Throughout 2021, some incredible memes have been born.
From Bernie Sanders at the Inauguration to red flags, the ship stuck in the Suez Canal to sea shanties, it’s certainly been a hilarious year.
Another meme that emerged in 2021 is the viral Anakin Padme meme, which still pops up on Twitter all the time.
If you were living under a rock and happened to miss it, here’s a full explanation of it…
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Anakin Padme Meme explained
Officially called ‘For The Better, Right?’, the Anakin Padme meme is undoubtedly one of the most viral memes of 2021.
The meme has four screenshots of a scene from the 2002 film Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.
Each screenshot depicts Anakin, played by Hayden Christensen, and Padmé, played by Natalie Portman, having a picnic.
In the movie scene, they are discussing their pasts and views on the Galactic Republic.
Underneath the screenshots is text that shows Anakin saying “I’m going to change the world” to which Padme replies: “For the better, right?”
The dialogue included in the meme is never actually said in the film, but was added for humour as in the movie, Anakin becomes an evil Sith and certainly doesn’t change the world for the better.
Now, the meme is used to hilariously represent something that is supposed to happen but doesn’t.
Origins of the meme revealed
The meme was first posted in April 2021 by an account called @starwarsposting on Twitter that posts fake Star Wars quotes.
According to Know Your Meme, the original meme gained 100,000 upvotes and 16,000 retweets in just two months.
Then, the template was posted on Reddit where it began gaining even more traction.
However, it wasn’t until June 2021 that the meme really took off and began going viral over on Twitter.
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7 funny Anakin Padme memes
The meme with the fake text is funny enough in itself, but internet users began adding their own text which made it even more hilarious.
Here are some of the funniest ones…
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