![Younglings Younglings](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/023/078/youngling.jpg)
Younglings
Part of a series on Prequel Memes. [View Related Entries]
About
Younglings refers to jokes made about Anakin Skywalker's murder of young Jedi in training while executing Order 66 in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith that spread with the rise of Prequel Memes.
Origin
In 2005's Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Anakin Skywalker murders a room of young Jedi, aka Younglings, at the order of Chancellor Palpatine (shown below).
As the film grew into a target of derision and ironic fandom, jokes about the scene began appearing online. An image that paired the scene with the Stahp meme was posted to Know Your Meme[1] on September 28th, 2012 (shown below, left). On February 10th, 2013, IGN user LeCambrioleur[2] posted an image macro referencing the scene on the site's forums (shown below, right).
![SKYWALKER STAHP! master skywalker wat r u doin? master skywalker? stahp!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/408/700/96c.png)
![Kill All The Younglings IWILL KILL ALL YOUR YOUNGLINGS quickmeme](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Spread
The spread of jokes about the scene coincided with the rise of Prequel Memes in late 2015. Of these, two formats were most prominent: either the scene was referenced in an existing meme template (example shown below, left), or the scene itself was turned into an exploitable (example shown below, right).
![When your parents asked what happened to all the younglings When your parents ask what happened to all the Younglings](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/067/039/5a4.jpg)
![Cracking open many cold ones Ima-Gun Di-core added a new photo 10 hrs The boyS The boys cold codld Cold ne Cold one one one one](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/257/260/048.png)
The scene has continued to be referenced in jokes throughout mostly Reddit in recent years. For example, Facebook meme page Youngling-core uploaded a This Is Where the Fun Begins joke on December 7th, 2016, gaining over 590 likes and reactions (shown below, left). Redditor shouldibeawake4this[4] posted a Cat In The Hat variation to /r/dankmemes on February 13th, 2017, gaining over 1,300 points (shown below, right).
![This Is Where the Fun Begins This is where the fun begins.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/259/103/79f.jpg)
![Execute Order 66](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/222/270/b30.jpg)
Various Examples
![This was your father's lightsaber. He killed 30 younglings with it Thiswas your father's light saber He murdered 30 kids withit](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/239/484/84b.jpg)
![Kill ALL the Younglings Kill all +he younglings? 01](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/259/105/80a.jpg)
![Hot Knife Video EXPERIMENT Glowing 1000 degree KNIFE VS YOUNGLINGS Emperor Palpameme Subscribe 4,650,607 66 Views + Add to Share More 导ClipConverter MP3 MP4 1662,669 17,505](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/259/107/32b.jpg)
![Sir you've been in a coma Nurse: Sir you've been in a coma since order 66 Me: oh boy I can't wait to see my favorite younglings](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/259/109/e27.jpg)
![Anakin about to slay some younglings RADITION TRAD LAGER LAGER](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/225/793/24d.jpg)
![Order 66 HOME Thank You For Your Order Order 66 was successfully placed. You s have any questions about the order, ple Order Information AU](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/259/112/889.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Know Your Meme – Skywalker Stahp
[2] IGN – Anakin killing the younglings
[3] Facebook – Youngling-core post
[4] Reddit – Cat In the Hat Joke
Top Comments
James Kont
May 27, 2017 at 04:29PM EDT
C_Mill24 Moderator
May 27, 2017 at 02:02PM EDT