Snoke is from another galaxy.

They kick him out so now he came here.

 

Maybe Palpatine knew that his grip on Anakin was slipping so he was planning on using Rax as a last ditch effort if the skywalkers failed and wanted to start grooming him
?

 

I remember this part quite clearly: Wendig clearly describes that Palpatine entered the room and that it felt like something was pulling Rax out of hiding, but he resisted whatever it was (that thing obviously being Palpatine using the Force in an attempt to pull him out of hiding).

 

With multimedia stuff like this, I always have to wonder how much is foreshadowing, and how much is the authors working with what little info they personally know.

For instance, let's just assume that somehow Rax is Snoke. Would the writers know that for sure? Were they given a list of possible Snoke candidates, Rax among them, and decided to tease only the possibility of Rax's importance so as to not commit to it?

I'm sure Disney has a handle on things- but it does worry me still, especially since previous canon was scrapped for being a little messy.

 

It is a very interesting thing. The ahsoka book has something in the thank you section saying "Sorry about *Redacted for spoilers* " So that makes me wonder how much they know. I read that and think, was there some connection made by accident that couldn't be written about yet or did she know how something was going to be in future stories and write about it not knowing it wasn't allowed yet. That made me think that they are told things ahead of time.

 

Jar Jar Snoke
(Snoke Snoke Binks?)

 

No way leave the gungan side out of him, that gene needs cast in the unknown regions.

 

Snoke is from our galaxy ..........['All along the watchtower' starts playing] - "that fracking song!"

 

In the epilogue.

He hears a voice commanding him to come forward: “…in that single word is more than just a request—it has gravity to it. Like it’s pulling him willfully closer.” The boy resists it..planting his feet hard to the ground''

This is Palpatine using the Force to compel Galli, but the boy successfully resists him, which intrigues Palpatine making him grunt in amusement. This resistance shows that the young Gallius is very strong willed, and, with the descriptions of how he was being drawn to the Imperialis, possibly Force sensitive, but that's it.

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Agreed, it's cloudy, but I also think Darth Sidious needed Anakin at the time for power and the jedi purge. Order 66.

This time he needed someone he felt potential in (for me that has always meant force wielding/sensitive coming from Palps) to take care of a sacred place on Jakku that was important 1000 years ago and would be again today.

 

Perhaps. But he had such confidence in Tarkin as well, perhaps also Thrawn. Just the way he went out in EE to me suggests he was merely human. But interesting point, definitely