However, sue rostoni later stated that the book had been reinstated, and the novel was to be. Snoke is darth plagueis and star wars 9s real villain. Episode ix are sure to come in as much, if not more. A master of the force and a seeker of arcane lore, snoke possessed the knowledge and power that made him the undisputed heir to the contingency crafted by the. It also explains what darth plagueis was doing to becoming immortal messing around with medichlorins etc. I havent read the darth plagueis book so im not 100% sure but i believe he was killed by palpatine after the events of the phantom menace. Inuniverse, the best evidence is that plagueis needs to have died in order for the prophecy of the chosen one to be true the chosen one was supposed to destroy the sith. Snoke is darth plagueis, which seems to be the most plausible. After being introduced to supreme leader snoke in the force.
Darth plagueis by luceno, james from amazons fiction books store. There are several clues that point into this direction. Darth plagueis is the most revelatory star wars novel since. I loved this book, buy this and after you finish with this read the darth bane after 5 chapters becomes amazing could not stop reading serieswhich is also wow. I mean, just imagine it, it is likely that darth plagueis used his abilities to control midichlorians to conceive anakin skywalker, and it is also impied that he trained palpatine but got killed by him during his sleep. Abrams, lawrence kasdan, and michael arndt for the 2015 film star wars. In the new canon what do we actually know about darth. The force awakens, a lot of the discussion and speculation. Heres why supreme leader snoke is probably not darth plagueis. What makes this even more remarkable is that much of it is information i never thought would see the light of day. Speculation why snoke is darth plagueis page 22 jedi. Part of the explanation of snoke s origins in the unknown regions comes from a closer look on his. Darth plagueis is mentioned in rae carsons novelization of the 2019 film the rise of skywalker. In the force awakens, is supreme leader snoke actually darth.
Episode ix hasnt come out yet, so its possible we could get some type of revelation in the movie or a novel tie in. The plot concerns itself with the life and times of the titular character, darth plagueis, and his dual efforts to conquer the galaxy and achieve immortality through manipulation of the midichlorians that. While some fans point to that as evidence that snoke is secretly alive, it seems far likelier that the supreme leader is dead. Did you ever hear the tragedy of darth plagueis the wise. Darth plagueis, the sith lord mentioned back in star wars. There is no evidence that directly proves or disproves that snoke is plagueis, but it certainly seems like the route theyre going on. Darth plagueis was aware of the concept of transfer essence. It would be actually disappointing for me if snoke doesnt end up being darth plagueis. The last jedi director, rian johnson, talks about that pivotal snoke moment that significantly changes the course of the current trilogy. And, not everyone here thinks that snoke and plagueis are the same guy.
I loved this book, buy this and after you finish with this read the darth bane after 5 chapters becomes amazing could not stop reading. Star wars 8 the last jedi set photo leak suggests supreme leader snoke is. The film will deal with luke training rey to become a, and. This post will go into some other popular theories and why they all suck. Sequel trilogy released films started by dannasuk, dec 17, 2015. Over the weekend i came across a piece of evidence that seems to prove that, at very least, j. The last jedi seemingly died with snoke, but the story could still be true for star wars. They really should have a book that follows after darth banes era, since that was a significant turning. Supreme leader snoke is a fictional character in the star wars franchise.
Part of the explanation of snokes origins in the unknown regions comes from a. At long last, the star wars story of the mysterious sith lord darth plagueis and his apprentice, darth sidious, is revealed. In episode vii, it is said that the supreme leader is very wise. Why does the idea that snokeplagueis was hiding away in the shadows for decades upset that story. The inclusion of snokedarth plagueis in the rise of skywalker would have. Its just that years later, snoke comes along and reupsets that balance. Feb 07, 2020 in star wars canon, its unknown who trained darth plagueis. Our biggest evidence that snoke was lying is that kylo ren and rey seem to still have a mental link after snoke is dead. Part of the explanation of snokes origins in the unknown regions comes from a closer look on his. Dec 21, 2017 snokes secret origins revealed in last jedi book. Plagueis starts it all, and by his demise its all finished in episode ix.
Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. A master of the force and a seeker of arcane lore, snoke possessed the knowledge and power that made him the undisputed heir to the contingency crafted by the sith lord darth sidious before his demise. Its accepted in this thread that the darth plagueis book is noncanon. Heres why emperor palpatine is returning for star wars. Many fans believe that snoke is darth plagueis, and offer several bits of evidence to support this assertion, such as the similarities in musical score between snokes scenes and the darth plagueis scene, the assumption that if any sith lord could cheat death and return so many years after the original stories, it would be plagueis, the wounds. The main proof that plagueis is not snoke comes outofuniverse, from pable hidalgo. Darth plagueis is a novel by james luceno that tells the backstory of the dark lord of the sith, darth plagueis. A major theory floating around right now has to do with snoke.
