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“How Many Other Lies Have I Been Told By The Council?” is a memorable quote said by Anakin Skywalker in the animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Online, the phrase has been used as a reaction image in posts from a poster exaggerating their disgust at learning something they believed was false.

Origin

On February 10th, 2012, the episode Crisis on Naboo aired on television.^[1] It is the conclusion of a four-episode storyline arc where Obi-Wan Kenobi faked his death and disguised himself as a bounty hunter called Rako Hardeen in order to thwart a plot by Count Dooku. Anakin Skywalker was unaware of the mission per the request of Obi-Wan as he felt Anakin's reaction to his death needed to be genuine in order to deceive Count Dooku. When Anakin learns of this, he confronts Obi-Wan and demands to know if the Jedi Council had told him any other lies (shown below).^[2]

The earliest use of the scene being used as a meme was posted on May 8th, 2017 by Reddit user SupremeLeaderMatt^[3] on /r/PrequelMemes where it received 127 points (99% upvoted) (shown below)

Spread

Beginning in the second half of 2019, the image saw increased usage among Star Wars and other internet communities. On February 5th, 2020, KaytosH^[4] submitted to /r/PrequelMemes a post discussing how the force in physics is measured using newtons and not midichlorians. The post received 44,300 points (97% upvoted) (shown below, left). On March 27th, 2020, alish_sapkota^[5] submitted to /r/dankmemes how they discovered a sex toy under their mom’s bed mistaking it for a pink lightsaber. The post received 30,000 points (97% upvoted) (shown below, center). On March 31st, 2020, Garaogu^[6] submitted to /r/memes a post on taking the phrase "lmfao" (laughing my fucking ass off) literally. The post received 40,600 points (97% upvoted) (shown below, right).

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