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Originally Posted by GGG
My only complaint lore wise was Snoke was unexplained. That was lazy and made his death less satisfying.
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Did we really need his back story though? Going back to the original trilogy, the Emperor's story was a complete mystery up until Lucas made the prequels. I know there were novels that probably explored his story during the years between the two movie trilogies (I never read them), but if we're strictly talking about the original films, not much was ever revealed about who this dude was. The focus of the story was always about Vader and Luke, and the Emperor's back story didn't really matter. I think that's kind of what they're going for with this new trilogy. Kylo Ren is being set up as the ultimate baddie, and him killing Snoke was the final step for him to fully succumb to the dark side. In that way it kind of mirrors ROTJ:
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"Take your weapon. Strike me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete."
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My guess is that Snoke had already foreseen that Kylo might kill him, and that he purposely allowed it to happen in order to prevent Rey from pulling Kylo back to the light. Just a theory.
Anyway, it'll be interesting to see how Abrams wraps it all up in episode IX. I can't imagine the insane amount of pressure that a director/writer must feel when making one of these movies. It really is a no win situation, as it's impossible to please everyone and no matter how you approach the story, you'll still be scrutinized by a large swath of the fan base.