I held off on watching that movie for the longest time and knew only that meme about it. I thought it was a joke. It was so fucking stupid it felt right at home with zoomer humor.
Justice League wasn't as bad. The first season of Discovery wasn't as bad.
I'm not mad they used the cloning technology that has been established and even referred to the entire conflict that was literally named after the tech back in 1976 to bring back Palpatine, but that one line is just the encapsulation of "they need people to not have common information" whenever the plot needs it and try to make it a surprise.