Snoke was only a big mystery because fans proposed endless theories - there’s nothing in the film itself that invites such rampant speculation.
What about a horribly disfigured and extremely powerful force user that’s the leader of a mysterious new group that took the place of the dead Empire and somehow influenced Ben Solo to turn to the dark side (which everyone in TFA and TLJ kinda acknowledges but there’s still no explanation as to how that happened) and murder his father, fellow students, and attempt to murder his uncle DOESN’T invite speculation?
Sorry, “invite” was the wrong word, I think “demand” or “require” was closer to what I meant.
Well, that’s up to each of us to decide. You may feel it doesn’t require an explanation, which is perfectly fine, but others like myself may feel differently.
Yes, fair enough. I 100% believe it didn’t require an explanation, but I will say I do think they could have put in one could have added to the story. To me, the only Snoke theory that made sense was that he was some sort of semi-ancient Sith who went into exile and was bidding his time for the right moment to come back. I do think something like this could have helped the film, but only in terms of what it means for Kylo Ren. When he kills Snoke and says “let the past die,” there would undoubtedly be more weight behind it if we were actually completely certain that Snoke was, in fact, a Sith, and not just kinda think that that’s the likely explanation.