Although somewhat farfetched, the theory actually gained some momentum behind it, at least in the fan world, until now. The tragedy of darth plagueis the wise once, not so long ago, there was agreat sith lord called darth plagueis. Political machinations, double crosses and alliances raise the stakes for the sith grand plan of ruling the. Jan 03, 2016 serkis said the character was aware of the events from the earlier films but was a new addition to the storyline. No the clone of sate pestage isnt far from being the almost dead hego damask darth plagueis. Hence, its not his original form, thus appearing as a different specie. Supreme leader snoke mightve been killed by kylo ren in star wars. It is turned out that he is in fact a dark side version of the mummy. Episode iii revenge of the sith, in which palpatine frames his life as a legend to lure anakin skywalker to the dark side of the. A star wars book, darth plagueis, told the story of the characters backstory but it is no longer considered star wars canon. If supreme leader snoke is not darth plagueis, what are your. Star wars theorist mike zeroh revealed the shocking link.
Supreme leader snoke is darth plagueis why episode 7. For me, the only way that could work is if snoke is the given name of darth venamis who was never officially a banitesith and he serves the dark sides wisest force user, darth plagueis. Snoke, who saw in kylo ren the potential to become a new darth vader. The rise of darth vader, cloak of deception, and labyrinth of evil, as well as the new jedi order novels agents of chaos i. Darth plagueis as snoke theory debunked screen rant.
Pablo hidalgo, lucasfilm creative executive, who is responsible for the above quotation has had a lot to say about darth plagueis recently on twitter and has, it would seem, finally put the last nail in the coffin to the popular fan theory that. Plagueis isnt eu though, he was sidious master, thats a fact set in canon stone. That popular supreme leader snoke theory just took a major. Snokes backstory finally explained by last jedi book. The last jedi seemingly died with snoke, but the story could still be true for star wars.
At long last, the star wars story of the mysterious sith lord darth plagueis and his apprentice, darth sidious, is revealed. St why snoke is darth plagueis jedi council forums. St why snoke is darth plagueis page 30 jedi council forums. In legendseu canon darth plagueis book plagueis was a muun.
Supreme leader snoke is a fictional character in the star wars franchise. Snokes ring is actually gold and around the gold we have these glyphs from the planet dwartii, which was mentioned in the darth plagueis book. Snoke is not darth plagueis page 2 star wars nightly. The underworld fortyseven standard years before the harrowing reign of emperor palpatine, baldemnic was nothing more than an embryonic world in the outer rims auril sector, populated by reptilian sentients who expressed as little tolerance for outsiders as they. Well after 25 months of taking up star wars books, im up to 38. Darth sidious, who later frames his history and reputed ability to control natural phenomena of life and death as a legend used to. He is a cgi character voiced and performed by andy serkis. My immediate answer yes yes yes yes, but im getting ahead of myself.
The most famous was, however, was that he was darth plagueis, darth. The character is first mentioned in the 2005 film star wars. Learn about the sith grand plan but also wonder at plagueis obsession with immortality and whether he actually obtained it so he could come back as snoke later on with the weight of his hidden financial. A sith lord with the ability to manipulate life and death, plagueis is the mentor and murder victim of palpatine darth sidious. Heres everything you need to know about the first orders supreme leader. Episode ix arguably has even more riding on it than star wars.
The force awakens, rumors had run rampant that this villain may actually be darth plagueis. Star wars art, star trek, thrawn star wars, thrawn trilogy, grand admiral. The last jedi star andy serkis has confirmed he is not a sith lord. He is a corpse with a bigass slice through his skull from a previous. Enlistment 6765 years before the battle of yavin 1. Minus that mouth piece and a giant head scar, im seeing a. Perhaps done through a similar practice performed by tenebrae a.
Eventually darth plagueis became so powerful that the only thing he feared waslosing his power. Snoke seems to be missing his lower jaw, which is similar to an injury darth plagueis received years before the phantom menace when he was training palpatine. Is there evidence to suggest that supreme leader snoke is. Jan 04, 2016 the idea, based on music cues that exist in both the force awakens and revenge of the sith, was that supreme leader snoke was, in reality, darth plagueis, the legendary sith lord that palpatine.
