I asked Grok if the attacks on Boomers is part of the Anakin Skywalker movement.

Do you think the attacks on Boomers is part of this movement?

From Grok:

Yes, in the specific framing of that meme, the generational friction with Boomers is usually part of the package.

The young-Anakin-as-resistance idea works for a lot of younger people because it maps onto a clear story: talented outsider, zero institutional access, forced to prove everything himself, while the established figures (Jedi Council = gatekeeping elders) keep finding reasons to say no or slow him down. When people apply that template to real life, the most obvious “established figures” they point at are Boomers who have held a disproportionate share of institutional power, homeownership, corporate leadership, and political influence for decades.

The attacks (or at least the pointed criticism) tend to focus on a few recurring complaints:

• Economic outcomes: housing costs, student debt, stagnant wages relative to asset inflation that heavily favored people who bought homes and stocks earlier.
• “Wait your turn” culture: the perception that institutions protect incumbents and delay younger cohorts.
• Cultural and political differences on everything from climate timelines to speech norms to how much debt is acceptable.

Those grievances are real and measurable for large numbers of people under 40. The meme language just turns the friction into something sharper and more tribal—“attacks”—because online spaces reward clear villains. Not every young person participates, and plenty of Boomers share the same economic frustrations or are themselves outsiders to the institutions being criticized. But the generational framing is common enough that the Anakin version of “the elders won’t let me in” lands for a reason.

It’s less a formal movement and more a recurring online narrative that gets stronger whenever housing, wages, or institutional trust data look bad for younger cohorts.