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Star Wars Memes

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Hello there. Somehow, Star Wars memes have returned. It's not a trap, this is where the fun begins.

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Other universes to visit:

!lotrmemes@midwest.social

!tenforward@lemmy.world

Separatist systems:

!prequelmemes@lemmy.world

Oh hey some real SW content for a change (perhaps):

!star_wars@lemmy.world

!starwars@lemmy.ml

!starwarstelevision@lemmy.world

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Please do not post the "good friend" or similar copypasta

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Our galactic citizens have requested more specific rules, so here are a few.

The general idea is, if you're looking here for rules, you're probably someone who doesn't need to have them spelled out. You're fine. But anyway:

  1. This is a community for Star Wars memes. This means typically screenshots of Star Wars media with some text or context that's meant to be funny and/or thoughtful. All SW media is welcome: movies, games, comic books, fanart... Other kinds of content, like video links or meta memes (about this community, or Lemmy), are fine as well, just keep it on topic.

  2. We are all friends here, and love (sometimes love to hate) Star Wars. Be nice to each other.

  3. As fans of fictional media, we can be passionate. If you very strongly disagree with something or someone, take a deep breath before reacting. Anger leads to the dark side!

  4. Everything in Star Wars has happened a long time ago, in a galaxy far away, and it's a rich universe of millions of words and millions of years of history. So current Earthly matters really shouldn't concern us here. In other words, leave politics, philosophies and convictions behind the door. This applies even if it's about something related to Star Wars.

  5. Original content is preferred. Reposts are fine, just please limit to a maximum of 3 per day, per citizen. It is recommended, but not required, to mark original memes as (OC) and reposts as (repost).

  6. Local mods are the Jedi council. They may take actions that are necessary to maintain peace and stability of the Republic, even beyond the rules outlined here. Follow their guidance.

  7. Regular rules of the Lemmy.world instance apply.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 8 points 14 hours ago

We watched the Fucked With Edition of episode 6 a couple of years back.

My girlfriend stood up and shouted "what the fuck is he doing there!" and that's just one reason she's now my wife.

4K83 if you want the real one.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 79 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Don't worry, only beings who have mastered the technique can actually retain their selfs in the Force.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 63 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

So, you’re saying that the Younglings are dead forever?

[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 59 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] errer@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago

What a relief!

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 18 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That's cannon. But I don't think Anakin has gone through the "get back from the dead" training either.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 6 points 20 hours ago

it's all retconned anyway.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 12 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Well, Disney now holds the franchise...

[–] Mansuke@lemmy.world 29 points 22 hours ago

Somehow the younglings returned....

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 17 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

How does one "master" the technique though? Anakin least of all. Like okay, we can imagine Qui-Gon discovered the technique, meditated on and developed it over years of his life and managed to get it right on his only chance to put it into action. Honestly, it is probably something that has long been attempted and he is just the first to get it right. Cool. And he used his ghost to teach Yoda and Obi-Wan, who also prepared over years to attain this state. But Anakin was not on good terms with any of them until his last minute shift. So... how did he even know about the technique, let alone master it?

[–] Metz@lemmy.world 13 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

My knowledge of Star Wars lore is extremely spotty, but I would guess through Palpatine, no? He seems like an "cheat death" expert.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

As far as I recall from interviews and such this actually requires love, of which dark siders aren't capable. My guess is that Qui-Gon or Obi-Wan gave Anakin some flash instructions and he got it quickly due to being the chosen one.

[–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

How can dark siders not be capable of love? Love is the very thing that caused Anakin to turn and the dark side is all about using your emotionality to your advantage. I'm not saying you're wrong necessarily, just that whoever made that cannon is fucking stupid.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 12 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

It wasn't love that turned Anakin. It was his fear of loss. Love for his son actually let him find his way back to the light.

By the end Anakin's love for Padmé was twisted, cowardly and selfish. Palpatine manipulated it until just desperation was left. Anakin didn't even trust her anymore when she confronted him on Mustafar.

[–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 4 points 18 hours ago

Love and trust, contrary to popular belief, are not mutually exclusive. The perfect example is the parents of a shithead teen. Also, while I agree that Anakin was turned because of his bond and the way that Palpatine manipulated him through it, to say that he didn't love Padme is simply untrue. What makes us fear loss of a loved one if they aren't a loved one? Fear of loss is innately connected to his love for Padme, which is the reason that jedi aren't supposed to have attachments so as not to be influenced by their emotions. The issue with it is that he stepped into the emotionality and let the fears, angers, etc. that come alongside love to win him over. Furthermore, it is unclear that he ever really returns from the dark side. He saves his son, but in doing so breaks the same code that he broke in order to try to save Padme. It just so happens that his son was one of the good guys. My argument here is that he was still a dark-sider, or at least quasi-darksider and could have still learned to become a force ghost through that.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

It's really sad how in 2 movies we didn't see enough of this for it to become obvious.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago
[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 6 points 17 hours ago

Lightsabering all those children was really not very nice of Anakin.