Another Happy Landing

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"Another Happy Landing" refers to a quote uttered by the character Obi-Wan Kenobi in the film Star Wars: Episode III-- Revenge of the Sith. This piece of dialogue has been the frequent subject of jokes via image macros and YouTube remixes, emphasizing actor Ewan McGregor's speedy line reading.

Origin

"Another Happy Landing" is a line from the film Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith, released May 19th, 2005. In the film, the character Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) crashes his ship onto the planet of Coruscant. After failing to land the ship properly, he turns to his shipmates, Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and "Chancellor Palpatine"/memes/the-tragedy-of-darth-plagueis-the-wise (Ian McDiarmid), and quips, "Another happy landing." Since being uploaded to YouTube, the clip has been viewed more than 28,000 times.

One of the earliest iterations of the meme came from the Facebook group The Planet Core-core on March 1st, 2016, which posted an image of Obi-Wan underneath a Vox article about astronaut Scott Kelly (shown below).^[5] On April 14th, 2016, the Facebook account Happy Landings-core^[6] launched, which within a year, boasts more than 61,600 likes and 62,400 followers.

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On October 1st, 2016, the Facebook account Obi-Wan^[4] Kenobi-Core posted an image of Obi-Wan with the caption "10 minutes into 'another happy landing and chill' and he gives you this look." The post received more than 100 reactions and 12 shares.

The line had a reputation following the film's release, but it's popularity seemed to peak with the the YouTube video "Star Wars But Everytime A Ship Lands Obi Wan says Another Happy Landing," which YouTuber Triton Tributes uploaded on January 6th, 2017. Within five months, the clip had over 420,000 views. The English newspaper Express wrote an article about the video and it's sudden popularity.^[3]

On February 7th, a little over a month after the YouTube video surfaced, Urban Dictionary user Lunpland69^[2] posted a definition of "Another Happy Landing" on the site. The definition reads, "Phrase used to indicate that a ship has landed sucessfully. One of many obi-one liners."

On April 28th, Redditor Sovietekk^[1] posted an image macro of the line, using the caption "When the emojified kid finally jumps off the school." In this instance, "another happy landing" is used as that captions punchline. The post received more than 21,600 points (75% upvoted) and 280 comments in the first three days.

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