{"id":77842,"date":"2024-03-06T18:28:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T18:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/the-star-wars-cerveza-cristal-meme-explained\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T18:28:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T18:28:58","slug":"the-star-wars-cerveza-cristal-meme-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/the-star-wars-cerveza-cristal-meme-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"The Star Wars Cerveza Cristal Meme, Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The internet is obsessed with South American beer ads that were sneakily edited into Star Wars<\/em><\/a><\/span> <\/em>movies in the early 2000s, and has started sticking the beverage\u2019s infectious jingle into other famous films. If you\u2019ve been wondering why your timeline is covered in Cerveza Cristal jokes, here\u2019s why. <\/p>\n

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Over the March 2 weekend<\/a><\/span>, someone shared a clip from a Chilean TV broadcast of the original Star Wars<\/em> on Twitter. Originally broadcast in 2003 or thereabouts, the clip showed the famous moment when Obi-Wan presented Luke Skywalker with his father\u2019s lightsaber. But when Obi-Wan reaches into his pack to grab the laser sword, something very different happens: the camera cuts to show him grabbing a frosty beer out of an ice-filled cooler as an announcer loudly and proudly sings the drink\u2019s name: Cerveza Cristal<\/a><\/span>! Many thought this was fake. But it\u2019s real<\/a><\/span>, and has set off a firestorm of online memes and jokes.<\/p>\n