When A New Hope was first released in 1977, it was just a silly little space western with a nobody director and a nothing cast. Fast-forward forty years, and you could make a solid argument that Star Wars is the most popular and beloved film franchise in the world. To those of us who grew up with the movies, these characters are more than just action figures or faces on our officially licensed Star Wars lunchbox with matching thermos. They were our friends, our big brothers and sisters, and most importantly, our heroes.

Much can be said about the path the Star Wars franchise has taken in the years since then, and I'm sure you have strong feelings about it one way or the other, but I'm not here to talk about that. Today I'm focusing on the original trilogy in all its glory.

I love the original trilogy with all my heart, and because of that, I'm allowed to say it doesn't always make sense (like how you can tease your brother, but if anyone else tries to, they do so at their own risk). And part of what makes it so great is that it transcends these little quirks and is still an incredible trilogy -- not because of the quirks, not in spite of them, but because they were never all that important, to begin with.

So in that spirit of love, here are 25 logic memes about the original trilogy. May the Force be with us.

25 Can You Hear Me Now?

One of the most fun parts of watching sci-fi movies from decades ago is the retro-futuristic quality, meaning that the film takes place sometimes centuries in the future, but the technology is so outdated as to be quaint to our modern eyes. It's entertaining, but it also takes you out of the story, almost like an anachronism.

Overall, the Star Wars movies did really well with this. There are no computers that operate on punch cards or machines that record things on tape. Instead, they have spaceships with light speed, hover crafts, bionic humans: all things that could still technically be feasible, as far as we know today. But there is just that one little hitch with the headset cord in the Millennium Falcon. Maybe Han was fond of antiques?

24 Use The Force, You Must

Puppet Yoda is better than CGI Yoda, and I will fight you on this. Imagine for a moment that you are back in 1979, shooting the Dagobah scene where Luke meets the legendary Jedi master. You could just make Yoda into yet another humanoid character, but you want to do something really creative and different.

What would you do with the technology available at the time?

The Dagobah sets were built five feet above the floor, so puppeteer Frank Oz could be underneath for the scenes. Add in the proper framing and Oz's incredible performance and presto! You have an instantly iconic character that is the work of dozens of creative individuals using absolutely nothing but practical effects. Yoda is so much more than a puppet; he's a triumph of old-school filmmaking.

23 From A Certain Point Of View

By now, it's given fact for any Star Wars fan that Obi-wan considered the truth to be quite flexible. Basically, every word out of his mouth about Luke's situation was just barely one shade to the left of being an outright lie.

"Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough," said Obi-wan when he presented Luke with Anakin's lightsaber. Although it's not very consequential, it's probably the biggest lie he told. If you've seen Revenge of the Sith, you know that Anakin believed his children had perished with Padme. And honestly, he was a little too busy trying to crawl out of a lava pit to be giving many godfather duties to Obi-wan. But I suppose it was nicer than saying, "I left your father to perish and stole his lightsaber. Here, have it."

22 Suit Up

Speaking of the lava pit, that's really a rough deal. One minute you're a handsome young man in the prime of his life. The next, you look like Deadpool's ugly cousin. I'm just glad he was too busy with terrorizing the galaxy to bother much with getting back into the dating game.

I mean, Force choking everyone who swipes left is probably against the Tinder service agreement or something.

But wait a sec...when Luke loses his hand in Episode V, he doesn't just get a bionic hand. He gets a bionic hand with super realistic artificial skin. So did this technology just not exist when Anakin had his run in with the lava pit, or did he choose to stay looking like he did? Maybe he saw what happened to Palpatine and thought if he was going to turn ugly anyways, why pay for new skin? Stuff ain't cheap.

21 That's So Fett

When The Phantom Menace came out in 1999, audiences had been inundated for months with teasers of the cool new villain, Darth Maul. If you're old enough, you likely remember the shock and dismay people felt when Maul had like five words of dialogue and like three minutes of screen time before being unceremoniously dispatched. Skip ahead to Episodes VII and VIII, and we see the same pattern being repeated with Captain Phasma. What gives?

Well, it turns out Boba Fett set the blueprint. He is arguably the coolest villain in the entire Star Wars universe, yet he says and does very little before getting up close and personal with the Sarlaac Pit. And since everyone loves Boba Fett so much, I guess you can't blame Lucas, and later Disney, for thinking it was a winning formula.

20 Poor Porkins

Do you think it's just a rotten coincidence that seemingly the only plus-size person in the entire Rebellion just happened to be named Porkins? Maybe the casting director decided to hand out parts at random."You get Red 3, you get Red 4, you get Red 6." "Um, Red 6 is named Porkins. Can I trade for..." "NO TRADING!" Or maybe it's a part of his character's deeply complex back story that the audience never knew.

Maybe it's just an old nickname from fighter pilot academy.

