STAR WARS: Who Is Snoke? (And Why The Darth Plagueis Theory Is Still Valid)

Darth Plaugeis, bitches!

Yep, Plaugeis.

I kind of like the Inquisitor idea.


I think it's intriguing.

"The Inquisitor hunted and eliminated Jedi that had survived the destruction of the Jedi Order. Trained in the ways of the Force by Darth Vader, he was tasked with converting or destroying Force-sensitive children, as well as Jedi who could train them, before they could become a threat to the Empire."

I don't think he's the same GRAND INQUISITOR from Rebels (he's dead), but he could be another. Seeing as the Inquisitor is tasked with converting force sensitive kids, maybe the Knights of Ren are all converted force users; converted to the dark side. Snoke could've been someone who lived through the rise and fall of the galactic empire, seen the Republic change. He could've been a disciple of Palpatine's we knew nothing of or maybe another disciple of Plagueis.


Still like the Plagueis theory too.

Plaugeis makes sense from the perspective that he's the only Sith Lord not named Tyrannus, Maul, Vader, or Sidious introduced in the movies. And since we haven't seen him at all it gives the writers more room to work with his ambiguous background.

Plaugeis also gives us the ultimate big bad to bridge all of the trilogies together from the Republic, even before the prequels, down to the post-Empire era.

I'm thinking it could be the "son" from the clone war.

I hope he is, he seems to be a Palpatine stand in for this trilogy, by making him Palpatine's master there'd be more weight to his character's overall importance to the saga. Plus we've never seen the "cheat death" power, so that'd be great to see.

While he may very well be Plagueis, I hope not for the following reasons...

1) It would diminish the character's power. If it is Plagueis, he was ALREADY defeated by Palpatine who was his apprentice...so why should he be feared any more than Palpatine.

2) In a movie that ALREADY is criticized for retreading...it would double down on that. Think about it, if he is Plagueis he acts EXACTLY the way Palpatine did. He created an army that even looks the same; a planet "killing" device; had a Skywalker apprentice; projects himself as a larger than life hologram; and even dresses similarly.

3) It has been established that Jedi can "feel when people die...when Alderan was destroyed - Obi Won felt it; when general order 66 was enacted and the Jedi were killed - Yoda could feel it; and when Anakin was given his Darth Vader equipment he stated he could feel that Padme was still alive. So how could Palpatine try to kill Plagueis and not know that he was dead.

The better and more logical way that they should approach it is that it is a reanimated Palpatine. It would then make more sense to the story because 1) it would show that he is the most powerful Sith ever being able to cheat death; 2) would explain why Snoke acts EXACTLY the same way Palpatine did and 3) would not create a bit of a plot hole whereas Palpatine was not sure Plagueis was dead. At the end of return of the Jedi, we see Palpatine fall into the reactor. But when Luke leaves with Vader he could have climbed later escaped or have been assisted since we see Storm Troopers were trying to escape the exploding death star also which is why they paid no mind to Luke as he escaped. The fact that he is scarred is the result of the fall into the reactor where he could have been badly burned but survived and he may be in the process of regenerating his body.

Interesting and gave me a lot of pointers as someone who isn't overly familiar with Star Wars having only seen the original 3, Phantom Menace and Force Awakens.

If Snoke is Plagueis it would be very stupid and lame. The whole thing that makes him and the Knights of Ren interesting is that they are practitioners of the dark side of the force but are not Sith.

There is no reason why there should only be the Jedi Order and the Sith as the only people who practice an organized form of force sorcery. If everyone has potential to take command of their abilities to use the force, the Jedi Order and Sith only apply certain rules and provide an ethical framework to how to use one's force powers, along with ascribing a history with tradition to it.

It would be way more interesting if Snoke is a new character who has a different interpretation on how the dark side of the force should be handled.

@SuperTeo - Wait wasn't Vader's body burned after The Return of the Jedi?

Darth Plagueis is dead. If he isn't his new name should be Darth Plagueis the Coward for hiding all these years.