The 'Are We Blind? Deploy The Garrison!' meme originates from the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, spoken by the primary antagonist, Director Orson Krennic. The line is delivered in a moment of frantic realization when the Rebel Alliance successfully infiltrates the high-security planet of Scarif right under the Empire's nose. In internet culture, the template is used to satirize situations where people in charge—or a community in general—fail to notice something glaringly obvious until it's almost too late. It’s frequently employed on platforms like Reddit and Twitter to mock corporate blunders, moderation failures, or simply to express mock outrage at a trivial oversight.