Memes are like currency within a fandom. You use them to gain trust among your fellow fans, you generate goodwill by sharing them, and it’s a chance to display just how much you know about your chosen fandom. They’re the common ground upon which fan communities are built. They spark discourse, create insiders, and most …
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30 Star Wars Memes for Aficionados of the Force (May 22, 2024)
A big part of fandom is community. It’s easy to unite under a shared cause. It’s a great way to meet people, make connections, and learn more about the thing you love. And a huge part of that is sharing memes. Memes are the currency of the internet, and they keep fandoms alive. What would the Star Wars fandom do without …
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30+ Star Wars Memes for Aficionados of the Force (April 24, 2024)
You’d think that we would have run out of Star Wars memes by now. Boy would you be wrong about that. Folks the world over remain so inspired by the franchise that they keep churning out fresh meme content each week. The question remains: What inspires people to make memes? Is it on the 14th …
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30 Star Wars Memes for Aficionados of the Force (April 17, 2024)
«The force» is such a powerful concept. It’s so simply named, yet effective. Everybody knows what the force is. It’s become part of our cultural lexicon, like double-dipping or Debbie Downer (invented by Seinfeld and SNL, respectively). The force is also easy to wrap your head around as a sci-fi concept because we all have …
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30 Star Wars Memes for Aficionados of the Force (March 27, 2024)
The Star Wars fandom is one of those fandoms that encapsulates both the casual, mainstream enjoyer and the knee-deep, super-dedicated lore experts. Sure, most fandoms have both poles of this spectrum, but Star Wars especially does. Since there are so many people who love it, and there is so much material to work with, you end up with varying …
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25 Star Wars Memes for Aficionados of the Force (February 28, 2024)
The beauty of Star Wars is that it encapsulates so many genres in one franchise. It’s equal parts Western, Sci-Fi, war film, fantasy epic, and sometimes rom-com. It sort of burst forth a new genre in itself by combining so many others. Now, it’s hard to imagine a movie, series, or franchise that feels anything like Star Wars in …
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25+ Star Wars Memes for Aficionados of the Force (February 21, 2024)
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Weird Al created a song called «The Saga Begins,» an epic homage to the story of Star Wars set to the tune of «American Pie» by Don McLean. And the world was never the same. Weird Al has long captured my heart and tickled my …
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25+ Star Wars Memes for Aficionados of the Force (January 31, 2024)
It’s finally the end of the first month of the year. So why does it feel like it has been at least 95 years since it began? January has felt longer than a Kaminoan’s neck. But here we are, about to trot into February, with another fresh batch of Star Wars memes to celebrate. Our …
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25+ Star Wars Memes for Aficionados of the Force (January 24, 2024)
Star Wars is monoculture in every sense of the word. Its fandom spans generations and nations, and has seeped into everyone’s consciousness in some way or another. Whether you asked for it or not, odds are, if you live on planet Earth, you’ve heard of Star Wars. I wonder how George Lucas feels about this fact. What …
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30+ Star Wars Memes for Aficionados of the Force (January 17, 2024)
A long time ago (today), in a galaxy far, far, away (actually, right here), there was a list of memes so powerful that every member of the Star Wars fandom dropped to their knees to thank the benevolent editors at Memebase that brought it to them. We should all feel very privileged to exist in the same …
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