Kylo Ren's "More, More!"

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Kylo Ren's "More, More!" refers to a Star Wars: The Last Jedi scene in which the First Order forces fire upon Luke Skywalker, with Supreme Leader Kylo Ren angrily demanding for more shots to be fired. Online, the scene of Kylo Ren screaming "More, More" has been used in memes, both as a reaction image and as source material for edits.

Origin

On December 15th, 2017, the film Star Wars: The Last Jedi premiered in the United States.^[1] In one scene of the film, character Luke Skywalker, portrayed by Mark Hamill, confronts the First Order forces, with AT-M6s firing on him. During the scene, Supreme Leader Kylo Ren, portrayed by Adam Driver, commands for more shotes to be fired at Skywalker, angrily screaming "more, more" (scene shown below).

More. More!

On May 2nd, 2018, YouTube^[2] user HighestGroundMemes posted a humorous edit in which the soundbite of Kylo Ren was reused multiple times. The video received over 153,000 views in two years (shown below). On April 16th, 2019, HighestGroundMemes^[3] posted another edit based on the same joke (shown below, right), gaining over 55,000 views in one year.

Spread

Prior to February 2020, the scene saw a limited presence in memes. On June 1st, 2019, Redditor^[4] TheManFancy posted a meme based on the image macro of Ren screaming "more!!!" that received 33 upvotes in /r/StarWarsBattlefront in six months. On December 19th, 2019, Twitter^[5] user @Nowacking made a post that received over 370 retweets and 1,300 likes in three months (shown below, left). On February 16th, 2020, Redditor^[6] Bennen56 posted a similar meme that received over 15,400 upvotes in /r/dankmemes in one month (shown below, right).

Following Bennen56's post, the format saw a limited surge in popularity on Reddit.^[7][8] On February 17th, Instagram^[9] user bearboob posted a multi-panel ironic Big Chungus meme based on the scene that received over 27,100 likes in one month. On February 24th, 2020, YouTube^[10] user HELLO THERE posted an Ice Age Baby meme based on the scene that received over 385,000 views in three weeks (shown below, left). On February 25th, Instagram^[11] user largetrap posted a Cookie Clicker meme that received over 283,700 views and 89,300 likes in the same period (reupload shown below, right).

The post inspired further use of the clip on Instagram, with notable posts by users idieasvirgin,^[12] marsonvevo,^[13] ins.step^[14] and others posted in the following weeks.

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