Are We Blind? Deploy The Garrison!
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"Are We Blind? Deploy The Garrison!" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Orson Krennic in the 2016 science fiction action film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Online, an image caputre of the character saying the line has been used as reaction image macros to express an obvious defense.
Origin
On December 16th, 2016, the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was released in the United States.[1] In the film, as the antagonists are under attack, the villain Orson Krennic (portrayed by Ben Mendelsohn) demands the deployment of more troops. He says, "Are we blind? Deploy the Garrison!" (shown below).
Less than one week later, on December 23rd, the phrase was used as the title to a video of the video game Star Wars: Battlefront in which Krennic is a character. The video received more than 37,000 views in less than three years (shown below).
Spread
On March 20th, 2017, Redditor [2] NathantheRandom posted the screen capture of Krennic saying the line as part of a South Park meme (shown below, left).
One month later, Redditor[3] MartyMcFlergenheimer posted the screen capture as the punchline to a Roses Are Red meme. The post received more than 200 points (96% upvoted) in less than two years (shown below, center).
The following year, on July 27th, 2018, the birthday of Rogue One-star Donnie Yen, Redditor[4] DidYouEverHear posted a variation of the meme with the caption "Are we blind? Deploy the happy birthdays!" The post received more than 6,100 points (97% upvoted) and 60 comments in less than one year (shown below, right).
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