Supreme Ruler Cold War Cheats
Vespasiano Jilg
SnokeBiographical informationHomeworldExegol[1]BornBy 12 BBY,[2] Exegol[3]Died34 ABY,[4] Supremacy, Crait system[5]Descriptive informationSpeciesHumanoid genetic strandcast[6]GenderMale[7]PronounsHe/him[7]Height2.18 meters (7ft 2 in)[1]Hair colorWhite (eyebrows)[5]Eye colorBlue[8]Skin colorPale[9]Chronological and political informationAffiliation(s)
- Sith Eternal (proxy)[6]
- First Order[7]
- An apprentice[10]
- Kylo Ren[9]
Snoke was a Force-sensitive humanoid genetic strandcast male who ruled the First Order as Supreme Leader during the New Republic Era. Possibly unaware of his true nature, Snoke was an artificial genetic construct created on the planet Exegol by the Dark Lord of the Sith and Galactic Emperor Darth Sidious and his Sith Eternal cult during the reign of the Galactic Empire. After Sidious' resurrection, Snoke's body held no use in the Sith Lord's goal for restoration, so was instead utilized by Sidious for his natural Force-sensitivity as a proxy he could manipulate for his Contingency. Though Snoke possessed an independent mind, he was obliviously influenced by his creator from afar.
During the last days of the Cold War, Snoke directed his apprentice to hunt and destroy Luke Skywalker, Ren's uncle and former Jedi Master, determined to complete the Great Jedi Purge with Skywalker's death as the last Jedi. Additionally, Snoke authorized a preemptive strike with Starkiller Base against the New Republic that destroyed the Galactic Senate and launched the First Order-Resistance War in 34 ABY. While pursuing his objectives to destroy both the Resistance and Skywalker, however, Snoke was assassinated by Ren, who sought to rule the galaxy as the new Supreme Leader.
By dying at the hands of his apprentice, Snoke's purpose for existence was fulfilled; Kylo Ren murdering Snoke and seizing power over the First Order as Supreme Leader was an act of ascension worthy of the Rule of Two, completing the final test laid out for him by the Sith Eternal. They had designed Snoke to mold and groom his student into a master of attack and cunning, testing his worthiness as an heir worthy of the Sith. In addition, such an event allowed Sidious to sidestep the Rule of Two, in which a dark apprentice slayed their master to obtain ultimate power and ascension within the dark side of the Force.
Snoke's creator was the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious, publicly known as Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine. Sidious and his cult of Sith loyalists, the Sith Eternal, experimented with cloning on the planet Exegol for several years prior to his demise at the Battle of Endor.[12] Secure in power as Emperor,[6] Sidious withdrew from the public eye and began to probe the secrets of the dark side.[1] In his quest for immortality, the Sith Lord and his followers experimented with cloning technology to extend his lifespan and sustain it indefinitely.[6]
While he sought immortality through science with his followers,[12] Exegol became the home to the most promising of Sidious' experimentations.[6] The Emperor believing that he could create anything, utilizing pain as "The Scalpel of Creation."[11] Darth Sidious had long sensed that Vader could turn back to the light side of the Force and betray him.[3] As a result, prior to his death, Sidious took precautions and had a clone of his original body created with modified Kaminoan cloning technology[13] in his Sith Citadel on Exegol.[6]
"Snoke" was the identity adopted by[15] an artificial strandcast[6] created in the dark science laboratory[16] on the planet Exegol by the loyalists of the Sith Eternal cult, at the behest of Dark Lord of the Sith and Galactic Emperor Darth Sidious,[14] during their cloning experiments during the reign of the Galactic Empire,[6] by 12 BBY.[2] With the Sith Eternal having long experimented with the science of cloning in their bid to extend the Emperor's lifespan and aid him in obtaining immortality,[6] utilizing modified cloning technology,[17] various unnatural embodiments of the dark side were engineered from the cultists combination of technology with the occult.[6] Snoke himself[7] was created as one of the earliest attempts[14] to produce a viable, worthy vessel for Sidious' essence to inhabit in the event of his demise[6] and allow him to cheat death.[14]
When Snoke was young, he was taught a lesson when he realized a truth about the Force: that Force visions were a dangerous endeavor to perceive, for the future was always in motion. And if predicted wrong, it could lead to one's demise.[21]
Developing into a master of the Force,[7] Snoke would gain hardened experience with the dark side of the Force[21] and vast knowledge of its steep teachings.[22] The dark side adept studied not only the ancient lore of prominent Force users, but also the teachings of the Sith,[23] even though he denied having any lineage with them.[6]
