ST Snoke's ultimate goal... what he REALLY wants

Yes, which is why he created them.

 

I'm undecided either
this


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hmmm, maybe it's both.

 

Been trying to reverse engineer aspects of the story. If we assume for a moment that both Rey and Ben become heirs to the Skywalker line my question to that is... what good is that if there's no kingdom to inherit or wealth to inherit? Star Wars is based on myth and often when heirs battle for something it's a dynasty of some kind.

This brought me to Snoke and Anakin's prophecy. What if the Chosen One prophecy was a little more complex than originally thought (somehow)? Or, if there was another aspect to it connected to it? I have no idea what such a thing could be but I do know it wouldn't be hard to set such a thing up. Especially with Luke at the first Jedi temple and Snoke possibly ancient and well-versed in Force lore.

Basically, I think there had to be something for the Skywalker cousins to either want or want to stop the other from gaining. That would help play into lineage mythos more. Otherwise, I'm not sure it makes full use of the bloodline potential or Kylo representing the Dark Side of the chosen One and Rey representing the Light. It has to lead to somewhere more mythical than the war itself and feel more epic and connected to the nature of the Force itself somehow. Such a thing would still connect into the war but also be its own Force-related story onto itself within the saga.

I think Luke is becoming aware of this and Snoke already is.

 

He want's people to stop suggesting that he's related to Rey.

 

Of course it is about some force-legacy. This is not Game of Thrones.

 

"I've already forgotten Snoke."
- GreyJedi91

They definitely should have made his agenda clearer.

 

Hi Satele Novelist,

When Kylo in TFA took off his mask already and told us that he is tempted by the light, Snoke's ultimate goal is one of the few mysteries left in the ST.

 

for better or worse, the skywalkers have been kind of controlling the fate of the galaxy for a while. the winning skywalker "takes the galaxy" (at least from an evil pov). from a good point of view, one would want to defend against those who would claim the galaxy so as to restore peace and justice.

but i think there is even more now, with the unknown regions and the 'beyond' as for especially the evil characters (like snoke) there may be more to claim than just this galaxy. greater power though is greater power.

 

Totally galaxy allegiance.

 

....... is pepperoni, sausage and banana peppers on his Tombstone.

 

Snoke's ultimate goal? To wear his hair down too.

 

I keep telling people it's probably some big Force Drain galaxy life sucking scheme to make him either all powerful, younger, or immortal. Or all three.

 

I've read many theories that give Snoke a higher mystical goal, often related to affecting the state of the Force on a cosmic level. Some of these are interesting, but I find all of them somewhat unlikely, mainly because of the medium. I don't imagine the remaining films will suddenly become deeply philosophical and devote time toward introducing a significant level of metaphysical layers so that a general audience can understand what Snoke is doing.

Most likely it will be a similar situation to what happened with Palpatine. He was the Emperor and wanted to continue being that during the original trilogy. In the prequels he was not the Emperor, and wanted to become that, while at the same time he also wanted to eliminate the Jedi. Pretty straightforward. We do get some additional internal perspective on grander schemes of Palpatine's in Tarkin, but Luceno has specified that that is part of his vision of the character, rather than something that he was directed to include by the story group.

So I think we'll likely get an equal level of depth on Snoke's intentions from the films, while any deeper characterization will be provided in novels, if anywhere. Certainly, these movies work best when they stick to the more archetypal and mythical story elements, rather than devoting attention to the details. So I would not be surprised if what we get from the films is that Snoke wants to conquer the galaxy, gain complete control, and eliminate any threats to himself. I do think we may get some more glimpses into a personal goal, based on his deformities and injuries, but I don't think it would go too far beyond him wanting to stay alive.

Granted, they could present both the surface-level, cinematic narrative in the films while giving more hints at a more metaphysical, Force-focused backstory that would then be expanded in books. What I do think will be interesting is how his methods differ from Palpatine's, since it's likely that they will try to diverge from that. We don't really know much about him, so there's a lot that could be done there to differentiate the method and character of his plan, even if the eventual destination is the same (power, and lots of it).

 

Snoke wants retribution from when Anakin cut off his hand and Palpatine blasted him out the window with Force lightning.

 

To be a more effective Galactic Empire.

 

What he really wants is girls.

And a new bathrobe.

 

I hear that the Snoke Mansion is much better than Palp's Imperial Palace. At the Snokester's place, there's hot tub parties with all the Twi'lek bunny girls. Everyone who's anyone in the galaxy is always there for games night and holo-movie night.

 

snoke is being ushered out by the dark side, being eaten away and he doesn't want to go. that's why he's high strung, desperate, afraid. he's an old man racing against the clock. perhaps it's not that he would want to crush kylo but infuse him? possess him? become him?

 

I'm picturing Kylo in a gold kimono now.

 

He wants the Force to himself. Probably needs all that power to actually obtain immortality


if he even has the Force, I'm still not convinced.

 

What does Snoke really want? More screen time! Sorry Snoke. Sometimes where there's Snoke there's not always fire.

 

I don't remember Anakin doing that.

 

this reminds me of kylo saying look how old you've become to LST. snoke is a petty elderly materialist and he doesn't wanna go. the age remark could have interesting significance later even if only a tie in to snoke's dilemma and the theme of letting go?

 

Well, we know Snoke used to be handsome and even now that he looks half dead he's still trying to look attractive in his golden robe. So it's pretty obvious that Snoke still wants to be player with the gents/ladies.

Snoke is just an allegory for all of us over 40 SW fans still trying to have game when we should really just hang it up.

 

Golden Robe for Snoke? Where's that?