Ewan McGregains

About

Ewan McGregains is a meme revolving around an image of actor Ewan McGregor profusely exercising to prepare for a film role (possibly the Obi-Wan Kenobi spin-off film). The trend was created by Star Wars Sithposting: A New Hope in part as a response to the gradual decline in popularity of the Ben Swolo meme and in continuation of the group's profound adoration for the character of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Most of the jokes revolve around his role as Obi-Wan and various Scottish stereotypes.

Origin

On January 6th, 2018, Tony Horton (world-renowned fitness trainer and inventor of P90X) posted a photo of Ewan McGregor working out with fitness trainer Scotty Fifer, while sporting a beard very similar to the one he had while playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequels over a decade ago.
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One day later, Facebook user Oban Johnson posted the photo in the group Star Wars Sithposting: A New Hope with the caption "Sithposting, you know what to do."

Spread

And indeed they did. Sithposting member Jack Renshaw was the first to answer the call, offering up a simple take on the classic "Hello There" meme.

The image of McGregor provided an opportunity to remix classic prequel memes such as "Hello there," "Oh, I don't think so," and "Sith Lords are our speciality." Given the age of the meme, the full extent of the meme's reach has not been discovered yet. Stay tuned to find out how far the Ewan McGregains meme will spread.

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