Snoke is darth plagueis and star wars 9s real villain the popular star wars fan theory that supreme leader snoke would be revealed as darth plagueis in star wars. Many fans believe that snoke is darth plagueis, and offer several bits of evidence to support this assertion, such as the similarities in musical score between snoke s scenes and the darth plagueis scene, the assumption that if any sith lord could cheat death and return so many years after the original stories, it would be plagueis, the wounds. Snoke then orders ren to kill rey after failing to turn her to the dark side, and gloats over. In the same way palpatine bookended the first two trilogies as the ultimate.
Prior to the release of the rise of skywalker, the 2019 comic book star wars. When darth vader tosses palpatine down the death star shaft at the end of return of the jedi, a blast of blue energy indicates that something down there had broken. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading darth plagueis. The snokeplagueis hypothesis is now caught in a paradox. Is there evidence to suggest that supreme leader snoke is. The force awakens did as the franchise revival after the disney purchase. However, he deliberately avoided using it, as he intended to maintain his own body in complete immortality. Rise of skywalker theory reveals supreme leader snokes true. The force awakens was packed with mystery upon mystery, which gave fans a lot of room to speculate in the years following its release. After the jump i explain why supreme leader snoke is probably not darth plagueis. After all, why else would palpatine repeat the exact same line from revenge of. After the galactic empire fell, snoke rose to power as supreme leader of the first order. Plagueis reincarnated or took a body of jar jar binks in prequels. Well, after the events of the last jedi, jedi councils ken napzok and mark reilly are here to offer their thoughts on the most talked about snoke theories and what.
New york times bestseller the best star wars publication to date. Was darth plagueis still alive after anakin was born. When it comes to star wars, there is one question which every fan wants answered. Hey star wars fans, supreme leader snoke is not darth plagueis. Sorry, star wars fans, that snoke darth plagueis theory has been.
Oct 30, 2012 it also explains what darth plagueis was doing to becoming immortal messing around with medichlorins etc. The thing that made me think that plagueis was real from the beginning, was sheevs reactions during that scene. In the new canon what do we actually know about darth plagueis. James luceno takes darth plagueis down the dark path and never looks back. Heres why the snoke darth plagueis theories are probably.
On the other hand, he also may have manufactured the entire story as a means to further corrupt anakin to his way of thinking. Its been posited that snokedarth plagueis is the one whos been guiding kylo ren this entire time. Kylo ren rey snoke and darth plagueis in star wars 9. Sep 05, 2017 when it comes to star wars, there is one question which every fan wants answered. The plot concerns itself with the life and times of the. There have been theories about snoke circulating ever since the force awakens came out especially as to his true identity. Snoke was a forcesensitive humanoid male who rose to absolute power as supreme leader of the first order during the new republic era. In fact, that particular theory has been officially denied. Secretly an artificial creation of darth sidious, snoke was engineered on. Oct 14, 2019 a major theory floating around right now has to do with snoke. Serkis has gone on to say that snokes malevolence comes out in reaction to.
Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith, so powerful and so wise that he could use the force to influence the midichlorians to create life. If you imagine that anakins story is on because 30 years after he succeeded someone came and upset that balance, then i dunno what to tell you. I really thought we were done with supreme leader snoke after kylo ren bisected him. Sep 15, 2014 im sure that the idea of snoke being darth plagueis absolutely is something that came up in the discussions about what to do with the film there was, after all, a rumor suggesting that darth ruin though long dead would play into the plot somehow, but even then they made it clear that snoke was always a sort of plot device by which he. I say book because if snoke is in fact plagueis then i expect that book to become cannon. Keep scrolling to check out 15 things that make no sense about snoke. A star wars book, darth plagueis, told the story of the characters. So i cant see snoke being a problem to luke unless he is a powerful sith master. Feb, 2017 after actually seeing the movie, everyone kind of threw the plagueis theory out of the window because snokes species didnt fit the known description of plagueis which came from a noncanon book. Star wars 8 villain supreme leader snoke has a sinister link to darth vader and his castle on mustafar. According to james lucenos book darth plagueis, his master was darth tenebrous also known as rugess nome. As darth tenebrous, he used his keen intellect to study the scientific aspects regarding the force and its applications. That would also explain how kylo ren comes to be in possession of vaders mask.