Its like the line darth plagueis the wise starts the motif, which you only hear once, with his fricking name. Hopefully kylo rens training is on moraband and we get plagueis and darth bane cameos. Abrams, lawrence kasdan, and michael arndt for the 2015 film star wars. Additional recommendations if youre a fan of kylo rens persona include a taste of soules best comics writing in his darth vader series, a tour of the dark side with darth plagueis, an ambitious and eagertoprovehimself darth maul in shadow hunter, and jacen solos first steps down the dark path in legacy of the force. Evil character supreme leader snoke has had his identity called into question once again by star wars fans, and the keeper of the canon pablo hidalgo has answered. Top 5 reasons supreme leader snoke is darth plagueis comic book news. Heres why the snoke darth plagueis theories are probably wrong. Snoke is a completely onedimensional villain right now and the movie really dropped the ball in that respect. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading darth plagueis. Star wars last jedi snoke theory is another link to darth. Plagueis mastered the art of midichlorian manipulation, learned how to create life and save others from death. This brings us to the first reason why supreme leader snoke is not darth plagueis.
Kylo ren, i watched the galactic empire rise, and then fall. Aug 16, 2017 if you believe snoke is plagueis, you wont after watching this video. The force awakens supreme leader snoke played by the ever talented andy serkis is in fact sith lord darth plagueis. Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith so powerful and so wise, he could use the midichlorians to create life. The force awakens, but now that the movie has opened, the flood gates are open earlier we posted over 20 easter eggs featured in star wars.
For two years, fans speculated on his ancestry, with darth plagueis. Posts about darth plagueis written by warinthestars12. According to a scene in episode iii narrated by palpatine, plagueis was able to influence midicholorians to both create life and keep those he cared about alive. Cosmic book news has been skipping out on posting all the potential rumors and spoilers for star wars. Dec 19, 2015 while i do not think snoke is plagueis i would find it interesting if he was in league with plagueis and del toro was playing plagueis in ep viii. Prior to the release of the rise of skywalker, the 2019 comic book star wars. Heres why supreme leader snoke is not darth plagueis this rumor has been circulating for months, and it doesnt look like its going to stop anytime soon. Even though snoke died rather unceremoniously in star wars. St why snoke is darth plagueis page 15 jedi council. As darth tenebrous, he used his keen intellect to study the scientific aspects regarding the force and its applications. Oct 30, 2012 9780345511287excerpt lucerno star wars darth plagueis part one. That snoke is, in fact, darth plagueis the wise, a character who was first discussed in 2005s revenge of the sith.
You would need to buy two airplane tickets if you wanted plagueis and snoke at a premiere. My 3rd part of the darth plagueis theory for the force awakens and why. Mar 24, 2017 star wars 8 the last jedi set photo leak suggests supreme leader snoke is darth plagueis, according to a star wars theorist. New darth vadersnoke connection spotted in star wars. The goto source for comic book and superhero movie fans. Many make the comparison to supreme leader snoke that he is in fact the dark lord that we all thought was long dead. One of the biggest mysteries surrounds the new villain, supreme leader snoke. In the force awakens, his history was very much guarded, with plot points teasing he was a new regal leader cut from the. Supreme leader snoke is quite an enigmatic character, and strangely vulnerable at the same time as being quite powerful, serkis says. Rey sunrider was murdered millennia ago, but keeps getting reincarnated. The popular star wars fan theory that supreme leader snoke would be revealed as darth plagueis in star wars. So powerful and wise was darth plagueisthat he could manipulate the dark side of the force to save others from dying. This is probably the most popular theory on who snoke really is.
The book darth plagueis written by james luceno released in 2012 a. Darth plagueis iswas a very old being that was once master to darth sidious aka senator palpatine, aka the emperor. The last jedi, fans still arent convinced theres not more to the former supreme leader. I truly believe this is the only way to save star wars. He is the mentor and murder victim of future emperor sheev palpatine a. According to the last jedi novelization, which was written by jason fry with the assistance of rian johnson, snoke was the unexpected leader of the first order. As nome, he was known galaxywide as a designer of luxury spacecraft. The force awakens, now check out some possible early designs of andy serkis supreme leader snoke regarding the look of snoke.
This is a response to a post on reddit asking why someone would not want snoke to be plagueis, and i call order 66 on the. Pablo hidalgo of the lucasfilm story group dismissed the darth plagueis theory in may. This book focuses on two sith lords namely darth plagueis and his apprentice. New york times bestseller the best star wars publication to date. For most of the skywalker saga, the sith have served as the primary antagonists, with the prequels covering palpatines rise to power and the original trilogy depicting the fall of the empire. James luceno takes darth plagueis down the dark path and never looks back.
