It’s not that I want to know the backstory about Snoke. It’s that Snoke shouldn’t exist in the post-OT Star Wars universe.
The Disney Trilogy is seemingly set in an entirely different universe from the PT and the OT.
We get ZERO recognition that the events of the OT occurred. We have to start realizing that TFA was a full-on J.J. Abrahams Soft Reboot of Star Wars back to the state of A New Hope. It’s like Endor never occurred.
We’re not expecting answers because Lucas and the PT gave us answers. We’re expecting the answers that the ORIGINAL trilogy gave us, such as the Emperor being defeated. When TFA comes out and the Emperor is still alive via Snoke, that’s why we need answers.
First of all saying there’s “zero” recognition is just absurd hyperbole. I’d laugh if this kind of statement wasn’t so popular.
Second, the OT never said that killing the Emperor would end the Sith once and for all (or anything like that). The PT said that. And even the PT never said that ending the Sith once and for all would put an end to the dark side once and for all. That’s a ridiculous notion. The dark side will always be there, and the light will always have to fight back. That’s a powerful and true sentiment, and that’s what the ST is all about.