Star wars last jedi theory links snoke, palpatine and. Leading up to the movie, snoke was one of the most theorized aspects of the movie, and not just with the plagueis theory. This video contains his words and excerpts from the audiobook darth plagueis, by james luceno. James lucenos darth plagueis is a runup to the events before the time of episode i. I can honestly say that i appreciate episodes i through iii. Darth plagueis is a star wars legends novel by james luceno set during the final decades of the old republic beginning approximately 67 years before the battle of yavin in a new hope. According to neal scanlan, star wars 7s chief of creature and. Too much time filling in episode 1 backstory and trying to fill lucass plot holes. At this point, we have a troubled and vulnerable kylo ren who loses 10 out of 10 times to rey. This latest report to fall off the rumor mill also comes alongside word of concept art for star wars. This means he was still somewhat involved in the creation of a canon for his universe.
We will be going into some star wars episode 9 spoilers. Darth plagueis, the sith lord mentioned back in star wars. Snoke s big identity reveal in star wars the last jedi was a much anticipated moment from fans. Its a masterpiece, in my opinion, easily my favorite star wars book of all time. This star wars 9 theory explains how palpatines return in the rise of skywalker connects darth plagueis to kylo ren and snoke. I truly believe this is the only way to save star wars.
Star wars episode 7 the darth plagueis theory youtube. I guess they could change plagueis race now that the book isnt canon, but so far star wars has been good at feeding select bits of legends into the new canon. One of the most controversial decisions made with star wars. Expanded edition star wars kindle edition by fry, jason. Lets go over star wars when it comes to star wars the last jedi, star wars episode 9 and supreme leader snoke as a character and how he may be darth plagueis the wise thanks to the weekly planet. Although not every idea in it fits with the new canon, most of it can be carried over seamlessly. Snoke was a humanoid alien who was a master of the dark side of the force. Comicbookdotcom bloodline is a nonstop pageturner that grabs at heartstrings that you werent aware of and yanks down on every one of them. Star wars 8 the last jedi set photo leak suggests supreme leader snoke is darth plagueis. Darth plagueis is a fictional character in the star wars franchise, first mentioned in star wars. If theyd littered this infodump throughout the movie id be in full agreement, but this scene is so slow compared to the expected pace of star wars. The tragedy of darth plagueis the wise know your meme. If you dont tie all three trilogies together, youre creating loose ends. Another popular fan theory was that snoke was star wars rebels protagonist ezra bridger.
Buy star wars episode 5 darth vader yodas test action figure. I highly recommend the audiobook to you, and it greatly improves a watching of tpm. Enjoy the magical world of disney, including marvel, star wars, pixar and more. I mean, just imagine it, it is likely that darth plagueis used his abilities to control midichlorians to conceive anakin. In honor of the 40h anniversary, more than 40 contributors lend their vision to this retelling of star. His history and characteristics from new canon source materials are recorded. Episode iii revenge of the sith, palpatine tells anakin skywalker the story about a dark sith lord who had the ability to cheat death.
The best and worst star wars fan theories, postepisode vii this goes without saying, but spoilers will abound in this post. The snoke is plagueis theory was born out of early speculation for star wars. Mar, 2020 an audiobook reading of an excerpt from the original script for star wars episode ix written by colin trevorrow in which kylo ren fights darth vader in the remnicore vergence cave narrator. You would need to buy two airplane tickets if you wanted plagueis and snoke at a premiere. Did you ever hear the tragedy of darth plagueis the wise. Darth sidious, who later frames his history and reputed ability to control natural phenomena of life and death as a legend used to lure anakin skywalker to the dark side of the force. Oct 30, 2012 the best star wars publication to date. Snokes horrifying origins finally revealed through. As the creative executive of lucasfilms story group, there are few people with as much insight into the full story of the third trilogy or the overall universal plotlines. Part of the initial arrival at darth plagueis was born out of a fan desire for everything in star wars to be connected, in the same way, fans speculated rey was a skywalker, finn was. It gives you such an interesting insight into how events were set up leading in to episode 1.
Snoke s theme is nigh on identical to that of the opera scene in rots where we learn about darth plagueis. Plagueis himself survives well into the events of tpm. And just like munns are actually tall, narrow humanoids, so too is snoke. This book was the first audiobook i had ever listened to ive gone on to listen to six more star wars books. He is the mentor and murder victim of future emperor sheev palpatine james luceno. Episode ix being shown that seems to depict a young, uninjured snoke with thinning blonde hair. The rule of two was a sith philosophy mandating that only two sith lords could exist at any given time.
Star wars episode 9 by director jj abrams is said to have many connections to the prequels and originals that will also be introduced by many of the twists and turns in the film. The supreme leader was the ruler of the first order, a hermit state that rose to power in the years after the fall of the galactic empire. The full conversation between supreme leader snoke. Darth plagueis audible audiobook unabridged james luceno.
