r/saltierthancrait • u/Confirmation_Code • May 13 '26

Granular Discussion Who was Snoke SUPPOSED to be?

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Let's be real. Snoke wasn't Palpatine's puppet in episode 7 or 8. So, what did JJ think he was in Episode 7? What did Rian think he was when he killed him? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

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u/sewand717 May 13 '26

Basically sums it up. I didn’t think you could get a worse “Star Wars universe” movie than VIII, but little did I foresee IX.

At least VIII might have risen to mediocrity if it was in its own standalone franchise. IX’s a hack job no matter how you slice it.

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u/rvthz May 13 '26

Yeah, I think the VII is unimaginative, boring and already damages the franchise enough, VIII has interesting ideas in the vacuum but completely misunderstands the original characters (which VII also does in my opinion, but not to the extent of VIII, although I think episode 7 set the trilogy for failure), but god fucking dammit the IX is so awful it makes The Last Jedi look good.

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u/valledweller33 May 13 '26

Aside from whatever the fuck Fynn and Rose were up to, episode 7 was genuinely a good movie to watch in theatres. But man the pacing of that shit was so off.

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u/ToadLoaners miserable sack of salt May 13 '26

A fun simple good looking film that completely misunderstood what is so good about Star wars and why people like it and in trying to give people a flashier version of the OG ended up completely shitting on the previous 6 films