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My name is Prince, and I am an Urban Acolyte.
Now that Palpatine has been confirmed as returning for the final film in the Skywalker Saga--
Star Wars:The Rise of Skywalker, some fans are asking the question about if the audience
will finally learn what the connection is between the Emperor and the Supreme Leader
who was leading the First Order, until Kylo Ren decided to show us that Snoke isn't half
the ruler that Palpatine was when he killed him in The Last Jedi.
So there is an article posted over on comicbook.com by Nicole Drum exploring this question about
Episode 9 finally revleaing the connection between Snoke and Palpatine-- Now I want you
guys to hang out and watch ALL of this video--because I'm going to respond to Nicole's article and
tell you why everything she said is wrong in her article-- like seriously-- comicbook.com's
office is literally 20 minutes from my house-- they could have just asked me to drop by and
help them out.
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Okay--let's talk about the Snoke Palpatine connection from Nicole's article.
When we saw Darth Vader chuck the Emperor into the reactor of the second Death Star
in Return of the Jedi, it seemed that things were pretty final for him.
I mean, sure, we didn't see a body, but he was thrown into the reactor; it looked like
there was an explosing; and then the Death Star was destroyed, sending shrapnel and debris
everywhere.
Sure, there were stories in Legends about how Palpatine managed to preserve his consciousness
and resurrect himself with the use of clone bodies, but that's Legends.
George Lucas said that Sith don't become Force ghosts.
Their focus is on physical immortality, and once they die--that's it for them.
So if that's the rules set by the Creator, then what's the deal?
We'll have to wait and see about that one--but a bigger question--what's the connection between
Palpatine and Snoke?
Well, both of them already share a connection-- Palpatine was killed by his apprentice, Darth
Vader, when Vader turned back to the light and killed his master in order to save his
son.
Snoke was also killed by a member of the Skywalker family, his own apprentice, Ben Solo--but
Ben did it, not to save Rey, but to serve his own personal ambitions.
According to Nicole, Palpatine and Snoke were both cut down by the person they were grooming
because they share more in common than the dark side tradition of a student killing their
master.
As it turns out, some fans have been speculating that there is a deeper significance in how
Snoke and Palpatine both went out because, dig this-- Snoke was actually Palpatine the
entire time.
So this theory is based on the idea of Palpatine's clone ressurection from Legends.
In Legends, Palpatine could not reliably transfer himself into clone bodies--after a year, he
required a new clone body to host his essence--but in this theory, Palpatine doesn't use an unstable
clone body--he transferred his essence directly into Snoke.
Nicole says that this idea explains why Snoke rose to power so quickly as well as why Snoke's
body is twisted and ravaged.
If the idea that Palpatine was using Snoke as a host to extend his lifespan, then it
also presents the possibility that Palpatine was grooming Ben Solo as an apprentice to
be his next host.
Snoke's death in the Last Jedi complicates this theory--but it could also be why Palpatine
has to emerge directly as the greatest evil that JJ Abrams mentioned during the Episode
9 panel.
So that's Nicole's theory--what do y'all think?
If you like it, I have some bad news for you.
So I have no comments on the essence transfer thing-- that's something from Legends.
Essence Transfer may have been alluded to in one of the recent canon novels, I think
in the first Aftermath novel by Yupe Tashu, but I don't think he said "yeah, Essence Transfer
is something people can do who master the dark side."
I think it was just something like the dark side allows people unnatural abilities--which
isn't far off what Palpatine said to Anakin in Revenge of the Sith.
Here's the thing-- Palpatine and Snoke were aware of each other, or at least Snoke was
aware of Palpatine.
I mentioned in a video about the Knights of Ren how the Grysk were a warrior species from
the Unknown Regions who were monitoring The Republic and the Empire for decades.
I don't know how far back the Grysk had been keeping tabs on the Republic, but I'm going
to say it started before the events in the Prequels-- the Grysk were likely involved
in Palpatine's initial plans to lead the Separatist Alliance as his alter-ego, Darth Sidious.
The initial plans to carry out Order 66 were going to involve clone troopers wearing armor
alloy containing lightsaber resistant cortosis weave.
In Legends, cortosis was just lightsaber resistant--but in canon--cortosis is more than just lightsaber
resistant, it will absorb and redirect the energy from the blade, like a capacitor, and
actually shut off a lightsaber.