Theres a lot we dont know about after seeing the new star wars movie. Over the weekend i came across a piece of evidence that seems to prove that, at very least, j. He was also very influential with the dark side of the force. Apr 21, 2018 andy serkis says supreme leader snoke is not darth plagueis.
This tidbit about the sith lords species, according to luceno, came from lucas himself. Nov 27, 2015 my immediate answer yes yes yes yes, but im getting ahead of myself. The last jedi, but the towering space wizard still has a rich, untold backstory. See more ideas about leader snoke, star wars and last jedi. May 12, 2016 snoke is beyond ancient and uses the force to cheat death.
As much as i enjoyed the movies and as much as i respect both directors for all their hard work, rian johnson really didnt make a sequel he just grabbed the characters that jj abrams team came up with and made his own movie. Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith, so powerful and so wise that he could use the force to influence the midichlorians to create life. He heard idea of his master to install rule of 2,which he liked, and than he killed him, and took his force to prolong his life. Oct 05, 2017 just like reys parentage, the character of supreme leader snoke remains shrouded in mystery going into star wars. What is the argument that snoke was really supposed to be. Learn about the sith grand plan but also wonder at plagueis obsession with. For over a year now, its been circulating around the web that the main villain for star wars. Dec 30, 2018 of all the new characters in the latest star wars trilogy, snoke is the one who really has fans guessing. Episode ix, making darth plagueis the biggest star wars villain of them all. Dec 30, 2015 plagueis isnt eu though, he was sidious master, thats a fact set in canon stone. The rise of darth vader, cloak of deception, labyrinth of evil, as well as the new jedi order novels agents of chaos i. The force awakens, in which he is introduced as the supreme leader of the first order, a rogue military junta formed from the fallen galactic empires remains. Star wars legends star wars legends book 19 kindle edition by luceno, james. Serkis described snoke as quite an enigmatic character, and strangely vulnerable at the same time as being quite powerful.
However, the last jedi visual dictionary has provided to be a great source of filling in the blanks. The force awakens the five finest fan theories read more darth plagueis was first mentioned in the 2005 star wars film revenge of the sith, which many consider to be the least. The only time you hear the words darth plagueis in all of the star wars movies, you hear the motif that also happens to be the main motif of snoke. Nov 29, 2017 supreme leader snoke is a dark side user, but star wars. Now a better question would have been was snoke at one point a sith lord named darth plaguies. Supreme leader snoke is a dark side user, but star wars. Darth plagueis, born hego damask, is a major antagonist in the star wars universe. Snoke is darth plagueis and star wars 9s real villain. Initially, the story explores the rise of plagueis as a sith lord. One thing we know is canon, however if georges word when he still owned star wars still stands as canon, is plagueis was a muun.
Darth plagueis is a fictional character in the star wars franchise. At this point, we have a troubled and vulnerable kylo ren who loses 10 out of 10 times to rey. Star wars episode 7 the darth plagueis theory youtube. Andy serkis, snoke s actor, said that snoke is a humanoid, and plagueis is a muun. Jan 03, 2018 star wars supervillain snoke has often been tied to darth plagueis in fan theories and theyre continuing to come thick and fast.
Another site posted a supposed excerpt from said novel of lines between snoke and ren that didnt make it into the film and i wanted to verify it. The supreme leader of the first order introduced in the force awakens has given. I believe that supreme leader snoke will actually turn out to be the former master of darth sidious himself, darth plagueis, in star wars. He has been dead since darth sidious killed him, rising to the rank of master in the sith, as told in 2005s star wars. After all they are playing the same music from rots with snoke and jw does tell a story with his music. The following contains major spoilers for star wars. Plagueis reincarnated or took a body of jar jar binks in prequels. Star wars books and comics about kylo ren a youtini. Snoke, whom abrams called a powerful figure on the dark side of the force, was introduced as the leader of the first order and master to the sequel trilogys primary villain, kylo ren. The darth plagueis theory is predicated on the idea that the sith lord weighs as heavily with lovers of star wars as the star trek baddie khan noonien singh does with fans of that rival science fiction saga.
