‘The Memes Strike Back’: Star Wars memes for Rebels, Imperials and Force Users to Laugh at Across the Galaxy (September 9, 2026)

Giuliana Tiscioni • Writer

Sep 9, 2026 11:30 AM EDT

What is your favourite Star Wars memory?

When we are fans of such iconic sagas, we are bound to have some good old memories tied to watching the movies or playing the video games. Maybe you made friends with someone because you both liked the same character or had the same fan theories. Perhaps you went to Comic-Con dressed as your favourite character. Maybe you found out that your date was as geeky as you, and you ended up together forever.

My anecdote is related to a wedding. You know how the bride and groom enter the reception once all the guests have arrived? Well, they usually walk in while a romantic melody plays on the loudspeakers, so we all can aplaude while watching them enter gracefully. Well, in this case, that didn't happen. Instead of entering at the sound of a Beethoven's tune, they turned the bright lights off, turned on a smoke machine, and entered the reception to the IMPERIAL MARCH, with a red lightsaber in hand and red laser lights dancing around. It was a moment of absolute craziness for all of the Star Wars fans who were there. And there were a lot of us. We recognized it immediately, and we couldn't believe it. It was the most epic moment of the night.

Like those, I have quite a few. Like when we were on vacation with my whole family, and my brother and cousin were trying to teach me how to play the Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Needless to say, I failed amazingly, and the two of them were on the verge of a heart attack.

The point of this is that the games, sagas, and movies we love are deeply connected to who we are, what we do, and who we spend our time with. Being a fan of something is a part of our identity, and that's why we have so many random tales that somehow end up relating back to what we like. Star Wars is a part of us, and we love that! And that's also why we keep looking for memes and laughing at them.