The Grysk were the ones who brought cortosis to Darth Sidious.
The Grysk were not the only ones spying on Republic Space--because the Chiss were, too.
We don't know what species Snoke is, or anything related to his origins--but Snoke also admits
to keeping tabs on what Palpatine was doing.
Snoke was aware of what and who Palpatine was.
Honestly, Snoke seems to have been a fan of Palpatine because from the moment he became
the Supreme Leader, he seemed as if he did nothing but attempt to present himself as
a better version of Palpatine--or at least that he had some ties to Palpatine.
This is something you can see in the real world if you're a student of history.
If you look at the Germanic kings under the Holy Roman Empire, they would do these things
that would tie them back to the Caesar of Rome-- it was like "do you remember how great
Rome was under the Caesar?
Well look at me, under me, we can recupture some of that clout, we can also share some
of that greatness.
I'm the new Caesar and we will be the next great civilization."
That's basically what Snoke was--a big Palpatine pretender.
Now how Snoke rose to power so quickly within the First Order?
We don't exactly know that--but again the most recent Thrawn novel, Thrawn Alliances,
might shed some light--that novel and Snoke's own words in the novel to The Last Jedi.
Snoke killed a lot of people to become the Supreme Leader.
How he found the First Order was simple--he saved the First Order fleet.
They were lost wandering through the Unknown Regions of Space.
The Thrawn novel revealed that only someone who was force sensitive could navigate a ship
through the Unknown Regions.
The hyperspace lanes were unstable and a navicomputer was basically useless.
Someone required foresight, or the ability to know and see things just before they happen
to physically navigate the ship through hyperspace.
The Chiss word for people with foresight, or 3rd sight, as they called it is a Chiss
word that translates to "Skywalker" in Basic.
Snoke is force sensitive, and he's from the Unknown Regions-- he had the foresight and
the knowledge required to save the First Order fleet.
So I know this is going to disappoint some people, but Snoke is just Snoke.
He's no one special.
He's not Darth Plagueis.
He's not Palpatine.
He's a dude who happened to be in the right place, at the right time.
He managed to manipulate the events leading to Luke taking Ben on as an apprentice, and
eventually Ben's attempt to destroy the new Jedi Order.
I feel like the story about what Snoke actually did will be far more interesting than the
weak theories people want to create about Snoke because that stuff never stands up under
scrutiny-- like this theory.
So sorry guys-- I'm not buying that Palptine is Snoke.
It doesn't make sense-- how is Snoke keeping tabs on Palpatine if Snoke is already Palpatine?
Also--and this is the big nail in the coffin-- why wouldn't Snoke go straight to Coruscant
and perform the ritual in the Sith shrine there to unlock to full power of the dark
side?
What, did you not know about that one?
If you didn't--then every Darth Plagueis theory you have is wrong.
Every theory you have about Snoke and Palpatine is wrong-- if you don't know about that dark
side ritual, go read the Tarkin novel and throw out basically every bad theory about
the bad guys in the Sequel saga if they mention any dead Sith Lord.
Anyway--those are my thoughts?
This theory?
Well, if I didn't know anything about what Snoke tells the audience in The Last Jedi
novel, I might consider it, but knowing what I know--nah, I can't do it son.
I posted this article on the Urban Acolyte Facebook page, and I think I said I debunked
the theory before I even finished reading it.
It's a nice try--but nah, I'mma pass.
What about you?
Before I told you exactly why it's wrong, did you buy it?
Heck, maybe you still think it's going to happen, or at least possible.
I can't even consider this, though-- like if this made it into the movie, then I should
be writing Star Wars, because I'm positive that I can create a better reason for Palpatine's
return while I'm dropping a deuce on than what's in this theory-- I swear to you that
I can...which makes me think I should make a video talking about 5 ways Palpatine might
return in Episode 9-- I should say something like share this video so that it gets 10,000
views or more and I'll do that video... actually...yeah, y'all help this video get at least 10,000
views and I'll make that video-- 5 ways Palpatine could return in Episode 9.
I used to get 10k views easily, and it was all because of you guys, so if I can't hit
that number now, then people just aren't that interested in what I have to say about Star
Wars--and I'm okay with that.
I can shut the channel down and go do something else...like talking about Lonzo Ball.
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