[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

I never got the "Snoke is Plagueis" rumors largely because I always figured most of what Palpatine said about his master was made up just to get Anakin on board with the dark side.

The Snoke/Plagueis theory still holds some weight due to several details that were featured in the novel (now considered lore/legend.) Plagueis was a Mun, which are very tall, pale, and frail looking creatures in the Star Wars universe, not unlike what we are seeing with Snoke. Whether or not Snoke is truly a Mun though remains to be seen.

Snoke's facial disfigurement is also very consistent with the injuries he sustains and is finally overcome by when Palpatine turns on him to enact the rule of two. Plagueis was also dabbling in bacta tank and genetic research, and spent much of his time trying to learn how to transfer his essence from one body to the next in his quest for eternal life, so that could open some ties there as well.

It's all conjecture of course, but given that the novel was written before Episode 7 was released, I found many of the details of that book to be a bit coincidal with what we saw in the movie, especially since the book is not an official part of canon under Disney's new guidelines.

Star Wars theories are fun...