Rumored Rise Of Skywalker Leak Believed To Reveal Snoke's True Origin

Did the Star Wars sequel trilogy give us one Big Bad for the price of two?

With the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker imminent, the rumor mill is working overtime - and the latest nugget has to do with the late Supreme Leader Snoke, Emperor Palpatine, and the relationship between the two characters. The rumor comes from fan site Making Star Wars, which has been a fairly reliable source of inside information - so be warned that potential spoilers for Rise of Skywalker are ahead.

Ever since his first appearance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the identity of Snoke has been shrouded in mystery. Where did he come from, how did he come to assume control of the First Order after the fall of the Empire, and what is his interest in Kylo Ren? Rise of Skywalker will presumably answer all of those questions, but Making Star Wars might have answered one of them for us just a little bit early.

The website's alleged spoiler has to do with a scene that supposedly takes place on the dead planet of Exogol, where Emperor Palpatine has been in hiding.

"Wait," you say, stroking your chin. "I thought he died!"

Geez, grandpa - take a chill pill. But yeah, no, we still have no explanation as to just how ol' Palps has returned. For the purposes of this rumor, however, it's neither here nor there.

The Emperor is confronted by Kylo Ren, whom we assume has located the old dude with the help of one of those heavily rumored "Wayfinder" devices that are said to be central to the flick's plot. Ren is skeptical that Palpatine even is who he says he is, but he's shaken to discover that the Emperor is keeping several clones of Snoke in vats in his lair.

Their conversation becomes more and more confrontational, with Ren's anger starting to bubble to the surface, and Palpatine becoming more and more annoyed that this young upstart doesn't grasp the enormity of what's going on here. When Ren finally invokes Snoke by name, Palpatine makes a startling proclamation: "I am Snoke!"

Well, we didn't see that coming... okay, maybe we sort of saw it coming, but we were never exactly sure. The question that remains, though - assuming that this rumor is accurate, and that this scene actually exists - is whether or not Palpatine is speaking literally.

Could it be that Palpatine has actually found a way to transfer his consciousness into the body of another being? This might explain why Snoke was so keen to groom Ren; perhaps the young guy was actually being prepped to become Palpatine's next vessel. Hey, if we were trapped inside that horrifying bag of bones that was Snoke, we'd be keen to hook ourselves up with a younger, far more aesthetically pleasing - and broad-shouldered - body, too. Keep watching the video to see the rumored Rise of Skywalker leak believed to reveal Snoke's true origin!

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