Theory linking snoke, palpatine and darth plagueis makes total sense a new star wars theory makes a convincing case for darth plagueis being linked to both snoke. On may 25, 1977, the world was introduced to han solo, luke skywalker, princess leia, c3po, r2d2, chewbacca, obiwan kenobi, darth vader, and a galaxy full of possibilities. Readers learn how plagueis seduced palpatine to the dark side and how their alliance led to the sith apprentices ultimate betrayal of his master. Darth plagueis is arguably one of the finest star wars novels ever written. With star wars episode 9 set to introduce many new surprises by director jj abramsfans are hoping that they will be truly surprised. Snoke as darth plagueis could be star wars 9s best villain star wars. The force awakens, rumors had run rampant that this villain may actually be darth plagueis. Darth plagueis is a star wars legends novel by james luceno set during the final decades of the old republic beginning approximately 67 years before the part of the initial arrival at darth plagueis was born out of a fan desire for everything in star wars to this is all solved by making snoke darth plagueis. In a new interview with ew, the actor completely denies that notion, claiming snoke is just snoke. Donate to help improve frequency and quality of content.
However, darth plagueis was released in 2012, before lucas sold star wars to disney. He is no longer kylo ren, he is now assumed by darth plagueis, and it is darth plagues desire to rule. Kylo ren vs darth vader scene original star wars ep 9. Darth plagueis is a novel by james luceno that tells the backstory of the dark lord of the sith, darth plagueis. A lot of people truly believe that andy serkis supreme leader snoke is actually darth plagueis. Its a sprawling tale that establishes several important origin stories for characters fans know well. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the last jedi. What would darth plagueis think of the late supreme leader snoke. Episode iii revenge of the sith, the third and final installment of the star wars prequel trilogy. Narration for the audio version was performed by daniel davis. Since the moment i saw the character on screen, ive only had one thought about who snoke could be. The most famous was, however, was that he was darth plagueis, darth sidious sith master, who was mentioned anecdotally in the 2005 film star wars. Darth plagueis buch everything we know about darth plagueis.
Plagueis is the only major development in all the main star wars movie line that snoke has a chance to be. In episode ix, i believe rey and company will discover this secret in the ruins of the second death star. Ever since fans learned that andy serkis was playing a character named supreme leader snoke in star wars. The author somehow managed to weave the befuddled and nonsensical plot of episode i into a rich and compelling narrative that gives a lot of background on the characters that did not appear in the films and more importantly, helping us better understand some of the ones that did. The holidays are just around the corner, so now is the time to take care of all the star wars fans in your life. James luceno takes darth plagueis down the dark path and never looks back. You will never look at the prequels in the same light again. Tyler and alex discuss why snoke is still darth plagueis and how rian johnson basically admitted it. The snoke plagueis hypothesis is now caught in a paradox. The philosophy of two governed the lords of the sith for a millennium, beginning with its founder darth bane. In episode vii, it is said that the supreme leader is very wise.
The character of darth plagueis simply did not exist until his creation for the episode iii script, and even then the mention was merely a plot device with which. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. At some unspecified point in his life, snoke acquired a black obsidian stone from the catacombs and mines beneath the castle of the sith lord darth vader on the planet mustafar. The wise was one of the titles given to darth plagueis. Darth plagueis, remembered as darth plagueis the wise, was a male muun dark lord of the sith and heir to the lineage of darth bane.
One thing that serkis said is that snoke s seething fury is even greater than palpatines was. Andy serkis confirmed a few months ago that supreme leader snoke is not secretly darth plagueis, the sith master of life and death. He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. How darth plagueis killed his master by star wars reading club. Although palpatine was never confirmed to be plagueis apprentice in the movie itself, a link to the official encyclopedia on did refer to sidious as having been trained by darth plagueis 9780345511287excerpt lucerno star wars darth plagueis part. 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. However, sue rostoni later stated that the book had been reinstated, and the novel was to be released on january 10, 2012. He is the mentor and murder victim of future emperor sheev palpatine a. This is a book that every star wars fan needs to read. Darth plagueis may the fourth snoke star wars the force awakens. Plagueis later appeared as the protagonist of the nownoncanonical legends novel star wars. This feels like way too much injection for one scene in star wars. Star wars 9 palpatine theory how the rise of skywalker.
Colin trevorrows reportedly leaked star wars script is a. This is the same way snoke presents himself as in episode vii. The technological war machine that the first order engineered to conquer the galaxy was. Also available as an audiobook from random house audio, narrated by marc thompson. A masterpiece of intrigue, republic politics and finance, and most of all, an insight into the workings of the sith. Pablo hidalgo, lucasfilm creative executive, who is responsible for the above quotation has had a lot to say about darth plagueis. Star wars 9 the rise of skywalker will see palpatine and snoke revealed as the creations of darth plagueis, according to a new fan theory. This episode we talk about the darth plagueis theory in star wars episode 7. Oct 15, 2015 donate to help improve frequency and quality of content. Read it, or, if you are illiterate, listen to the audiobook available in all good legitimate audiobook sellers and also youtube. Supreme leader snoke s true identity has been the subject of much speculation.
