Duracell, I have some bad news…
I’m not quite sold that it confirms anything.
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John Williams probably has ‘fine tuned’ what he believes is a dark mysterious theme for the appropriate scene. Prequel soundtrack bits slip in the TFA soundtrack in other places too. Could merely be an evolution of what John Williams thinks Star Wars should sound like, so it happens to blend Prequel/OT/New’ish elements together.
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The last thing Abrams or Disney would want to be a distinguished product would be to imply, “Yo, I know you all were burned bad by the Prequels, but dudes, if you wanna know why this baddie is in our new stories, go back to the Prequels to know why!”
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It really sounds too ridiculous that Palpatine had a higher up throughout the OT. Just sounds like more, “HAHA, TWISTS TWISTS CUZ, TWISTS!” fodder.
From what I’ve read, this Snoke character has seen the Empire rise and fall, but so far, I haven’t read a blurb saying he’s seen multiple powers rise and fall, like the Republic.
Just for the love of Jar Jar, let Snoke be a new character that has no ties to anyone. Just an old alien whom has seen the flaws of the previous Empire and has his own vision of how to run the Galaxy/Force.