Instead of getting the handle "Maverick" or "Iceman," he wound up as Porkins. Then again, I suppose it's possible that Lucas might have been making a not-so-subtle joke. But mostly likely it's what I said at the very beginning: just a rotten coincidence.

19 A Certain Shade Of Greedo

If you want to find out who the true Star Wars fans are, ask them who shot first: Han or Greedo? In the original version of the film, Han shoots Greedo under the table, ending the poor guy's life. The message is clear: Han's not a nice a guy, and he's not to be messed with.

But when the special edition of Episode IV was released in 1997, fans noticed a big change. Suddenly, Greedo shoots first. Through the magic of (crappy looking) digital alterations, Han dodges the shot before dispatching with the henchman.

Why did Lucas do this? It wasn't as if the technology to have Greedo shoot first didn't exist when they were filming. No, the move comes because Lucas wanted to make Han nicer. And to fans of scoundrels everywhere (not to mention anyone who cares about the integrity of film), this was not cool.

18 Oops

At some point, you just have to feel bad for stormtroopers. There really is not one single thing they're good at. They don't know how to think for themselves. They can't problem solve. Really, they can't even win in a fight against three-foot-tall teddy bears. But then again, if I had their job, I probably wouldn't try that hard either. I mean, your boss is a tyrant, literally. Your armor is utterly useless (and probably really uncomfortable).

Do you think the Empire ever has casual Fridays?

Somehow I doubt it. I bet they still have to be in uniform even in the break lounge when they've finally finished a long, difficult shift and are just trying to microwave some Cup Noodles. Plus I can only imagine how terrible Empire-issued underwear must be.

17 Ewok This Way

If you were probably ten-years-old or younger the first time you saw Return of the Jedi, you likely loved the Ewoks. Cute, fuzzy, and good for a lot of humor, what's not to love about Ewoks? Well, if you were a bit older when you first saw Return of the Jedi, odds are you saw them as distractions from the story, a shameless bid to attract more children to theater showings.

Whether you love 'em or hate 'em, it's hard to argue that they came in handy during the Battle of Endor. It turns out those adorable faces hide a terrifyingly lethal nature. I mean, they actually giggled as they beat stormtroopers with rocks. Which I'm confused about... is that supposed to make being beaten to a pulp more or less horrifying for the kids?

16 Friend Like Me

Do you ever wonder if maybe there's not a deeper reason that the Jedi retirement plan basically consists of going insane in self-imposed exile? After looking at Obi-wan, Yoda, and Luke, anybody can see there's an obvious pattern. Could it be that Jedi actually make really lousy friends?

Somewhere in the distance, Darth Vader is shouting, "Yes! Thank you!"

Perhaps they wake up one day and have a moment of self-realization. "I've stood for good all my life, but look at all the bad I've caused." Then they just cash out their SIMPLE IRAs and go look for some super isolated place where no kids will ever go near their lawn. They probably spend their days puttering, catching the 4:00 dinner special, and drinking locally sourced, organic green alien milk.

15 Use Your Words

The Wookie language of Shyriiwook must be the worst language in the galaxy to learn. If you've ever tried to learn a second language as a grown-up, you know it can be really tough. And these are human languages. Can you imagine trying to conjugate Shyriiwook verbs? And if you study with flashcards, how would you spell things, exactly? "Okay, aAarRRiGwoo means pineapple, right?" *flips over card* "No, pineapple is aAarRRiwooG. I always get that one mixed up!"

But it must not be that tough when it comes down to it, because it seems like everyone Chewbacca comes into contact with is capable of understanding him after only a short while. I guess considering Chewie was actually voiced by a bear, maybe the only vocabulary words you really need to know are "honey" and "nap."

14 YOLO

I'm actually kind of liking this whole "stormtroopers as slackers theory" because it explains everything... well, everything except how the Empire managed to take over the universe with an army full of slackers, but whatever.

Yes, I know, I know. The stormtroopers aren't really slackers, even though it's pretty fun to think of them that way.

In Episode II, we learn they're fast growing clones--and despite that fact, they seem to have relatively happy childhoods. But apparently, the Empire didn't like how the Clone Wars turned out, because they put an end to that program and turned to baby snatching to fill their ranks. Finn is a really nice addition to the story for this reason; he gives us a perspective from inside the stormtrooper ranks. Wait, why hasn't anyone asked Finn if he's a terrible shot?

13 On And Off

When you think about it, Luke's logic in the second half of Return of the Jedi must have seemed all over the place to his friends. Over the course of like twelve hours, he goes from, "I'm with you, too!" to "I shouldn't have come," to "Vader's here, now. On this moon. I have to go." And it seems like Luke doesn't even bother to tell anyone but Leia what he's doing, because nobody tries to stop him from going on what is basically a kamikaze run to anyone with a lick of sense (side note: why is sense measured in licks?).

