I Killed Them All

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"I Killed Them All", also known as "Not Just the Men, but the Women and Children Too", are memorable quotes from a scene in the film Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones during which Anakin Skywalker confesses to slaughtering a tribe of Tusken Raiders.

Origin

On May 12th, 2002, Attack of the Clones was released in theaters. In the film, the character Anakin Skywalker attempts to save his mother from a tribe of Tusken Raiders. After discovering her in the Tusken village, she dies in his arms shortly after, leading him to slaughter the entire village. After returning to his love interest Padmé Amidala, he confesses how he murdered "not only the men, but the women and children too" (shown below).

"I killed them. I killed them all. They're dead, every single one of them. And not just the men, but the women and the children, too. They're like animals, and I slaughtered them like animals. I hate them!"

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On February 20th, 2013, the pop culture blog WhatCulture^[4] mentioned the scene in a listicle titled "10 Most Cringe-Worthy Star Wars Moments." ON December 29th, 2015, Twitter user @TheSpoonyOne^[1] tweeted a screen captured image of Skywalker with the caption "I slaughtered them like animals' (shown below).

On May 6th, 2017, Redditor Akroman01 posted a Sir You've Been in a Coma image macro featuring a Sand Tusken Raider to /r/PrequelMemes^[5] (shown below, left). On May 26th, Redditor bubanolz posted a photoshopped "What about the droid attack on the Wookies" screenshot featuring the line "Not just the men but the women and children too" to /r/PrequelMemes^[3] (shown below, right).^[3]

On August 19th, Twitter user @BewareTheCatMan^[2] tweeted an I Am a Man poll referencing the Star Wars scene (shown below).

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