From Grok:

Young Anakin Skywalker as the Face of the Resistance — why it hits with younger voters.

A 9-year-old slave builds his own droid, wins a podrace, and single-handedly takes out a Trade Federation battleship while the adults are still arguing procedure. The Jedi Council then looks at him and says “too old, too emotional, not our type.”

That’s the entire meme.

Younger voters see a kid who was written off by every institution, forced to prove himself with zero connections, and still delivered when the “experts” were stuck in meetings. He doesn’t wait for a committee. He doesn’t check the poll. He just moves.

The resonance is simple:

• Underdog with raw talent vs. gatekeeping elders
• “I’ll handle it” energy in a world that keeps saying wait your turn
• Frustration with systems that promise change but deliver bureaucracy

Whether people use it straight or ironically, the image works because a lot of young people feel the same way about the institutions around them right now.