Should Lucasfilm opt to do the same with Snoke, perhaps fans will finally get some of the answers that have eluded them for the past two years.Įven if we don’t learn more about Snoke, though, fans shouldn’t feel cheated. Darth Maul, in particular, shares many similarities to Snoke in terms of how he was handled on the big screen (right down to being cut in half by a lightsaber), and that character has benefited immensely from the various Darth Maul comics, his inclusion in the Ahsoka novel, and his appearances on both the Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels animated series. Much like the other aforementioned villains, it’s entirely possible Lucasfilm already has plans to explore more of Snoke’s backstory in ancillary materials, such as a novel or even a Marvel Comics miniseries. RELATED: Snoke And Kylo Ren AREN’T Sith – But Sure Act Like They Areīut The Last Jedi isn't necessarily the end of Snoke's Star Wars journey.
Lucasfilm taking the time and care to craft Kylo Ren into an adversary who’s truly worthy of sharing the screen with the galaxy’s most beloved heroes is an effort that should be commended, and if it needs to come at the expense of Snoke, so be it. And then, of course, you have the villains whose primary selling points are their eye-catching appearances, such as Boba Fett, Darth Maul and Captain Phasma. The same can be said of Emperor Palpatine, whose rise to power was just as central to the prequel trilogy as Anakin Skywalker's descent to the Dark Side. : įor as great a villain as Darth Vader is, he was decidedly more intriguing before we learned his backstory in the prequels. If using Snoke as a MacGuffin ultimately propels Kylo into the upper echelon of Star Wars villains, then more power to Lucasfilm and Rian Johnson for thinking outside the box, and for being cognizant of the franchise’s inherent antagonist problem. In The Last Jedi, he still displays some of those qualities, and yet, by the time he slices his master in half in his own thrown room, it actually feels as if the moment is earned. In The Force Awakens, Kylo Ren was portrayed as a petulant man-child fueled by a toxic mix of angst, self-doubt and unfocused raged. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, either.
Usually, it’s an object or item, such as the map to Luke Skywalker in The Force Awakens, but in the case of Supreme Leader Snoke, he served to explain the downfall of Ben Solo, position Kylo Ren as the actual primary antagonist of the trilogy, and provide the Resistance with a Palpatine-esque bogeyman. And while he very well may have had another identity earlier in his life, all we can really say at this point is that Kylo Ren’s now-former master is seemingly dead and gone, which raises the question: What was the purpose of Supreme Leader Snoke in the sequel trilogy? He's, effectively, a MacGuffin.Ĭoined by famed director Alfred Hitchcock, a MacGuffin is a plot device in a film that raises a seemingly crucial question in the minds of the audience and helps drive the narrative. There have been numerous fan theories about Snoke’s true identity - that he’s Darth Plagueis, or the first Jedi, or one of the Four Sages of Dwartii, or even the late Grand Moff Tarkin. Still, the Snoke truthers – and those who want to know more about his hidden history – will surely cling to the idea that we’re seeing the genesis of the future Supreme Leader.RELATED: Is a Clue to Snoke's Origin Found in His. The identity of the mystery experiment remains just that, a mystery. That’s further backed up by a foetus-like figure in the tubes in the lab that each resemble Snoke.Īs of writing, that hasn’t been confirmed either way – either in the show or by anyone at Lucasfilm or Disney. However, it’s more likely that we’re witnessing the growing pains, in a manner of speaking, in the attempts to create Snoke. There's also potential that it's a body meant for the spirit of Palpatine to inhabit. Now, that could be Palpatine’s body, but the timelines don't match up. There, they stumble upon a video recording of a scientist explaining that they’ve been taking blood from someone with a high midichlorian count (most likely The Child) and transferring it into the subject’s body. In The Mandalorian season 2, episode 4, Mando (along with Greef and Cara Dune) infiltrate an Imperial base on Navarro which turns out to be a lab.
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