This Is Where the Fun Begins — Anakin Skywalker smiling in starfighter cockpit wearing a gold headset

This Is Where the Fun Begins

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Published October 3, 2026

This Is Where the Fun Begins is an image macro built from a Revenge of the Sith shot where Anakin Skywalker delivers the title line while chasing an assassin through Coruscant. Facebook pages picked up the screengrab in late 2016, and by early 2017 it was one of the signature prequel-era Star Wars reaction templates on Reddit.

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Overview

The format pairs a tight screenshot of Anakin Skywalker, grinning as he banks his starfighter after General Grievous in the Battle of Coruscant opening of Revenge of the Sith, with a caption that frames some mundane or ominous moment as the start of chaos1. Most captions use the structure 'when you' plus a scenario the poster is clearly too hyped about, which plays off how unhinged Hayden Christensen's delivery sounds against the surrounding scene2.

The joke works because the line is a real piece of movie dialogue that already reads as corny, and because Anakin's eagerness lines up with his later turn toward the Dark Side. Reposters often swap the caption for a second panel showing the Jedi Temple massacre or other villain moments3. Alongside 'Hello There' and 'I Have the High Ground,' it sits in the standard rotation of prequel-era reaction templates on Reddit4.

Origin & Background

Platform
Facebook (seed) / Reddit (viral spread)
Date
2016

The clip comes from the 2005 Lucasfilm release Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, where Anakin says the line to Obi-Wan Kenobi while they fly into the opening space battle1. The scene was uploaded to YouTube and became the raw material later cropped into image macros.

The meme format itself was seeded on October 8th, 2016, when the Facebook page Relatable Star Wars Memes posted the screenshot captioned 'When you locate the beginning of the fun,' which pulled in more than 790 shares, 640 reactions and 320 comments over the next four months2. According to Know Your Meme, this is the earliest documented caption pairing5.

How It Spread

After the Relatable Star Wars Memes post, the template jumped to other Star Wars pages. On December 7th, 2016, the Youngling-core Facebook page stacked the screenshot above the scene of Anakin killing the younglings, which gave the format its darker two-panel variant3. Reddit picked it up weeks later when user cibolm reposted the original caption to r/meirl on December 24th, where it collected more than 6,100 points at 94% upvoted and around 60 comments4.

The real surge came in February 2017. On the 7th, Redditor Trumps_guacadviser posted a version to r/dankmemes with the caption 'When you walk in your room and your uncle is naked on your bed,' leaning into the Uncle Owen angle6. The same day, user liliceberg flagged the trend on r/MemeEconomy with a post titled 'Buy Buy Buy! This is where the fun begins memes about to explode'7. On February 17th, user awesumepizza followed with a new macro titled 'Is this where the fun begins?' built around a pregnancy joke, which reached about 1,800 points at 98% upvoted on r/dankmemes within a week8.

The format then settled into the standing prequel-memes rotation on r/PrequelMemes and the wider Star Wars subreddits, where the Anakin screenshot is still cycled as a reaction image whenever someone is about to do something regrettable5.

Timeline

2005-05-19

Revenge of the Sith releases in theaters with the line delivered by Hayden Christensen during the opening space battle.

2016-10-08

Facebook page Relatable Star Wars Memes posts the screenshot captioned 'When you locate the beginning of the fun,' the first documented caption pairing.

2016-12-07

The Youngling-core Facebook page pairs the shot with the younglings massacre scene, introducing the dark two-panel variant.

2016-12-24

Redditor cibolm reposts the Relatable Star Wars Memes caption to r/meirl, where it reaches over 6,100 points.

2017-02-07

The 'uncle on your bed' version hits r/dankmemes and r/MemeEconomy flags the format as about to blow up.

2017-02-17

Redditor awesumepizza's 'Is this where the fun begins?' pregnancy joke clears 1,800 points on r/dankmemes.

How to Use This Meme

The common convention is a two-line setup. Top text reads 'When you' plus a situation the poster is irrationally excited about (hearing drama from the next room, finding something embarrassing, spotting a chance to cause trouble), with the Anakin grin as the punchline image. Some versions skip the top text and instead stack the screenshot above a second Revenge of the Sith frame, typically the march on the Jedi Temple, to flip the mood from goofy to menacing3.

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