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Still think its uncanny that he bears a physical resemblance to
Its one theory making its rounds, that adds onto Snoke is a con using Kylo and his force powers to hold onto power.
It would make sense
Valorum was the last Supreme Chancellor, he was basically deposed by Palpatine in the ultimate con. Valorum sits back and watches Palpatine drive the galaxy into the ground and create the Empire. Palpatine falls down a well and Valorum see's the New Republic doing the exact same thing that lead to its fall into the Empire. He decides that more extreme measures are needed and rallies the faltering Empire into the First Order with the message that "The corruption that lead to the fall of the Senate can't happen again". Finds his own Vader in Kylo and seduces him to the "Right Side" of the conflict.
Gives him the most rudimentary training that he's gotten from history or books or whatever.
Voila we have a new Emperor that wants nothing more then to bring peace by force to the Galaxy and remove corruption.