Snoke was also a seeker of ancient lore,[19] rediscovering much of the galaxy's lost and forgotten secrets about the Force in the Unknown Regions. This precious knowledge, ironically, led back to his master Sidious, who, throughout his reign of the Galactic Empire, coveted the same knowledge, knowing that universal truths laid within the confines of the mysterious regions.[21] In addition, Snoke learned about the concept of the Force dyad through an ancient prophecy, which was featured prominently in the lore of the Sith Eternal.[1] He also became familiar with the Knights of Ren, who were formed to fill the void left by the old Sith Order.[24]
During his time as a lore seeker, Snoke had various established bases across the galaxy to house gathered shards of archaic lore.[1] He even once journeyed to Mustafar and visited Darth Vader's castle,[1] a fortress the Sith Lord constructed in 12 BBY.[25] While there, he discovered a gold ring[26] engraved with glyphs of the dwartii[18] and began to wear the object on his left index finger.[26] He also recovered a black obsidian stone from the catacombs and mines beneath the castle and affixed it to the ring.[18] Eventually, Snoke took up residence[27] on the High Republic Era location known as Amaxine space station,[28] and became familiar with its history.[20]
Over the course of his life, Snoke defeated legions of adversaries, orchestrating their deaths through either manipulation or just killing them personally.[21] In his past, Snoke also experienced a severe injury that split his head, as well as a "perpetual torment" that slightly melted half his face and neck.[29]
From the shadows,[23] Snoke eventually witnessed the fall of the Galactic Empire[22] and the pivotal saga of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker during the Battle of Endor[23] in 4 ABY.[30] In these events, Anakin Skywalker was redeemed by his son and betrayed Snoke's creator, Sidious, which led to his demise,[31] and ultimately led to the fulfillment of the prophecy of the Chosen One, for the foretold destruction of the Sith Order was complete and balance was restored to the Force.[18]
By extension, with the deaths of the Emperor and his right hand man, this had set in motion the downfall of the Galactic Empire,[22] and the faction's ultimate collapse a year later at the Battle of Jakku[32] in 5 ABY.[30] As observed by Snoke, it was not the pursuit of truth, justice, or free will that had destroyed the Galactic Empire, but the "sentiment" of Darth Vader, in his failure to kill his son.[22] The events of Vader betraying his master also impacted how the Emperor handled Snoke; Vader's betrayal was a learning moment for Palpatine, who used Snoke as a puppet instead of an apprentice.[33]
However, when Sidious died above Endor, he transferred his spirit into his new clone body.[3] But the transfer was imperfect,[6] and the flesh of the cloned vessel designed to house Sidious' essence, despite years of research, was inadequate, and began to fail sometime later.[14] The body was now rotting and racked with rapid degeneration in consequence to Sidious' immense power within the dark side of the Force,[3] and the Sith Lord was left on borrowed time to find a new vessel or he would face death permanently.[12] Because of his body having already being rejected as a potential vessel for his spirit,[14] Darth Sidious would have Snoke become his stand-in for power, while he recovered and researched a solution for his rejuvenation[6] and the Sith Eternal conducted further experimentation to produce a new strandcast body for his spirit.[12]
Unable to leave Exegol,[14] Sidious began secretly guiding Snoke's actions and goals from afar to his creation's obliviousness,[6] imposing him with a singular focus,[1] to spread his influence across the galaxy.[14] Snoke remained unaware of his status as a puppet in Sidious's larger game for his entire life, with it even being possible the Emperor had arranged for his pawn's vanity and self-assuredness to ensure Snoke never arose to be a threat to his designs.[34] As such, the dark-side adept would serve as a puppet and oblivious pawn of the former Emperor as part of his plan to regain power, take revenge on the Skywalker family and halt the restoration of the Jedi Order and Galactic Republic.[7] By using Snoke as his proxy, Sidious gathered forces that would eventually form the armies of the First Order, which would oppose the New Republic under his control, albeit indirectly.[14]
After the collapse of the Galactic Empire[1] a major remnant of the empire, including many former Imperial officers, nobles, technologists,[35] and warlords,[36] fled to the Unknown Regions of the galaxy[35] as part of a mass exodus during the rise of the New Republic secretly facilitated by the contingency plan designed by the Emperor.[1] Had it not been for the ancient hyperspace trails blazed by the Attendants, a group of mute alien navigators who served Snoke, most of the former Imperial officers would have likely perished while crossing into these uncharted realms of the galaxy.[18] Over the next rough decade, they were met by secret reinforcements, and in time gave way for the rise of a new leader.[1]
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