In the book, it is revealed that palpatine had discovered plagueiss secret to immortality, using this knowledge to survive after his death in return of the jedi. After being introduced to supreme leader snoke in the force awakens, audiences have been begging to learn the. I believe that supreme leader snoke will actually turn out to be the former master of darth sidious himself, darth plagueis, in star wars. Well going by the book plagueis wasnt sleeping when sidious attacked him.
Its because snoke was darth plagueis and he was training his next. Everything palpatine really did when he killed plagueis. Apr 10, 2017 in star wars the phantom menace, we never got to see the death of plagueis, or darth plagueis at all for that matter. No the clone of sate pestage isnt far from being the almost dead hego damask darth plagueis. It was originally scheduled for release in october of 2008, but its release was canceled.
As nome, he was known galaxywide as a designer of luxury spacecraft. If thats the case then in the eu he was alive and at least knew of anakin, ive heard somewhere he thought he made a mistake messing with the force to create life and it would backfire on him. Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith, so powerful and so wise that he could use the force to influence the midichlorians. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Darth plagueis book online at best prices in india on. It is turned out that he is in fact a dark side version of the mummy. The force awakens, in which he is introduced as the supreme leader of the first order, a rogue military junta formed from the fallen galactic empires remains.
Star wars legends star wars legends book 19 kindle edition by luceno, james. Snoke seems to be missing his lower jaw, which is similar to an injury darth plagueis received years before the phantom menace when he was training palpatine. Sure, darth plagueis had his own book following the release of. Continue reading snoke darth plagueis theories are probably wrong pages. Like all sith lords before him, he craves absolute power. This thread is about darth plagueis in the sequel trilogy, in whatever form that may be. For over a year now, its been circulating around the web that the main villain for star wars.
Heres why supreme leader snoke is not darth plagueis this rumor has been circulating for months, and it doesnt look like its going to stop anytime soon. Since kylo was beat by a defect stormtrooper and a girl who has only just picked up a lightsaber, luke would destroy him. The most nonsensical theories about the identity of. In star wars canon, its unknown who trained darth plagueis. Andy serkis says supreme leader snoke is not darth plagueis. Darth sidious, a known liar and manipulator, could have been lying or uncertain about killing plagueis. The force awakens villain snoke probably isnt darth plagueis. Anakin is the chosen one, so he couldnt have destroyed the sith if snoke is plagueis. Star wars 9 palpatine theory how the rise of skywalker.
This closes the saga, and there is no room for another trilogy with such perfect standards for main villain. The last jedi director explains that major snoke scene. Heres why the snoke darth plagueis theories are probably wrong. Im sure that the idea of snoke being darth plagueis absolutely is something that came up in the discussions about what to do with the film there was, after all, a rumor suggesting that darth ruin though long dead would play into the plot somehow, but even then they made it clear that snoke was always a sort of plot device by which he. Narration for the audio version was performed by daniel davis. When kylo ren goes off to exegol to find emperor palpatine, the villain. Darth plagueis will close the saga, make it perfect from one point of view, however, to perfect. Darth plagueis is mentioned in rae carson s novelization of the 2019 film the rise of skywalker.
Plus, its even been confirmed snoke has no connection or involvemen. Find out what pablo hidalgo had to say about the snoke darth plagueis theory after the jump. After the empire took over, he escaped to unknown regions, leaving palpatine to rule the galaxy for that time. Last jedi book unravels the truth behind snokes past. Darth plagueis is a star wars legends novel by james luceno set during the final decades of the old republic beginning approximately 67 years before the battle of yavin in a new hope. I cant shake this totally believable theory about the new star wars villain. Star wars supreme leader may look evil and allpowerful, but lots of things about snoke dont add up.
We know darth plagueis trained palps, so its a safe bet the former. Abrams goes on to tell the fan that while its too early to start talking about. Nov 09, 2017 lucasfilm story group exec pablo hidalgo has already shot down a few of the wilder theories, such as the suggestion that snoke is actually darth plagueis. Another popular theory about snoke being a former sith is that. The force awakens supreme leader snoke played by the ever talented andy serkis is in fact sith lord darth plagueis. However, sue rostoni later stated that the book had been reinstated, and the novel was to be released on january 10, 2012. The last jedi is the second film in the new star wars sequel trilogy that began with star wars. Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith so powerful and so wise he.
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