Snoke remains mystery in The last Jedi

Man you love Snoke.

Even in ROTJ the Emperor was simply that. We may not got a full exposition of who he is. Especially if he is simply part of the set up.

 

I can see him getting nixed in the beginning of Ep. 9 by Kylo Ren, making him the sole target and baddie, having truly fallen deeper off the already deep end after the patricide.

TLJ is about Luke, so it's actually comforting to know he's the greater focus, rather than getting bogged down by exposition about Snoke.

 

I don't think we'll see him that much more. Snoke had a screen time of about 2 minutes in TFA, in TLJ he will probably get about 4 minutes screen time. Hopefully he isn't just sitting around and is actually doing something. Something evil.

The small amount of Snoke makes a lot of sense in TLJ. They want to keep something for EPIX.

 

Nah just that he might simply be Supreme Leader Snoke. A tall reptilian (apparently) high ranking wise with the force former Imp who is the new pu-bah of the 1st Order.

 

Disney knows that hard core fans who want more details will buy the comics and the novels. But he's Supreme leader of a neo imp fascist cult. His palace intrigues or subtle rise power as former prefect, or darkside zombie trapped in a sith relic or alien leader from wild space will be fully spelled out.

 

I do wonder if the fan response to craving Snoke's identity has inspired them to play hard to get, thereby driving them to by more coy about Snoke.

 

You of course mean Kitster.

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Or Dengar

 

I understand why there isn't time for Snoke, but at the same time; Lucasfilm will inevitably elaborate on this character and deliver exposition that details his rise to power and why this apparent nobody managed to take over The First Order. The Last Jedi simply doesn't have the time to develop this plot in any significant way, but I do believe we'll receive seeds that will be planted to bear fruit in Episode IX.

The Force Awakens was constructed as setup; Abrams didn't consider what had transpired to establish the setting, and I honestly believe Snoke probably didn't have any origin or definition during The Force Awakens. There isn't some secret being kept, Snoke simply has not been considered. When his time is due, then Lucasfilm will retroactively explore Snoke's rise to power, but right now, I don't think much even exists anyway.

 

I'm guessing something big will be revealed about Snoke near the end of the movie. Nothing maybe earth-shattering, but something to build into Episode 9 with and keep the conversations going about who/what he is.

 

Sidious was barely seen in Episode 2 and in Episode 5. Makes sense.

 

Well the Emperor was more implied in the general context as a character: there's an Empire, so there's an emperor. You didn't need much more. Snoke's existence is not so obvious: why did he build the FO? Why the KORs? His origin story could be necessary to understand the foundations of this era.

 

You know, I never really thought of it that way.

Spoiler: Empire's End spoilers

With Gallius basically leading the Imperial Remnant (as far as we know, at least) we really don't know what Snoke was doing at that time, nor where he even was. Yet, he apparently had some serious designs on the galaxy already, starting to make some moves.

Was Snoke really in some position of power within the Empire, and we simply didn't know about him (sort of a top secret level above even Rax?)
Or was he merely reaching out and influencing with the Dark Side, and just fortuitously managed to step into power near the time of the Empire's fall?

Lots of really, really strange questions about Snoke still. No wonder he's so often a topic of debate!