20 Star Wars Memes That Only Fans Will Understand

Internet memes are rewarded with popularity for their repetition of recognizable ideas. Since then, it's become an unofficial way for fans around the world to pay tribute to the popular franchise's May the force be with you” mantra. Add to that the internet's love for turning a phrase, or simply changing a scene, the funniest Star Wars memes are not just beautiful renditions of the amazing pop culture and characters from the saga.

Since everybody who's anybody has a permanent case of Star Wars fever, let's take a look at some of the funniest Star Wars memes to ever hit the internet. Between now and at least a decade (LOL) after Star Wars: The Force Awakens is officially released worldwide, your social feeds will be regurgitating Star Wars memes, spoilers, and all kinds of galactic geekery.

There are plenty of problems with the Star Wars franchise, but none are more frustrating than what we'll call "the Boba Fett problem." It's when an incredibly cool character is introduced into the story only to fall appallingly short of their full potential.

Even though Darth Vader may have won the battle with Obi-Wan Kenobi in A New Hope, it would be the Jedi who win the war against the Sith Lord when a Jedi trained Luke came back to take down his father. Many Facebook pages contain the suffix "-core" presumably to both differentiate it as a meme site as well as making a reference to the Episode I character Boss Nass' delivery of the like "the planet core" (shown below).

This little baby is giving us plenty of both and while we are on the subject of powerful intergalactic bad guy, this meme combines two of the most famous fathers in Meme the history of film are brought together here for one glorious picture that will have fans of both universes howling with laughter.

One of the most popular submissions of the last month, currently sitting pretty at 23,000 upvotes, is a simple directive: Please do not harass Hayden Christensen at the Star Wars celebration.” Posted by one of the subreddit's moderators, the call for decency was met with agreement and any number of good-natured, prequel-referencing jokes (What you're saying is we should all take the high ground?”) on the eve of the former Anakin Skywalker's first appearance at such an event in 15 years.