Node Star Wars In the sequel trilogy, fans were introduced to the mysterious new villain, Supreme Leader Snoke. Although the answers to Snoke’s origin were presented in the final film of the trilogy, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Snoke is still a very reserved character, with a lot of mystery surrounding his rise to power, past and motives – especially considering the origin that was revealed in the films.
Supreme Leader Snoke first appeared in Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015, played by Andy Serkis in motion capture. The character only appeared as a hologram until the 2017 sequel, Star Wars: The Last Jediwhere Snoke appeared in the flesh – and was killed by Kylo Ren. This shocked fans around the world and drastically changed the way they viewed Snoke. Now, nearly 10 years after its first introduction, here’s everything that Star Wars revealed about Supreme Leader Snoke.
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Supreme Leader Snoke was created by Palpatine
A Strandcast experience from Exegol
As revealed in The Rise of SkywalkerSnoke is who no one expected him to be: a genetic creation of the late Emperor Palpatine. During the film’s opening scene, Kylo Ren passes a tank filled with a yellow liquid and more copies of the dead Supreme Leader. Palpatine created Snoke to act as a puppet, controlling the First Order and transforming Kylo into a suitable heir to the Empire.
As for Snoke’s creation date, it is highly likely that the being who would become the Supreme Leader was created before the events of the original trilogy. Snoke is said to predate the creation of Dathan, the failed Palpatine clone who became Rey’s father, who was made in 12 BBY – 12 years before the original trilogy. This means that Snoke has likely been present on Exegol for a long time, even before the creation of the First Order.
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Supreme Leader Snoke Didn’t Know He Was a Lost Pawn
The mystery of Snoke’s motivation and Palpatine’s control
Another confusing and intriguing aspect of Snoke’s identity is how much control Emperor Palpatine actually had. Was Palpatine manipulating Snoke using the Force or was Snoke an independent actor? And how much knowledge did Strandcast have in this situation?
The only thing that is known for sure is that Snoke didn’t know about his true origins. Snoke was unaware of the fact that he was created through cloning technology and was likely influenced by the Emperor without his knowledge. He expanded the First Order’s borders exactly as Palpatine had planned, and due to his influence.
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We still don’t know how Snoke met Ben Solo
Master and Apprentice united
Snoke was not only the supreme leader of the First Order, but also Kylo Ren’s master, training Ben Solo in the ways of the dark side. Although Solo’s fall to the dark side and the final years of his training were depicted in Star Wars stories, their first meeting was never really established.
We still don’t know how Snoke met Ben Solo. Han Solo and Leia seem to know who Snoke is and speak of him as instrumental in Ben’s fall to the dark side, but their first meeting or introduction is still a mystery. The Rise of Kylo Ren the comics by Charles Soule and Will Sliney, however, showed that Ben was mentally connected to Snoke and turned to the dark side after the destruction of Luke Skywalker’s Ossus Jedi Temple.
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Snoke fought Luke Skywalker some time before Ben fell to the dark side
Snoke claims Skywalker hurt him… Is he lying?
Shortly after Ben Solo arrived at Amaxine Space Station, where Snoke was waiting for him, Ben commented on Snoke’s scars, saying, “Snoke… look what Master Luke did to you.” This massively changes the general idea of ​​who Snoke is in relation to the main characters of Star Wars during the New Republic era, which implies that Snoke fought Luke Skywalker before meeting Ben. Was Snoke known to people like Luke and Ben before his villainous identity was revealed?
Snoke… look what Master Luke did to you.
This also complicates the Snokes seen in Exegol’s tank, because those seemingly untouched Snokes already have the exact same scars we all know Snoke has. This leads to the assumption that Snoke may have simply made up this story, claiming his prefabricated scars were from Skywalker to further convince Ben that his uncle could not be trusted.. Either way, this hasn’t been confirmed, but the idea of ​​Snoke fighting Luke would make for an incredible story at some point in the future.
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Snoke’s role in Kylo Ren’s downfall
A Soil Drawn to Darkness
Whenever Snoke met Ben Solo, he began to influence his life – although it could also have been Palpatine speaking through Snoke’s voice. The young man was training with his uncle, participating in missions across the galaxy, and constantly heard Snoke’s voice in his head. Luke even detected this too, noticing dark moments in Ben’s training.
This culminated in the night Luke looked inside Ben’s mind, where he saw that the extent to which Snoke had transformed Ben’s heart was much more than he had expected. Luke ignited his lightsaber, frightening Ben, who then reacted by starting the fire that burned down Skywalker’s temple. Snoke was immediately at Ben’s side as Solo retreated to Snoke’s space station, where the Supreme Leader directed Ben to the Knights of Ren, helping him on the dark path.
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How Snoke Ruled the First Order
Secretive, cunning and mobile leader
During the late New Republic era, the First Order began to gain strength in the galaxy through Imperial sympathizers and the Imperial Remnant. After the Galactic Concordance was signed, ending the Galactic Civil War, the Imperials were disarmed and left in their own areas of space, with strict rules governing their ability to produce weapons and ships. This all changed when these worlds separated from the New Republic in 28 ABY.
After the Galactic Civil War, many of the surviving Imperials retreated to the Unknown Regions, where they encountered Snoke.. The benevolent being helped them survive in the dangerous area of ​​space, but slowly took power for himself as he selected the rest of the Imperial leaders, eventually reforming the remnant into the First Order. Snoke ruled the fascist military junta from his seat of power in Supremacythe largest star destroyer ever built, to remain mobile as they conquered the galaxy.
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Death of Supreme Leader Snoke
Betrayed by Kylo Ren
Following the destruction of the central government and the New Republic Defense Fleet on Hosnian Prime by Starkiller Base, Snoke deployed his legions across the galaxy. During that time, in The Last JediKylo Ren brought the young Jedi student Rey to Snoke aboard the Supremacy. There, Snoke tried to force Ren to kill Rey, but instead, Kylo ignited the Skywalker lightsaber at Snoke’s side, cutting him in half and killing him..
Snoke’s death immediately resulted in a battle between his Praetorian Guards and newly allied Rey and Kylo Ren. The two fought and killed all eight guards, but their alliance soon fell apart as Kylo Ren took on the role of Supreme Leader for himself. Kylo Ren ran the First Order very differently from Snoke, assigning leadership responsibilities to a Supreme Council as he raged across the galaxy trying to extinguish the Resistance.
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We still don’t know why Palpatine was creating more Snokes
Should Snoke be replaced?
After Snoke’s death, when Ben Solo arrived on Exegol to find the resurrected Emperor, he found a tank full of other Snoke clones. This introduced one last mystery to the character, with the reasoning for multiple Snokes being quite confusing. Why did Palpatine need more than one Snoke?
Were the Snokes in the tank simply failed clones? Or was Palpatine planning to use Snoke for other things? One theory even posits that Snoke may have actually been several Snokes, replaced at different times. Anyway, Star Wars There’s still a lot to explain when it comes to Supreme Leader Snoke.