Like and Leia also act like they know everything they care to know about Snoke.
And my point is that for decades A New Hope was treated like a sequel to unseen events, and it wasn’t confusing. When the explanation came of how the Empire rose, most fans rejected it. Also, again, the difference is that the characters we know and interacted with were directly impacted by the events of the prequels. There’s no shared history with Snoke, so it doesn’t matter.
Take a Legends/EU example: the Yuuzhan Vong aren’t really explained. They just come from far away. Over the course of those stories they kinda delve into pertinent details, but they’re not giving all of this unnecessary information just to fill out more pages on Wookieepedia.
If that backstory reveal doesn’t affect what’s happening in the current story: it doesn’t matter. Snoke’s backstory never impacted the current stories being told. Pre-TROS continuity had him as an ancient dark force calling out to Palpatine from the Unknown Regions in novels and games. But what would such a reveal in the film matter when talking to characters that were born after Palpatine’s death? What would it matter to Luke and Leia who were concerned with toppling the Empire and restoring democracy to the Galaxy in the OT and have to help or not help do that again? When did they state that they’d defeated the Dark Side of the Force? Where does this plot point come up that you’re so attached to?
Again, it’s just for fans who want to fill out Wookieepedia pages. It did not serve the actual story being told. If you’re mad that we got the stories we got, a lot of people are mad at JJ Abrams for his decisions to do an off-brand A New Hope story and reset that status quo. The problem isn’t Snoke and the First Order, the problem is hiring a man who can’t write to be co-writer and director.
Okay, so you clearly have a problem with anyone criticizing the writing of the sequels, particularly The Last Jedi based off of your dislike of J.J. Abrams. You seem to like to start personally attacking people who criticize these films with comments like “Where does this plot point come up that you’re so attached to?” and what you said to thebluefrog earlier, “your need for every answer coming from a 30 year gap is not the same as a flaw in storytelling.” Hence your strawman argument about “Wookieepedia pages” even though literally no one has said anything about that site.
I also see that you have a major beef with J.J. Abrams’ writing style, so okay, good for you.
And I have no idea why you’re claiming that “most fans” rejected the rise of the Empire. Even the minority of people that still hate the prequels will admit that Revenge of the Sith has good moments of storytelling.
I’ve already said that nobody’s opinion is going to change from arguing on this forum, so I’m not going to engage in this conversation any further when you’re clearly not willing to listen to anything anyone else has to say in good faith.