing bright pink skins as their primary example.
- "Grab some seat kid.", one of the first things Greez says to Cal when he boards the Mantis. The odd phrasing of it has not gone unnoticed.
- Pretty much anything from YouTuber Zanny for his silly commentary of the game.
- Where's his health bar?!, and its variations. Basically a lot of people's reaction to seeing that we have to face Darth Vader himself. When people see that he doesn't even have a health bar, like all other enemies in the game, players know THEY'RE SCREWED, and their only option is to get the hell out of there.
- LEGO Star Wars:
- LEGO Yoda's death sound ExplanationThe sound that Yoda makes when he dies became a meme in early 2019, used in a similar vein to "Ooof!/Uuhhh!".
- To a lesser extent, LEGO Jango Fett's death sound ExplanationDue to not only its bizarre sound effect (often written as "Ya yeet!"), but the fact that its comically out of character for the usually stoic bounty hunter Jango.
- LEGO Yoda in general has, The Force knows why, gained Alternative Character Interpretation as a racist, ketamine-addicted terrorist, leading to several Image Macros featuring an image of LEGO Yoda and a caption along the lines of "[Perform hideously offensive action] for ketamine I must", usually involving vehicular homicide with a Honda Civic. Then the treatment extended to Yoda himself, who has gained his own Hitler Rants-style ASMR series of him doing more egregiously offensive acts for ketamine or simply For the Evulz.
- It was observed that the LEGO version of Count Dooku looks an awful lot like George Lucas, prompting the following Fourth Wall-breaking Image Macro: "I think our director is a Sith Lord."
- "That's a lot of low notes." ExplanationIn a crossover with Beat Saber courtesy of this video, Star Wars fans will now occasionally remark "That's alot of low notes" whenever someone makes a comment about Anakin killing younglings.
Parodies
- Pretty much everything in Auralnauts Star Wars. Ascended, as in the Marvel Star Wars comics series, 0-0-0 is given the name "Creepio" by Leia as a direct nod to the series.
- The Adam Driver-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live, featuring a skit of Kylo Ren on Undercover Boss posing as "Matt" the radar technician and working undercover at Starkiller Base, leading to a fair number of Take Thats and Ascended Memes regarding Kylo Ren. Said skit, and "Matt" himself are a veritable Fountain of Memes:
- Matt the Radar Technician is canon.ExplanationAs ridiculous as the skit is, Driver's performance is so spot-on that many fans are begging for it to be considered canon.
- A buddy of mine saw Kylo Ren take his shirt off in the shower, and he said that Kylo Ren had an 8-pack, that Kylo Ren was shredded. Explanation"Matt" makes several attempts at …But He Sounds Handsome throughout the skit only to get rebuffed every time. Hilariously, as anyone who's seen Adam Driver's role on Girls knows, he's actually not lying about that, despite what the Stormtroopers think. Became a snowclone with the name "Kylo Ren" replaced by the given character of choice. Has taken on new life after The Last Jedi revealed that he wasn't kidding.
- Kylo Ren is a punk bitch! I bet he weighs 30 pounds soaking wet underneath that little black dress. explanation Stormtrooper Tim says this, unaware that he's talking to the actual Kylo Ren. Also became a snowclone line, for characters making fun of stronger characters.
- THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT IT ANYMORE! explanation Yelled by Kylo Ren when the stormtroopers react to his lightsaber with disdain. It is now often used when someone posts a negative comment about something another person likes.
- Everything done by EliteMasterLordOfAll, but most particularly, portraying Wat Tambor as an actual techno DJ has gotten extremely popular, to the point where the video "It's Hard To Say Goodbye (Techno remix)" is almost entirely visited by people who found the song from his videos.ExplanationHe does parody edits of various Star Wars clips, but his major claim to fame is his Techno Union video which saw him rise to prominence as a result and also boosted his music's source channel considerably.
- Help me obi Juan whoever the fuck you are... You're my only ho ExplanationThe fandom immediately latched onto this tweet by Carrie Fisher parodying her line from A New Hope, spawning numerous jokes, including substituting the original dialogue in that scene with it.
- Several scenes from the Robot Chicken parodies.
- "My Lord." "Go f*ck yourself."ExplanationPalpatine gets tired of all of the Stormtroopers greeting him with "My Lord." on the absurdly long escalator, and starts telling them to go fuck themselves.
- "I am your father. And Princess Leia is your sister! And the Empire will be defeated by Ewoks! And as a child, I BUILT C-3PO!" *later* "...and the Force? that's just a bunch of microscopic bacteria living in your bloodstream called the midi-chlorians."ExplanationVader dropping several Wham Line statements back to back, with Luke growing more and more annoyed with each one due to how much more of a contrivance each one gets.
- "What the hell is an Aluminum Falcon!?"ExplanationPalpatine has no idea what the Millennium Falcon is when Vader calls to let him know the Death Star got blown up.
- "...and that was the greatest day of my life." "What about when I was born?" "Not even close."ExplanationA nerd tells his grandson the story of how he got to carry George Lucas on his back at a Star Wars convention while dressed as a tauntaun.
- Little Orphan AniExplanationOwen Lars finds it hilarious that Anakin can now be called this at his mother's funeral.
- "You may now laugh about the 'Little Orphan Ani' joke."ExplanationStormtroopers give them the okay right before they are burned alive.
- Private PerkinsExplanationThe Death Star crew aren't actually strangled by Lord Vader, but rather pretend to be strangled so as to not die by lightsaber. They are then picked up, given a fake moustache, and go around under new aliases. Private Perkins was unfortunate enough to have been "strangled" over thirty times.
- "I gotta say, Boba, this is one beauty of a ship! Not crazy about the name, though."ExplanationLando Calrissian admiring the Slave I, before implying that the name offends him. Beginning in 2021, merchandise and media refer to the ship in more generic terms, leading fans to imagine Disney executives having a very similar exchange with Boba Fett. The sketch could also apply to fans who prefer "Slave I" to the substitute titles.
- Cerveza Cristal editsExplanationIn early March 2024, a Twitter user posted scenes from the Chilean broadcast of the Original Trilogy in 2003 that inserted shots of characters pulling out bottles and cans of a beer called Cerveza Cristal. This was apparently done as a way of circumventing traditional advertisement breaks required for TV at the time, but the sheer absurdity of seeing a Product Placement so forcibly inserted into a Star Wars movie caused many people online to create their own versions of the Cerveza Cristal ad scene and apply them to different movies.
"May the memes be with you."