Like all sith lords before him, he craves absolute power. Snoke is described by his apprentice, kylo ren, as wise. In his public guise as magister hego damask ii of the. Andy serkis basically confirmed snoke is not darth plagueis. From what we see of snoke in the films plagueis would likely view snoke as a pathetic sith pretender and would probably wonder how a baffoon like snoke got to be leader of anything, and probably conspire to replace him as leader of the first order.
It works for a book, and i love this extra juicy information. It would be actually disappointing for me if snoke doesnt end up being darth plagueis. There are several clues that point into this direction. Darth plagueis the wise is a dark lord of the sith and master of darth sidious, the emperor palpatine. If supreme leader snoke is not darth plagueis, what are. Did you ever wonder why snoke thought it was so important to complete kylo rens training. Darth plagueis is an amazing prequel to the star wars films, as we are able to see the full extent of careful planning and manipulation behind the series of events leading up to the clone wars and fall of the republic.
The best and worst star wars fan theories, postepisode vii. The tragedy of darth plagueis the wise is a copypasta originating from star wars episode iii. If youre a fan who has been buying into the snoke darth plagueis theory that ties the new first order villain to revenge of the sith, we have bad news. Star wars darth plagueis audiobook full aydan memmedova. The last jedi the films director rian johnson talked about the evil supreme leader snoke and the theories about who he is. Supreme leader snoke is a fictional character in the star wars franchise. Star wars episode 8 the last jedi snoke essense transfer. A new hope, that reveals the untold story of the rebel effort to steal the plans to the death star.
New snoke theory is another link to darth plagueis star wars supervillain snoke has often been tied to darth plagueis in fan theories and theyre continuing to. Apparently this star wars novel had been highly anticipated since its announcement years ago, and i had no idea until after i finished it and decided to look it up. Let us know who you think snoke is and if you think hell be back for star wars episode. Trained by darth tenebrous, plagueis mastered the art and science of midichlorian manipulation. Supreme leader snoke is darth plagueis why episode 7. Star wars last jedi snoke theory is another link to. Which villain in the star wars saga was labelled wise. Darth plagueis hego damask was a male muun dark lord of the sith and master of darth sidious, first referenced in star wars. But if it was done well, i think that making snoke be darth plagueis in star wars. The rise of skywalker reveals the truth behind supreme leader snoke s identity with a history lesson. The rise of skywalker would have served a variety of functions while avoiding a lot of the perceived problems.
Supreme leader snoke is darth plagueis why episode 7 confirms it. Darth plagueis was first mentioned onscreen in the 2005 film star wars. Yet andy serkis himself has told empire that snoke is not a sith lord, begging the question of what, exactly, the big bad in the new star wars trilogy actually is. Episode iii revenge of the sith by palpatine to anakin skywalker. Star wars books and comics about kylo ren a youtini curated. As much as i love darth maul, zabraks are basically humanswithhorns and then youve got vader, sidious, tyrannus and probably bane in the clones wars. Taking place before the events of the star wars prequels, darth plagueis is a. Supreme leader snokes role in star wars episode 8 revealed by john. Darth plagueis star wars by james luceno oct 30 2012. Find out why the snoke darth plagueis theories are wrong. Darth plagueis is probably worth reading simply if for no other reason other than how canon it is, if youre a big star wars fan.
Saga darth plagueis importance in canon, how important is. Sorry, star wars fans, that snoke darth plagueis theory. Legends had just about the perfect darth plagueis book in a novel aptly titled darth plagueis by james luceno. The rise of skywalker reveals snoke was indeed a spoiler star wars. Bloodline isnt just a great star wars book, or a great leia book, or a great book. Palpatine could lure anakin towards the dark side of the force, knowing full.
A star wars story the upcoming film, set before the events of star wars. The plot concerns itself with the life and times of the. Because as soon as kylo defeated snoke, darth plagueis infected him. In an article featuring new images of maz kanata and supreme. In the force awakens, is supreme leader snoke actually. Although palpatine was never confirmed to be plagueis. They even built a full size maquette of the concept.
While not part of the new canon, established by star wars episode vii, it does have. Revenge of the sith tags star wars, palpatine, darth plagueis, copypasta, ian mcdiarmid, cal haney, chancellor palpatine, padme amidala additional references reddit urban dictionary wikipedia about. Why supreme leader snoke is darth plagueis star wars. Episode ix is being billed as the final installment of the skywalker saga and will seemingly be the end of the star wars story as we. Plagueis was known for having such a knowledge of the dark side. This is mind blowing not clickbait snoke plagueis is in star wars episode 3 revenge of the sith facebook page. Action figures free delivery possible on eligible purchases. The last jedi doesnt disprove the darth plagueis snoke theory. But like no sith lord ever, he possesses the ultimate powerover life and death. The last jedi as fans scrambled to discover the true identity of the new villain and master to kylo ren, supreme leader snoke.
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