
But is Kylo ready for the challenges that lay ahead? Hopefully, Star Wars will eventually reveal the truth.Supreme Leader Snoke teaches the young Kylo Ren the ways of the dark side of the Force.

The most curious idea is that Snoke could have been created using Skywalker DNA, but so far, that's only been hinted at, and not explicitly confirmed. Still, all the various tie-in media seem to be hinting at an overarching narrative in which Kaminoan experiments were taken over by the Empire, with Palpatine focused mainly on using cloning as a means of avoiding death, only to become interested in the idea of strandcasts as proxies when his own resurrection went wrong. Sith handbook, " because the clones are one step removed from the natural life process itself, they are much more vulnerable to the effects of the dark side, and age at an extremely accelerated rate." This likely further explains why the Emperor had so many Snoke clones, because he would have periodically had to replace the Supreme Leader.Īt present, the origin of Supreme Leader Snoke remains clouded in mystery. Ironically, it is likely the Emperor's experiments were hampered by the fact they were being conducted on the dark side redoubt of Exegol, because the dark side is inimical to life - and in the old Expanded Universe, the dark side had a deleterious effect on a clone body. " Darth Sidious' cloned body rapidly deteriorates, trapping on Exegol as his frail form is unable to leave," it explains. Pershing's old labs - bears a marked similarity to Snoke's theme, subtly pointing to the connection. It's important to remember The Mandalorian is set five years after Return of the Jedi, meaning Palpatine would have already been resurrected in a clone body by this time.īut why did the Emperor need Supreme Leader Snoke in the first place? The Star Wars Book provides an answer, revealing the cloning processes that allowed Palpatine to rise from the dead were far from perfected. The musical score in The Mandalorian season 2, episode 4 - in which Din Djarin discovered one of Dr.

They were proving only partly successful, resulting in " catastrophic" disfigurements to the host bodies this, presumably, explains Snoke's own twisted, mutilated form. Pershing, whose insignia was Kaminoan in design, suggesting he had trained in Kaminoan science and technology. These experiments were being conducted by an Imperial Clone Engineer named Dr. This diminutive Force-sensitive was revealed to be sought after by a group of Imperials who were attempting to extract Grogu's midichlorians and inject them into host bodies, presumably in an attempt to grant them Force-sensitivity. These threads are next picked up in The Mandalorian, which introduced viewers to the delightful character of Grogu (aka Baby Yoda).

It's easiest to look at these in an in-universe chronological order, rather than order of release, because it helps clarify this story. The broad thrust of Snoke's origin story was clarified in The Star Wars Book, which revealed Snoke is a "strandcast" - an artificial genetic construct created by the Emperor to be his proxy. Tie-ins have since been exploring the overarching story of the Supreme Leader, allowing viewers to put the pieces together into a single coherent narrative. Star Wars is currently attempting to fix the many plot holes and continuity SNAFUs created by the sequel trilogy, albeit with mixed success.

Related: Star Wars' Plagueis Retcon Makes Anakin's Dark Side Fall Even More Tragic " My boy," the Emperor teased, " I made Snoke," confirming the leader of the First Order - and mentor of Kylo Ren - had only ever been his puppet. The artificially-created creatures within cloning cylinders were recognizably Snoke-like, and shortly afterwards the resurrected Emperor Palpatine revealed the truth. When Kylo Ren arrived at the Sith redoubt of Exegol, he discovered evidence of sophisticated cloning and genetic engineering experiments. Abrams returned for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, he chose to finally reveal Snoke's origin.
