The best Star Wars memes from Super Bowl 55
Like any major live televised event, Sunday’s Super Bowl 55 sparked a lot of memes and hilarious tweets, especially during The Weeknd’s halftime performance.
Many of those memes were about Star Wars, especially after seeing The Weeknd’s choir of glowing eyes and his on-field troupe of dancers wearing bandage-like masks.
The Weeknd was the only performer during the halftime show, singing a mix of his hits like “Can’t Feel My Face,” “Starboy,” “The Hills,” “Earned It” and “Blinding Lights,” among others. The Grammy award-winning entertainer started the shows in the stands before taking a slew of backup dancers to the field at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
The Weeknd kicked off the halftime show performing below a large choir of people with glowing red eyes. To many, it was a bit creepy. To Star Wars fans, it was reminiscent of Jawas, C-3PO and even the Galactic Senate.
He then kept performing as he walked through a gold-lit labyrinth when making his way onto the field. The camera following him was unsteady and The Weeknd frequently got up close, personal and blurry. Many turned those scenes of close camera work into the meme of this year’s Super Bowl, saying things like “what my coworkers see on zoom meetings when I think my camera is off” and “4 year old me in the grocery store looking for my mom”
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Luke looking for the self-destruct hole on the Death Star https://t.co/iaMqTCwISd
— Dork Side Of The Force (@DorkSideOForce) February 8, 2021
When The Weeknd took to the field with dozens of dancers wearing matching red jackets and white bandage-like masks, fans primarily pointed to Jordan Peele’s Us, but some also made memes about Tusken Raiders, a.k.a. “sand people” in Star Wars. Others joked that the on-field performance looked like Episode II: Attack of the Clones.
Here are some of the best Star Wars memes we saw during the Super Bowl:
https://twitter.com/lukem76/status/1358589154096009231
https://twitter.com/MikeMisico/status/1358597075051700224
I auditioned for the #PepsiHalftime but didn’t book. Congrats to C3PO & their ancestors. pic.twitter.com/pZR4fkVDuc
— Anna Roisman (@AnnaRoisman) February 8, 2021
https://twitter.com/brandonhavranek/status/1358596802883313671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1358596802883313671%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finsidethemagic.net%2F2021%2F02%2Fstar-wars-super-bowl-lv-rwb1%2F
The Weeknd’s backup singers #PepsiHalftime #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/bdJ6yd9yaR
— TrivWorks (@TrivWorks) February 8, 2021
Who let Yoda organize the #SuperBowl signs? https://t.co/baM2mrAdIy
— Dork Side Of The Force (@DorkSideOForce) February 8, 2021
It’s the clone wars #PepsiHalftime #theweeknd pic.twitter.com/vV4VauOnWK
— mayel (@lovexmayel) February 8, 2021
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