Thanks for sharing. At first I really liked the idea that Snoke was some kind of homunculus controlled by Palpatine, but I really don’t like the idea that killing Snoke was actually some sort of test for Kylo. The more I think about it the more I feel like Snoke being Palpatine’s apprentice would’ve been a much simpler explanation.
Who was Snoke a clone of? Was he a clone or a creation? Did Palpatine control him directly? Or was he given false memories?
I don’t know. I just think Snoke would’ve worked better if he had his own agency, rather than basically being Palpatine speaking through a puppet body.
I still don’t get this. Saying he was a test kinda implies he wasn’t a puppet, no? To me it sounds like Palpatine made Snoke and sent him out to do his bidding but knew if Kylo was as powerful as he could be he would overthrow the inferior Snoke. That’s how it all reads to me at least.
The line, “I have been every voice you’ve ever heard inside your head” with Snoke being one of the voices, implies to me that Palpatine was Snoke.
I mean, I think they purposefully make it vague and I think that line is supposed to be figurative. Especially this excerpt seems to dispel that theory, them calling Snoke a servant and such. They’re very much talking about him as if he’s a separate person. If the novel expands on the explanation of Snoke you’d think they’d make “puppet” more explicit if that was actually the case rather than go in the opposite direction.
This is basically how I feel about it, the film makes it vague and keeps it open to interpretation (like a lot of things). But to me, the “Snoke” is a puppet concept literally just does not make sense. So it’s hard for me to roll with that interpretation when there is a much more sensical one that is equally valid based on the information presented.