Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * SPOILER THREAD * — Page 130

woofermazing said:

Bear in mind this is an Abrams film. They created one hell of a snoke screen around the identity Khan leading up to Into Darkness.

FTFY =P 

rpvee said:

It's also not like Sith/Dark Siders haven't had two names before in Star Wars history.  He could still be Plagueis.

If they do go that route, they better have the sense to at least refrain from calling him by that name. Identify him as the master of Palpatine if they have to, but don't refer to him as Darth Plagueis, Plagueis, or any variation thereof. 

ZkinandBonez said:

ray_afraid said:

Snoke is a goofy name, but not as goofy as other Star Wars characters that I (and probably you) already love.
Boba Fett... Bib ForTuna... Snoke sounds like Shaft in comparison.

Let's not forget the fact that Lucas named an OT character Porkins.

Added to that we have character names such as Sy Snootles, Max Reebo, the third band member was actually called Droopy. Jabba the Hutt is also a pretty funky sounding name. Then we have the official title of Grand Moff. Not to mention a fish-like species called Calamari. I'd say Snoke is quite far down on the list of silliest Star Wars names that we've heard over the years.

Aside from Porkins, none of those names are ever said out loud (well Boba is.....just barely in ROTJ but I never heard it until it was pointed out to me). 

I guess there's always the possibility that he'll only ever be referred to by his title. Hell, even Palpatine was never referred to by name until the Prequels came along.

woofermazing said:

Bear in mind this is an Abrams film. They created one hell of a smoke screen around the identity Khan leading up to Into Darkness.

What would be the point of Snoke having a secret identity? What would it add to his character?

Also please keep in mind that the name "Snoke" did not show up once in that summary based on the established rumours, which confirms my theory that they're taken from an earlier draft. To put that in perspective, if we were discussing rumours about the original Star Wars from an early draft leak we'd be talking about the "Legion of Lettow."

It does say Snoke now (Uber before) in the summary, but that has to with the fact that the link is to a constantly updated summary based on all the current rumors.  So say, a few months from now the summary could be VERY different and far more accurate.

darklordoftech said:

woofermazing said:

Bear in mind this is an Abrams film. They created one hell of a smoke screen around the identity Khan leading up to Into Darkness.

What would be the point of Snoke having a secret identity? What would it add to his character?

Sorry to make it a prequel comparison, but think of Count Dooku.  The entire galaxy knew he was the Separatist leader, enemy of the Republic and Jedi.  But behind his public evil face was even deeper darkness: his allegiance to the Dark Side and Palpatine/Sidious as Darth Tyranus.

So Snoke could, publicly, be the leader of the New Order as Supreme Commander, with his "enforcer" Kylo Ren doing his bidding (like how Vader was publicly seen as Palpatine's enforcer).  But behind the scenes, he and Kylo have this deeper Dark Side/Sith mystical power agenda with their own Sith names (or, at least, Plagueis).

Or all of that could be true anyway, just minus the Sith names.

timdiggerm said:

Some archiving of changes would be nice

siiiiigh

 Do you know what else would be nice?  Punctuation.

:p

team_endor

You catch on pretty quick.

Team Olie

Now there are two of them?! Is it Team Endor or Team Olie? So confused....

TV's Frink said:

timdiggerm said:

Some archiving of changes would be nice

siiiiigh

 Do you know what else would be nice?  Punctuation.

:p

team_endor

 Do you know what else would be nice? Capitalization of our name.

Team_Ender

Wait...

Ender?

or Endor?

Now there ARE two of them!

Themes of duality, just like in a Lynch picture. Frink won't like that.