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Originally Posted by cDnStealth
The one complaint I keep hearing that I don't understand is Snoke being a nobody. One of the friends I went to see TLJ with made this complaint and even said the film made a huge misstep by not answering questions like who this guy was and where he came from. I responded with who cares? He isn't important just like the Emperor wasn't important.
I think these people are maybe forgetting that Emperor Palpatine was a nobody as well in the original trilogy. His backstory was never explored and he didn't exactly have a lot screen time (less than 15 min over 2 movies). He showed up briefly as a hologram in Empire and his scenes in RotJ consist of him mostly sitting in a chair tempting Luke to the dark side. The Emperor was never even referred to as Palpatine on screen during the OT.
Seriously, watch this compilation of all of Palpatine's scenes starting around the 52 minute mark.
Who this big bad villain is or was isn't important to these stories. I didn't fall in love with Star Wars because I knew that Palpatine was a Republic Senator who wormed his way through the ranks until he was able to overthrow said Republic.
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This is already been answered when you insert a character into an existing universe and intentionally don't reveal his origins, make it clear he had relations with the main characters family, and then kill him without answering questions.
Even a flashback sequence to Luke's Acadamy with Snoke and Ren would have been enough to add depth. It's important because you are asking us to accept that this person converted Ben Solo to the dark side