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Snoke, in my opinion, is one of the most wasted Star Wars villains of the franchise, and it seems that I am far from alone with that belief.
Despite how much I did not enjoy Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi and Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, I really enjoyed 2015’s The Force Awakens.
One of the best moments of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens was the introduction of the new villain, the Supreme Leader of the First Order, the aforementioned Snoke.
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Sadly, before we even got to know the true origins of this interesting new Star Wars villain, Snoke was killed during an underwhelming battle with Rey and Kylo Ren.
This sudden death took many Star Wars fans by surprise and didn't seem to go with the flow of the character development that The Force Awakens was trying to build with the seemingly almighty new villain.
Some have speculated that the reasoning for Snoke’s death had something to do with the director changing from J. J. Abrams of The Force Awakens to Rian Johnson, as the writer and director of The Last Jedi, feeling the need to add a shock moment to his Star Wars movie.
There is also a belief that Snoke’s death may have undone what was planned for The Rise of Skywalker, and when J. J. Abrams returned to the director's helm, this movie essentially went into damage control. Hence, the reason why it was such a total mess.
Due to his sudden death, fans never got to learn the apparent true origins of Snoke in The Last Jedi, and had to wait for it to be explained in The Rise of Skywalker.
It was revealed that Snoke was a clone created by Darth Sidious, aka Emperor Palpatine, and that story beat did not please the Star Wars masses, to put it mildly.
“Did Snoke know he was created by the Emperor?” asked Redditor Timbo787878.
“Nah, Snoke didn’t know. Hell, the writers and actors didn’t know either until they pulled that out of their asses last minute. What a complete and total disaster,” replied IamAgoddamnjoke.
“Was this addressed in the comics before or after The Rise of Skywalker?” quizzed Remytron83, to which InfiniteDedekindCuts replied, “To my knowledge, it hasn't been touched on in universe at all.”
“That’s the thing…it literally came out of nowhere because J. J. Abrams was too busy trying to take the mick out of The Last Jedi in The Rise of Skywalker,” claimed grizzfan.
“He didn’t plan anything. He operates entirely on the concept of mystery. He never had any answers for the questions he posed in The Force Awakens,” replied Bsquared89.
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