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The Best Examples Of The Star Wars Attack Of The Clones Memes Taking Over The Internet Lately

Don't pretend that this meme format isn't hysterical.

The Best Examples Of The Star Wars Attack Of The Clones Memes Taking Over The Internet Lately

Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones hit theaters in 2002, but the movie keeps finding new life online. This time, a scene with Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala has turned into a meme template that people are using for everything from politics to pop culture jokes.

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The setup is simple, and that is exactly why it works: two characters talking in a field before their relationship really begins, with plenty of room for the internet to project its own punchlines onto the moment. The result is a fresh wave of memes that keep pulling an old prequel scene back into the spotlight.

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Here are some of the best examples making the rounds lately.

Here's a little memory refresher of what inspired the latest meme trend.

1. We regret to inform you

1. We regret to inform youSource
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2. Don't you hate when this happens

2. Don't you hate when this happensprequelmemes
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3. That didn't age well

3. That didn't age wellprequelmemes

4. This is an explicitly American meme

4. This is an explicitly American memeprequelmemes

The joke lands fast because the scene is already so recognizable.

5. We make our own rules in the meme universe

5. We make our own rules in the meme universeprequelmemes

6. Look, this is just brilliant.

6. Look, this is just brilliant.instagram

7. What a twist

7. What a twistprequelmemes

8. The struggle is real

8. The struggle is realprequelmemes

9. Peek A Boo

9. Peek A Booprequelmemes

10. The feels

10. The feelsinstagram

The internet never misses a chance to turn a dramatic scene into a punchline.

And if you’re wondering how rumors explode, Megan Fox shuts down the clone conspiracy.

11. Apparently, we haven't had enough Elon Musk

11. Apparently, we haven't had enough Elon Muskprequelmemes

12. *Sad Trombone Noises*

12. *Sad Trombone Noises*prequelmemes

13. Aw, that's nice.

13. Aw, that's nice.prequelmemes

14. I just hope everyone heard this in their head as much as I did.

14. I just hope everyone heard this in their head as much as I did.prequelmemes

15. Poor Texas; they did this to themselves, but poor Texas.

15. Poor Texas; they did this to themselves, but poor Texas.prequelmemes

Some of these are so specific they practically write themselves.

16. Thanks for dumbing it down.

16. Thanks for dumbing it down.instagram

17. Agents of Chaos

17. Agents of Chaosinstagram

18. To heck with progress

18. To heck with progressprequelmemes

19. No

Star Wars Attack of the Clones meme panels, progress rejected, serious reactionprequelmemes

20. RIGHT?

Star Wars Attack of the Clones meme, “No” response, tea sipping punchlineprequelmemes

21. Why so serious?

21. Why so serious?prequelmemes

22. Sorry, that was meant to happen *sips tea*

22. Sorry, that was meant to happen *sips tea*prequelmemes

23. These vaccination rates are abysmal

23. These vaccination rates are abysmalprequelmemes

24. You were a girl all along :)

24. You were a girl all along :)prequelmemes

25. We don't finish projects around here; we just start them.

25. We don't finish projects around here; we just start them.prequelmemes

26. It's rarely worth it.

26. It's rarely worth it.prequelmemes

27. Aw, no.

27. Aw, no.prequelmemes

This meme template is not slowing down anytime soon.

Want more meme chaos after “Attack of the Clones” jokes, see Chuck Norris’ legendary memes returning as the internet mourns his loss.

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