

He then revived the shattered empire and rebuilt his persona as the Supreme Leader Snoke. He went into hiding and he observed the fall of the empire and the death of the last two known siths at the time, Vader and Sidious. Following this event, the grand Inquisitor renounced his Sith loyalties and removed the Sith tattoos. If he survived then the burnt and the scars will stay with him for life. He went splat on the ground after hitting metal sidings and being burnt on his journey to the floor. Last time we saw the grand inquisitor, he fell to his death following a lost battle against Kanan Jarrus. With his fleet at his command, Palpatine Clone could have rebranded the empire calling it the first order and he could have even changed his name to wash off all the negative rumors surrounding the old Emperor. Luke skywalker found out and destroyed the empty clones but one clone containing the spirit of Palpatine did infact escape. By getting a new body, he was able to manipulate events behind the scenes and rebuild his empire.

If the emperor couldn’t take Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker’s body for himself, he created multiple backup plans in the form of empty husks created on Kamino. In the Dark Empire novel, we discover that Palpatine did just that. Star Wars the dark Empire told a story that asks, what if Emperor Palpatine survived the battle on Endor? His physical body is destroyed but he was so powerful that he found a way to transfer his spirit into a clone nearby. Snoke’s right hand is bony and knuckley, much like Tarkin but then again, anyone that age will start looking like that. Their concave facial feature resembles one another. This theory came to life after fans started noticing the similarities between Supreme leader Snoke and the obviously dead Grand Moff Tarkin. Tarkin’s ambitious tactical mind fits in with what we know if Snoke so far and he is more than capable of reviving the empire in his own image calling it the first order. He survives but was left with horrible scarring. The final image of Tarkin puts him inside the death star but what if he relocated on a remote command base which is capable of operating the death star from afar? The blast from the death star could have damaged his remote base. He apparently died but what if he somehow survived and went on to become the leader of the first order? If Grand Moff Tarkin is to become Snoke then he would have left on an escape pod moments before the death star’s destruction. Grand Moff Tarkin was last seen on the death star right before Luke skywalker blew it to bits. Here are 10 popular theories as to who he may be.

Yes, Rey’s family is also a big question mark but the leader for a revived Empire needs to have an origin. Supreme Leader Snoke is by far the biggest mystery in 2015’s Star Wars The Fore Awakens movie.
