Hey Star Wars Fans, this is Urban Acolyte TV, and my name is Prince.
On the last episode of the Holonet Underground, I reported that Pablo Hidalgo flat out stated
that Darth Plagueis was killed at the hands of Darth Sidious, furthermore, Pablo tweeted
out that Supreme Leader Snoke is, in fact, NOT Darth Plagueis.
Some of the fanbase become pretty enraged over the fact that Snoke is not Darth Plagueis,
so in this video, I want to talk about what we do know about Snoke.
The truth is that we know very little about Supreme Leader Snoke.
From what I have been able to piece together Snoke oversees the military arm and the mystical
side of the First Order from his mobile command base.
Now in Episode VII, we saw a portion of the military might of the First Order, but that
was only what was housed on Starkiller Base.
We have no idea how many resources the First Order may have scattered throughout the galaxy.
On top of that—we have not seen the mystical side of the First Order.
We were only introduced to Kylo Ren—who is supposed to represent a new wave of dark
side Force users who are able to tap into both the Light and the Dark Sides of the Force.
Snoke appointed Kylo Ren to a special position outside of the regular military ranks in a
much similar position that his grandfather held as Darth Vader, within the Empire.
What we really need to think about is what the mystical side of the First Order entails
because in the novelization of Episode VII, Snoke says, “I have never had a student
with such promise— before you” to Kylo Ren.
So basically, that line implies that Snoke either has other students, meaning currently
has other students—or he had students before Kylo Ren becomes his student.
Other than that, we don’t have much to go on when it comes to Snoke.
So to address these other Snoke Identity Theories floating around—None of them give a good
argument when you look at them without involving your feelings.
Is Snoke Darth Bane?
How could Snoke be Darth Bane?
Through Essence Transfer?
It could be possible, but Darth Bane is dead.
It is confirmed that Darth Bane is dead.
When we see Yoda having the conversation with Bane on Moriband, Yoda tells Bane that he
is already dead and is not real.
After that conversation, the Force Preistesses confirm that every trial Yoda faced was their
doing—that means they created the illusion of Darth Bane.
Could Snoke be the Grand Inquisitor?
No, the Grand Inquisitor fell into a reactor on his ship.
His ship was in orbit over Mustafar.
Basically, the Grand Inquisitor fell into a reactor that exploded.
His ship either burned up entering Mustafar, or burned when it crashed.
Could the Grand Inquisitor have managed to resurrect himself after appearing to Kanan
in the Jedi Temple on Lothal?
No, he could not because that was not a Force ghost.
Yoda manipulated the visions in that episode, and that was confirmed by either Dave Filoni
or Pablo Hidalgo on a Rebels Recon after that episode aired.
Is Snoke actually Darth Sidious?
No.
The Art of the Force Awakens says that the creators wanted to make Snoke as far away
from the Emperor as possible.
If you’ve read “Bloodline” and “Aftermath” then you know why Snoke is not Palpatine.
If you have not read those books, well, then I guess you don’t know that Palpatine was
not all that popular.
Just go back and look at what Snoke says to Kylo Ren about the Empire not being taken
down by arrogance as the historians say— he was referring to Palpatine.
First Order sympathizers in the Senate were pushing for someone enlightened to run the
Empire because they felt that Palpatine was corrupt and greedy.
The idea was to install someone wise who would be fit to rule the galaxy.
Let me read you two excerpts from Chuck Wendig’s “Star Wars Aftermath”
The man’s spooky smile never wavers.
“I know.
I can see that.
I can see your vitality will never waver.”
He thrusts up a finger, as if having an epiphany.
But the epiphany is not his own— rather, he seems to wish to deliver one.
“Did you know that Sith Lords could sometimes drain the Force energy from their captives?
Siphoning life from them and using it to strengthen their connection to the dark side?
Extending their own lives, as well, so that they could live for centuries beyond their
intended expiration?”
“You fancy yourself some kind of wizard?”
The man tut-tut-tuts.
“Hardly.
I am Tashu.
Merely a historian.
An eager student of the old ways.
And, until recently, an adviser to Palpatine.”
Hold on to that, and listen to the second passage:
“We must instead move toward the dark side.
Palpatine felt that the universe beyond the edges of our maps was where his power came
from.
Over the many years he, with our aid, sent men and women beyond known space.
They built labs and communication stations on distant moons, asteroids, out there in
the wilds.
We must follow them.
Retreat from the galaxy.
Go out beyond the veil of stars.
We must seek the source of the dark side like a man looking for a wellspring of water.”
So recall back to a video I did on Snoke where I said that he may have been loosely based
on the Video game canon Sith Lord, Darth Nihilus— I based that entire video on those two passages.
See, here’s the thing— Starkiller Base was in the Unknown Regions of Space.
Another planet that just happens to be nearby is Rakata Prime.
Now I’m not saying that Snoke is Darth Nihilus.
I didn’t say that he was Nihilus in that other video, either— but what if Snoke has
ties to events from the Old Republic that we have not seen—because we don’t know
what happened in the Old Republic due to there being a new continuity.
For all we know, Snoke could be a remnant going all the way back to the Rakata Empire—or
have at studied the Rakata civilization and learned to use their technology and their
ways of knowing the Force.
So I don’t know about all of you—but that sounds like a character who can bring a whole
lot more to the table AND open up the Star Wars Universe much more so than Darth Plagueis
or any other lesser characters that we’ve already seen.
But I’d like to know what you guys think about what I’m saying.
Are you still refusing to accept that Snoke is not Plagueis, or are you excited to learn
more about Snoke moving forward.
I mean, just think if he were tied to the Rakata—that could open up movies and stories
about the Old Republic eventually—but what do you all think?
Let me know your thoughts down in the comment section below.
Also— just to let you all know— I’m still on the road.
If you didn’t know, I’ve been training kungfu in Arizona for the last 2 weeks.
That’s why I haven’t really been posting videos.
When I get back home, I intend to pick up with a video on Rey’s vision and another
video on how I think she ended up on Jakku.
Those videos are part of a series that starts with the one I did on Kylo Ren attempting
to bring back the Sith, so check out that video if you haven’t seen it, and if you
like it, please share it— seriously, that video should have like over 100k views by
now.
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Y’all Keep on Breathing, and May the Force Be With You.
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