Our 15 favourite captions for this classic Star Wars image

Nostalgia seems to be big business these days, whether that’s the ERG thinking back to the days when you could chuck racial slurs around with impunity or Remainers harking back to November, when a no-deal Brexit didn’t seem likely.

One account just brimming with nostalgia, but only for the era of shell suits, leg warmers and Margaret Thatcher, posted this request about an iconic Star Wars image.

What is Darth Vader saying? pic.twitter.com/SIUcqf6r1h

— I❤️80s (@IL0VEthe80s) December 16, 2019

As ever, Twitter stepped up to the plate, a plate loaded with sarcasm and bitterness, as it happens, but these were very funny.

1.

We will enshrine the date for the end of the transition period in law https://t.co/kEeQiz1efr

— The Irish Border (@BorderIrish) December 17, 2019

2.

"The next leader should be a woman… from the North" https://t.co/hJjiNNL4mW

— Matt Pound (@iMattPound) December 17, 2019

3.

"where's your fucking poppy?" https://t.co/hPJcpNylH9

— Cursedness, is all (@ClippedHussar) December 17, 2019

4.

"I thought I smelled your foul st–"
"You've got a lady in the window."
"A wha–"
"A booger. A crusty dragon, a clingonberry, a bat in the cave, a rhinolith, a pick'n flick…" https://t.co/vqc0qnnAfE

— Auntie Happy Accident (@StTabitha) December 18, 2019

5.

"Pull my finger." https://t.co/GZZIVCxSZa

— Ben Anderson (@BenAnderson58) December 18, 2019

6.

We won the arguments, but I regret we couldn't convert that into a majority for change on Alderaan. https://t.co/0Oev40WBUD

— Kenny from the Block (@Kennyf1283) December 17, 2019

7.

'I hate nostalgia' https://t.co/20Rt7KGPXP

— Ian (The Bleak Midwinter) Ford (@ij_ford) December 17, 2019

8.

"If you call me the green cross code man one more time…….." https://t.co/SzlOHbqO3i

— JB Barrington (@JB_Barrington) December 17, 2019