Are there still tride and true Star Wars fans out there, or are they just a bunch of groaning former fans who can't stop groaning because they disliked The Last Jedi? Something tells me that even if a fan felt personally victimized by the eighth installment of the Skywalker Saga, they'll be back for the ninth. That and they'll be revisiting the entire series again and again. Either because they're too personally connected to the story, as most fans undoubtedly are, or they just want to poke fun at it some more (which is something we'll be doing below...).

Myself, personally, I absolutely love all things Star Wars and take the entire universe very seriously. I'm a big nerd when it comes to this sort of thing. Simultaneously, I'm not a snowflake about it and am happy to ridicule it a bit for the less than appealing aspects. So, without further ado here are 15 Star Wars memes that would make any nerf-herder flinch.

15 She Lost To Tide Pods

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There's literally only one way that the writers of Revenge of the Sith could have come up with a worse way to get rid of Padmé... and that's if she ate one too many Tide Pods. Yes, that's the only possible thing that would have been worse than what actually happened in the story. And that's such a shame since Natalie Portman was basically one of the best qualities of the much-debated prequel series.

Sure, there's a possibility that Anakin had something to do with her demise when he injured her during the climax of the film. But what's common knowledge is that she died from Hayden Christensen breaking her heart by turning to the dark side, which is totally pathetic... No apologies to the ultra-fans who are bound to yell at me for saying this.

14 Robot Reproduction

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Do droids get any sort of dirty erotic pleasure? Do they love getting oiled in all the right places? Do they get turned on by any sort of robot-themed adult videos?

I know you're all wondering the same question as I am... Why the heck does this even matter!? Well, the answer is... this meme.

It's forever tainted my perception of those cute, and sometimes highly annoying, metal guys. I always looked as BB-8 as the most childlike of all the droids. Let's face it, R2 used to have that title but the dude has seen way too much in his life to still be anywhere near adolescence. He's a full-blown adult. But even with the events in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, I still felt that BB-8 had miles to go when it came to experiencing the darkest elements of the Star Wars Universe. Well, thanks to this meme... that perception has changed.

13 Stormtrooper Paintball

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Here's hoping that J.J. Abrams starts giving the Stormtroopers better accuracy in the final chapter of the Skywalker Saga. I mean, at this point it's just ridiculous that they have such poor aim. Sure, the Internet has made some great running jokes about this, the meme above included, but I think it's time for a change. I want my villains to be intimidating, highly fierce, and over-powering figures — not bumbling morons like most of the Stormtroopers or Domhnall Gleeson's pathetic General Hux. That's not to say that they can't be without their flaws or moments of comic relief.

Does anyone remember how hardcore General Grievous was in the animated TV shows in comparison to how downright dumb he came across in Revenge of the Sith? Well, they could have had a great villain there but didn't. The Stormtroopers have the opportunity to be far more intimidating if they could actually properly use a blaster.

12 The True Origins Of Snoke

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I know a lot of people were highly disappointed by not receiving any clear-cut answers in terms of the origins of Supreme Leader Snoke or how The First Order got so powerful in the first place. While I do understand the argument that half of the Star Wars fandom gives, I also felt a bit shafted when I didn't get any more backstory. Sure, Emperor Palpatine wasn't given any backstory until the prequel series, but I think in this day and age, audiences want a little more information since the fanbase is so huge and takes this stuff very seriously.

So, having said all that, let us at TheThings give you Snoke's true backstory... He was the Youngling that Anakin supposedly killed. In reality, he escaped, witnessed all his youngling buddies get slaughtered, and eventually, his hate grew so large that it turned him to the Darkside.

There. Done.

11 The Worst Characters In The Galaxy

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I know what I'm about to say is blasphemous to some Star Wars fans, but I actually liked most of The Last Jedi. Having said that, I'm constantly in awe of how a movie could be fresh, smart, and engaging, while also doing some of the laziest, dull, and downright unintelligent things imaginable. It's almost like Rian Johnson's two-faced.

The movie has such great aspects and yet it also gives us characters like Rose Tico. Rose, I'd argue, gives Jar Jar Binks a run for his money for being the worst Star Wars character ever. Not only is Rose painfully one-noted and underwritten, but the actress who plays her is so dreadfully miscast – it's downright irritating. On top of all of this, Rose basically has no impact on the plot and takes away from the engaging characters (new and old) that exist in The Last Jedi. Even Rose's theme music is stupid.

Oy vey... Why, Rian!? Why!?

10 Religious Indoctrination

Without the benefit of details, it's pretty easy to look at Star Wars and see the lack of morals. For instance, there's a pretty famous Star Wars meme out there that describes how a boy in the desert gets brainwashed by an old religion and blows up a giant space station with hundreds (if not thousands) of basically innocent Imperial employees. Of course, we know that there's more to it than that, but if you think along those terms... all of the heroes in Star Wars are utter maniacs. Obi-Wan, for instance, is like that creepy religious cult leader down the street who does anything to accomplish his mystical goals. This includes brainwashing a young man in his religious ways and forcing him to fight his own father to the death. And people say that religion is a good thing...?

9 United Star Destroyers

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It's truly not that difficult for airlines to fix their overbooking issues... They should all be required to keep five seats empty on every single flight in case of logistical issues or if they need to fly out one or two of their airline personnel. It's a simple fix that would alleviate the public backlash that goes with incidents like the famous one on United. But, we're dealing with mega-corporations that only care about profit and not people; they make sure that all of their contracts allow them to get away with such behavior. So, we're all basically screwed.

The only way I'd be okay with being thrown off a plane because they've over-booked it is if someone dressed as Darth Vader marched in (theme music and Stormtroopers in tow) and physically lifted me out. At least then I'd have a great story to tell at dinner parties that doesn't involve me crapping my pants in public... but more on that later...

