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Part of a series on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. [View Related Entries]


It's a Peaceful Life meme depicting Mads Mikkelsen.

It's a Peaceful Life

Part of a series on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. [View Related Entries]

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About

It's a Peaceful Life, also known as Really? Man Of Your Talents?, is a reaction image and image macro meme format using a scene from the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in which the character Galen Erso (played by actor Mads Mikkelsen) tells Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn), "It's a peaceful life," after Krennic expresses pitiful shock that Erso is a farmer. The meme first started appearing online as early as 2017 and was popularized, especially on subreddits like /r/PrequelMemes, through memes that alter the context of the scene to promote a given subject as aiding in a peaceful life. Recaption memes using Krennic's line, "Farming? Really? Man of your talents?" as the phrasal template "X? Really? Y of your talents?" also appeared online as the format spread.

Origin

In 2016, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a prequel to Star Wars: Episode IV, was released in theaters. In one scene at the start of the movie, Orson Krennic, part of the Imperials, approaches Galen Erso, a scientist who fled from his work with the Imperials and the Death Star, and expresses shock that he's a farmer, saying, "Farming? Really? Man of your talents?" Erso answers, "It's a peaceful life."



On July 28th, 2017, Redditor u/dentastic posted a long meme based on the scene to the /r/PrequelMemes[1] subreddit, garnering roughly 20 upvotes in eight years. This is the earliest known example of the meme.


Go it's a peaceful life [reposter] really, shitposting, a man of your talents? Go Since Rogue One memes died, yes and lonely I imagine We were on the verge of standing amid my achievements, we were this close I would be of no help, my memes... they're not what they once were Now look, here's a good meme, back from the dead, well waddya know [some good kush OC] I would be of no help, my memes... they're not what they once were Now look, here's a good meme, back from the dead, well waddya know You will never win You will never win Do it Do it [some good kush OC]

Spread

The meme continued to be popularized over the following years, both in and outside of the /r/PrequelMemes subreddit.

For example, on May 30th, 2019, Redditor u/Anime_nerd_O7 posted a version of the meme to the /r/memes[2] subreddit about Minecraft, garnering over 8,000 upvotes in six years.


A version of the "peaceful life" meme. The meme is about upvoting Minecraft memes.

On May 10th, 2023, Redditor u/SamirZero posted a meme to the /r/starwarsmemes[3] subreddit about playing single-player games being "a peaceful life," garnering over 10,000 upvotes in two years.


PLAYING SINGLE PLAYER GAMES, REALLY? A MAN OF YOUR TALENTS? 甲 DOEDGE It's a peaceful life.

On August 14th, 2025, Redditor u/Makoto_Kurume posted a meme to the /r/Animemes[4] subreddit about enjoying "battle shounen" anime series, garnering over 3,300 upvotes in a month.

On August 28th, X[5] user @ShitpostGate posted a version of the meme that garnered over 7,000 likes in a week.


A meme about enjoying battle shounen anime.

Various Examples


When someone asks why you're still making Rogue One memes It's a peaceful life My Friends Really? 20+ year old music, A man of your age? imgflip.com 18 year old me It's a peaceful life. SW HGM Farming? Really? Man of your talents? It's a peaceful life. Really, just gaming. A man with your talents? Me Parents It's a peaceful life. made with mematic Louisville man shows off LEGO room, calls hobby 'therapeutic' LEGO D impfip.com It's a peaceful life. WEATHE NOT COMMENTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA? REALLY? It's a peaceful life.

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External References

[1] Reddit – PrequelMemes

[2] Reddit – memes

[3] Reddit – starwarsmemes

[4] Reddit – Animemes

[5] X – ShitpostGate


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