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Star Wars Snoke Theory

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Ever since the release of its first film in 1977, Star Wars stands as one of the most important works in cinema history and has been a significant part of pop culture. At the time when Disney bought Lucasfilm, fans were delighted to hear the announcement of a new Star Wars trilogy. The first film of the new trilogy titled Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released in 2015 and left fans with many unanswered questions, especially about the true identity of a major antagonist. Being known only as Snoke, the film reveals him as the supreme leader of a military faction called the First Order. With little screen time and appearing only as a hologram, the true identity of Snoke is shrouded in mystery. There have been many theories regarding who he could really be. A popular theory I strongly support is that Snoke is the former master of Emperor Palpatine, the antagonist from the previous trilogies. As revealed in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Palpatine’s master was known as Darth Plagueis. Plagueis was a Sith Lord who had the uncanny ability to use the force to create life and bring people back from the dead but was eventually betrayed and killed by Palpatine. Snoke is Plagueis because Snoke appears disfigured, he could return in the …show more content…

Due to how powerful Plagueis was, Palpatine didn’t want to face him in a duel and chose to attack him in his sleep. Snoke’s deep scars and deformity must have been a result of Palpatine’s sneak attack. Palpatine must have used everything at his disposal and attacked with sheer ferocity to succeed at killing Plagueis. Palpatine must have used his signature force lightning at full power and struck him down with his lightsaber, leaving him dead and severely disfigured. Plagueis was known for cheating death; therefore, he must have found a way to revive himself. Snoke’s damaged body seems to be someone who is in the process of bringing himself back from the

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