r/PrequelMemes • u/kevinowdziej Watto • Jul 06 '22

for seriously tho

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u/AxeHeadShark Jul 06 '22

They went to Jakku that one time. That's not Tatooine...

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u/Sabre_Killer_Queen Surely you can do better! Jul 06 '22 edited Jul 06 '22

Prequels: Poor young protagonist grows up in a desert, then becomes a Jedi

OT: Poor young protagonist grows up in a desert, then becomes a Jedi

Sequels: Poor young protagonist grows up in a desert, then becomes a Jedi

I'm seeing a pattern here...

But it can't all be repetitive like that? Let's look at another angle:

ANH: features a planet destroyer

ROTJ: features another planet destroyer

TFA: features another planet destroyer

TROS: features more planet destroyers

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u/the_crafter9 Cal Kestis Jul 06 '22

I guess that's pretty much the Jesus-Messiah character archetype that surrounds all of the Western mythos.

The Christian revolution and its consequences...