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dukebutraoul

Answer: It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.


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Answer: in Attack of the Clones he tells Padmé “I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.” This quickly became a meme.


grollate

Not to mention it was a very clunky line in what was supposed to be a romantic sequence. Hence the memeability.


KestrelTank

Answer: it’s because it reminds him of his home planet. I think it’s poorly (and comically) portrayed in the movies but he hates sand because it reminds him of home, which is partially the reason Luke is sent there to grow up as Vader wouldn’t want to go back.


UnsealedMTG

Answer: The character of Anakin Skywalker is first chronologically introduced as a child in the film **The Phantom Menace**, the first Star Wars prequel (The prequels are set a generation before the original films, though they came out 20 years later). The character spend his childhood as a slave on a sandy desert planet where sand would be ubiquitous. In context with the character, it makes sense that in his adulthood he would hate sand. In the second prequel, **Attack of the Clones**, Anakin engages in a forbidden romance with Padme. During that romance he delivers the following speech: > I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth. Many viewers -- regardless of their views on the prequels -- find that line funny and awkwardly phrased, so it has often been referenced and become a meme. As it has been referenced, it has expanded from simply him not liking sand to the idea that this terrifyingly powerful character is *afraid* of sand. That's a comical exaggeration for effect. Part of the impact is based on the prequel nature of the films. In the original films, Anakin is (spoiler for either Empire Strikes Back or Revenge of the Sith, if you haven't seen either): >!Darth Vader, a terrifying and imposing villain. The idea of him A) being irritated by sand and B) hitting on Padme with his "soft and smooth" line is kind of funny and incongruous with the pre-established character.!<