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Concord 2.0: Highguard Shutdown Count Dooku Meme

This meme combines a screenshot of Count Dooku from *Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones* with an overlayed top text: **HIGHGUARD IS SHUTTING DOWN MARCH 12**. The bottom text features Dooku's iconic line: *"Good, twice the pride, double the fall."* The joke references the shutdown of Highguard, a component of Eve Online's Concord system (dubbed "Concord 2.0" in the original Reddit title). It uses Dooku's line to frame the shutdown as a karmic consequence of overconfidence, adding a sarcastic, humorous tone to the news of the gaming service closure.
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Count Dooku
Good, twice the pride, double the fall.

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HIGHGUARD IS SHUTTING DOWN MARCH 12

Overview

This meme combines a screenshot of Count Dooku from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones with an overlayed top text: HIGHGUARD IS SHUTTING DOWN MARCH 12. The bottom text features Dooku's iconic line: "Good, twice the pride, double the fall."

The joke references the shutdown of Highguard, a component of Eve Online's Concord system (dubbed "Concord 2.0" in the original Reddit title). It uses Dooku's line to frame the shutdown as a karmic consequence of overconfidence, adding a sarcastic, humorous tone to the news of the gaming service closure.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit's meme community, as specified in the provided source information. It is a derivative/edited meme: it takes a screenshot from the original Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones scene where Count Dooku delivers his famous line, and overlays it with text about the March 12 shutdown of Highguard (linked to Eve Online's Concord 2.0). The meme was shared as a humorous reaction to the gaming service shutdown, leveraging the popular Star Wars reference to contextualize the news with sarcasm.

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