Why was a Padawan with only a few days of training under his belt so confident that he'd be able to face down the Sith Lord that had terrorized the galaxy for decades? Perhaps he noticed a tiny detail that everyone else had missed...

12 Galen The Machine

Regardless of whether you love it or hate it, you have to admit that Rogue One was actually a very necessary addition to the Star Wars franchise. Because up until it was released, the Rebellion basically managed to blow up the first Death Star with nothing but a foolhardy attitude and deus ex machina. Here are the secret plans that just HAPPEN to contain a single fatal flaw! Sure.

One exhaust port, out of the thousands that must be on the Death Star, is the right one.

Thanks to Rogue One, we now know that the oh-so-convenient flaw was included on purpose, and Galen Erso got away with it because apparently, he was the only person in the entire Empire who knew how to read a blueprint. So I guess it wasn't deus ex machina as much as it was Galen ex machina.

11 Sticks And Stones

Laser brain. Overweight glob of grease. Bantha "poodoo." The original Star Wars trilogy is full of priceless insults. But my favorite (and probably yours, too) is when Leia calls Han a "a stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerfherder." And as the perfect response, the only label he takes offense at is scruffy-looking. It's such a perfect exchange, and it's dialogue like this between Han and Leia that helps keep your mind off the fact that their relationship develops seemingly out of nowhere.

According to Wookiepedia, nerfs are "quadrupeds characterized by their four, curved horns and shaggy coats of fur." Further reading on the site reveals that herding them is usually done by the lower classes and that nerfherders are often "simple." So I guess that's all fine, but whatever you do, don't call them scruffy.

10 Daddy Issues

I remember being maybe five-years-old and watching The Empire Strikes Back for the first time. When the score paused at the perfect moment and Darth Vader delivered his epic line, "No, Luke. I am your father," my little brain completely exploded.

It might just be my very deep bias speaking, but I don't think it's the kind of twist you could see coming.

I know there are always going to be THOSE PEOPLE who are going to argue every point, but to me, if we're talking the top three film twists of all time, I name (in no particular order) the Mrs. Bates reveal in Psycho, the "what's in the box" scene from Se7en, and "I am your father." Unfair as it may be, I will forever judge movie twists on whether or not they give me the same jolt I got as a five-year-old watching Episode V.

9 What's In A Name

I think one of the things that makes sci-fi such an awesome genre is that it's okay to do things just because they're cool. Take the Mos Eilsey Cantina, for example. Obi-wan, Luke, and the droids could've met Han and Chewie anywhere. In a secluded alley, inside the Millennium Falcon, or in the middle of the desert--those all could've been probable settings within Lucas' world building that would've gotten the scene done and been much, much easier to shoot. But no, Lucas goes for broke. He sets the scene in a noisy cafe full of exotic creatures. Why? Because it's cool.

So with that mindset, why not call a big freaking ship a Star Destroyer? Does it destroy stars? No. But it's still a cool name.

8 Ready, Aim...

I think I'll probably never fully wrap my head around this. So the galaxy is down to two Sith (Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine), right? And unless there's some serious Force projection going on (which I doubt because Palpatine still takes the time to call Vader on his space phone), they can only be in two places at once. And in their absence, the rule of the galaxy is left to their incompetent officers and the stormtroopers.

So why the freaking heck did it take 30 years for the Rebellion to succeed?

I mean, the Ewoks proved the stormtroopers could be bested with ropes and rocks. What was the rest of the galaxy waiting for? "Oh no, they might blast us!" Well, considering they'll be trying really hard to hit you, you should be perfectly safe.

7 That Escalated Quickly

I know I said I was only here to talk about the original trilogy, and I am 99% sticking to that. But the problem (as this meme points out) is that if you're one of those people who loves The Last Jedi for its deconstruction of the hero mythos, then in your mind it must be Return of the Jedi that doesn't make sense. Because there is just no way to reconcile these two versions of Luke.

So let's run with that logic. I mean, really Luke, how naive can you be? Vader has slaughtered thousands, perhaps millions, and you think you can appeal to his repressed family side? Henry the VIII was a better husband than Anakin. He's not going to give a dang about his whiny kid. "Waaahhh, turn away from the Dark Side, daddy!"

Am I making this convincing? No, I didn't think so.

6 Grumpy Old Men

It's tough watching your heroes grow old. And in the case of Obi-wan, he was already old when we first met him. If the films had come out in order (or if you're young enough to have watched them in order for your first viewing), we'd have already gotten to know him by the time we watched Episode 4 and thus likely would've been crushed when he allowed Vader to slice him in two.

As it was, we barely knew the man at all before he vanished in a puff of brown cloak.

Still, I guess it was pretty darn sad. He seemed like such a nice old hermit. But at least he got to be with his old buddies in the Force ghost retirement club.