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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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Do not post the "good friend" or similar copypasta
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Special days!
Friday and weekends: Caption contest. An image will be pinned, and we shall make captions for it and post them in the comments.
Wednesday: Theme day. We have Droids day, EU day, poem day, aliens day... Let the pinned post guide you. Memes with the theme are preferred.
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Oh hey some real SW content for a change (perhaps):
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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:
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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.
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We are all friends here, and love (sometimes love to hate) Star Wars. Be nice to each other.
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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!
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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.
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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).
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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.
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Regular rules of the Lemmy.world instance apply.
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How does it compare to The Last Airbender?
The Last Airbender was a bad movie. It took a beloved franchise and made it boring. The writing was dreadful, the sfx and visuals were mundane and uninspired, and it was disrespectful to the fans of the franchise. It was a poor adaptation with minimal standalone value
The Star Wars Holiday Special is an abomimation, a crime against humanity. It took the characters from a beloved franchise and gave them acid and a public acces tv show. It wasn't just disrespectful, or poorly done. It was proactively offensive to the viewer.
It's like, if you go to a restaurant and order Spaghetti Bolognese, but that's not what they bring you. The Last Airbender would be a plate of plain, mushy macaroni and a side of ketchup, but they insist on pronouncing it "pasta boloney." The Star Wars Holiday Special is gagh with a sauce made from expired horseradish, maple syrup, and goat vomit.
If you're an Avatar fan, watching The Last Airbender will make you angry and sad. If you're a Star Wars fan, watching the Holiday Special will make you nauseated and afraid.
It's really hard to convey just how bad the Star Wars Holiday Special is without watching it, but anyone who has watched it will agree that nobody else should ever watch it. Descriptions and clips really don't do it justice. It is so much worse than the sum of the parts. Everyone involved in making it has apologized for its existence.
And if all of that makes you morbidly curious to watch the special, I've been there. I know what you're feeling, and how you plan to maybe have a drink or get high and watch it for a laugh. Don't. Your life will be worse. And then you'll find yourself trying to convince someone not to watch it, and realize you've made it sound interesting.
At least there are no drowned ghosts coming out of your television to murder you.