Contacted by hux, snoke ordered the general to collect ren and bring him to the supreme leader. Like all sith lords before him, he craves absolute power. If hes a muun, these plagueis rumors will continue, but if not, we can safely assume that snoke is a new character. But neal scanlan, chief of creature and droid effects, told people, this character is much better executed as a cgi character. One of the most popular theories postulates that snoke is actually emperor palpatines onetime sith master darth plagueis reincarnated. His master was goldmember, whom he eventually overthrew and when he did stole his robes and slippers. Easily the most popular theory of snokes identity is that hes really darth plaguies, the sith lord who taught darth sidious a. St why snoke is darth plagueis page 65 jedi council forums. However, a particular secret left uncovered was the origins of the main dark side baddie, supreme leader snoke. With the new republic in tatters, snoke ordered hux to destroy the resistance, berating the general when leias group escaped. Last jedi book unravels the truth behind snokes past. Heres why the snoke darth plagueis theories are probably. While i dont have any images of snoke, here are a few images of plagueis from toys and books.
There was no need to directly mention darth plagueis or put that much focus on a metal staff tying rey and plagueis and thats why those aspects wouldnt be in the film. But if snoke was to announce himself benedict cumberbatch style as darth. He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. Star wars last jedi snoke theory is another link to. Many star wars fans have theorized that supreme leader snoke is, indeed, darth plagueis, emperor palpatines master. Dec 19, 2015 i still believe the biggest clue to snoke being plagueis is that the music which plays during palpatines tale of the legend of darth plagueis in ep3 is exactly the same track as snoke s theme. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Snoke, also known as supreme leader snoke or goldie mcbathrobe, is a forcesensitive male of a species of humanoid alien. Darth plagueis the wise found a way to cheat death or have power over it he may have chosen snoke as his vessel for a reason. Star wars story group definitively says supreme leader. The last jedi, and while director rian johnson has revealed that he wont be. According to james lucenos book darth plagueis, his master was darth tenebrous also known as rugess nome. Jedi eclipse, the unifying force, and the ebook darth maul.
For years, fans have theorized that snoke might be darth plagueis. At some point, snoke must have found the wreckage of the death star on the forest moon endor, and was infected by darth plagueis when he came upon the corpse of. At long last, the star wars story of the mysterious sith lord darth plagueis and his. The force awakens is out in just a few days, and well all have the chance to see supreme leader snoke for ourselves. Evil, hateful, and manipulative, as he got palpatine to become a sith. Dec 20, 2015 page 2 of 5 snoke is not darth plagueis posted in star wars. Rebels, the grand inquisitor is a mysterious villain. The last of the old imperial leadership, including grand admiral rae sloane, the. We first learned of snokes connection to darth vader and emperor palpatine, which are based around his ring. That said, the newer novel tarkin, written by the same author. Episode ix, making darth plagueis the biggest star wars villain of them all star wars. James luceno is the new york times bestselling author of the star wars novels millennium falcon, dark lord. Darth plagueis is a fictional character in the star wars franchise, first mentioned in star wars.
Dec 24, 2015 donate to help improve frequency and quality of content. May 12, 2016 ever since fans learned that andy serkis was playing a character named supreme leader snoke in star wars. Darth plagueis is supreme leader snoke star wars amino. Abrams and lawrence kasdan did not intend for supreme leader snoke to be darth plagueis. After the empire took over, he escaped to unknown regions, leaving palpatine to rule the galaxy for that time.
The starkiller raid had revealed the location of the resistances base. Before becoming an evil prick, he spent his life in the unknown regions obsessing over hugh hefner and his robe collection. This book focuses on two sith lords namely darth plagueis and his apprentice darth sidious aka palpatine. As described by palpatine, plagueis was a sith lord whose power was such that. Following those clues snoke s appearance, his dark force power, his connection to kylo ren has led to a prevalent theory among fans that snoke is secretly darth plagueis. And if snoke is plagueis, he must use his mastery over midichlorians as the. Often, these things can be over thought and this being the internet someone thought supreme leader snoke could be darth plagueis, who somehow survived being killed by palpatine. The force awakens rey is not using darth plagueis staff by aaron edwards on november, 2015.
Snoke clearly has a vendetta against the skywalker line, sidious has more reason than anyone to hunt down skywalker and using lukes nephew to do it is typical palpatine mentality. Snoke appears to have an injury to his mandible and around the lower jaw region, similar to darth plagueis after his attempted assassination in the eu reys staff appears to be almost identical to darth plagueis lightsaber staff, the staff also appears too frequently and i am certain will have significance later on. The gullible prattle on about the triumph of truth and justice, of individualism and free will. Eventually, snoke, who was in the meantime named darth plagueis, found secret of cheating death by the way of extracting force from its enemy,which aligned him with the dark side and granted him prolonged life.
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