In The Mandalorian, Kuill speculates that Grogu might be a strand-cast - a speculation which turned out to be wrong when Ahsoka revealed Grogu grew up in the Jedi Temple. We’ve heard the term “strand-cast” before. This bit of Star Wars jargon means Snoke isn’t an exact copy of anyone, but isn’t natural-born either. Although Snoke was bio-engineered in a lab on Exegol, he was a strand-cast, not a clone. Snoke Was a Strand-Cast Created by PalpatineĮmperor Palpatine created Snoke to be his proxy through which he could regain his power. His triumphs no longer truly his own, Snoke’s ultimate legacy is the rise of Kylo Ren as well as legendary motion capture actor Andy Serkis’ performance.Īs we look back at Snoke’s short tenure as the big bad of Star Wars, here are some facts you might not know about Supreme Leader Snoke: 1. And in The Rise of Skywalker, the galaxy is only big enough for one galaxy-conquering villain as Kylo Ren’s fall shows.īy the end of the trilogy, Snoke is revealed to have been a bio-engineered villain all along, Force-puppeted tool Emperor Palpatine used to regain his grip on the galaxy while hiding his weakened physical form on the Sith planet of Exegol.
Despite fulfilling the role of Emperor Palpatine in The Force Awakens, he’s completely off the table by the end of The Last Jedi. Set up in the first half of the Sequel Trilogy as a powerful new Star Wars villain, Supreme Leader Snoke of the First Order turned out to be something else entirely.