8 A Movie Avoided

The one thing that The Last Jedi viewers seem to agree on is that the Admiral Holdo storyline was exceptionally unthought out. It's hard to believe that the two sides of the aisle agree on anything when it comes to this insanely divisive film, but the dislike of Laura Dern's Holdo is the commonality. Well, it's not so much the character, it's more so her plan. We could have avoided half of the movie—including the terrible casino sequence—if Holdo had just been honest about her true intentions. And if the writers want to argue that seeing a plan fail so drastically is important to the story, fine, but they should have executed this in a way that didn't make a commanding character look so utterly dumb. The audience and Laura Dern deserved better.

7 Ren On The Disney Channel

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Well, this certainly wouldn't be the first time that a young Disney star turned to the dark side. Though, in reality, it's quite often that "the dark side" is more like "the fun side of life." After all, the Disney corporation certainly likes to keep their stars living in a bubble of prudeness. It makes sense that so many of them rebel in such a way. However, none of them have rebelled in a way quite like Kylo Ren. I mean, the dude terminated his own father! Even Britney Spears didn't succumb that hard and everyone over the age of 12 remembers how crazy that escapade was. Even before all of the patricide and general galaxy terrorizing, Kylo was the perfect candidate for a whiny, temper-tantrum-filled, angsty Disney teenager.

6 The Keepers Of The 'Peace'

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Ha! Yeah, that's total crap. There's no way Samuel L. Jackson wanted to say the line, "We're keepers of the peace, not soldiers" when he knew he was about 45 minutes away from slicing some guy's head off. I could just imagine him arguing with George Lucas about the logic of even having this line. Because Sam Jackson is definitely the guy to find what's stupid about it and ridicule it. But, then again, he was probably just happy that George gave him the purple lightsaber that he wanted even though it went against the psychology of color that George naively came up with when creating the original trilogy.

At the end of the day George was right, the Jedi are certainly more peaceful than the Sith, but they basically are soldiers too.

5 Disney's Production Slate

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I love Star Wars, and I'm thrilled about there being more content coming that exists in the universe as my favorite characters. But I don't want it all of the time. Hollywood loves to find what's trending and then just continue doing more of it as much as they can until they start losing money. Disney isn't the only studio to blame for over-doing trends like Star Wars. Although, they are buying up a bunch of the other studios so they are certainly the worst offender.

What's disappointing about this though is that they're making these Star Wars movies for all the wrong reasons. As someone quite brilliant once said, "show business is both the show and the business. But one shouldn't override the other." When Disney pumps out a new Star Wars film every year, they are only concerned about making money, not if the film is executed as well as it could be. But hey, that's just my two-cents.

4 The Stories We Hear At The End

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Please, tell me that you know this reference. You do, don't you? No. I'm not talking about the Star Wars reference. We all know you've seen Revenge of the Sith 14 times. I'm talking about the Pulp Fiction reference. That's another movie you should have seen 14 times. It's probably Quentin Tarantino's best. And whatever you think of Tarantino as a person, or his movies being too violent, or if you're a snob about his early work being better than his new stuff, you have to concede that Pulp Fiction is up among the greatest films of all time. Something I don't think I'd say about Revenge of the Sith...

What's most effective about this meme is the image that it conjures. I would have loved to see Samuel L. Jackson whip out a dynamic speech on Palpatine like he did in Pulp Fiction. That would have been such a rad movie moment. But, nope... Instead, he got his arm chopped off and electrocuted out of a 100 story building. Come to think of it, that's a pretty violent death for a Star Wars movie...

3 End Of Semester Reactions

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I think almost every student can relate to this Yoda meme. After all, all I hear from students in college is that they are going to fail all of their exams. It doesn't matter what you tell them, they're convinced of it. In fact, I'm pretty sure that nobody thinks they are actually going to do well at anything. We all seem to have such a fatalist approach to things, like school, instead of just working hard and trusting in the fact that we've put in the proper amount of time to get good at it. While it's certainly not true that everyone fails at the end of the day, at some point we have—or we all will—experience it. And therefore we can totally relate to the idea of jumping into a tiny little escape pod and exiling ourselves on a swampy planet in the outer rim of the galaxy.

2 The Talking Jedi

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I recently went back and rewatched the famous Return of the Jedi scene where Yoda passes on his final knowledge to Luke and leaves his body. It's actually one of the best scenes in all of Star Wars. There's so much about it that works on a story level, character level, and even on a cinematic one. But after the rewatch, I couldn't help but appreciate this meme. It does seem like Yoda is just trying to go to sleep and pass peacefully and Luke is totally distracting him.

In fact, Luke talks so much in this scene that it's hard to believe that Yoda didn't just whack him with his walking stick. Then again, Yoda is trying to withhold the dreadful truth about Luke's parentage as well as the fact that Luke has a sister. Luke basically caught him and Obi-Wan in a lie. Hey, I too would wanna pass away rather than admit I was a liar.

1 Work-Place Harassment

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There's a reason why every Star Wars movie starts with the epilogue, "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." It's because there's no chance The Empire would still be operational nowadays. They would be shut down due to all of the harassment claims against them. Hey, we even saw a few of them including the one above. But there were bound to be countless more. If Vader wasn't literally choking everyone underneath him, I bet the Emperor slapped a few bottoms at some point or another. He looks like a dirty old man. Jeez, what is it with straight white men in power? Or in The Emperor's case... really white men.

So, if Star Wars took place nowadays, there would be no need for Luke and the Rebellion to come in and shut that organization down. The media and the people working there themselves would.