Andy Serkis’s Character Name Revealed in Behind-The-Scenes Vanity Fair Interview.
Annie Leibovitz just unveiled some key information about her photoshoot for Vanity Fair – and among other things, it unveils our first look at Andy Serkis behind the scenes of the movie, along with his character’s name.
I’ll just relay the character name here as opposed to quoting the article verbatim. As it turns out, the figure we’ve been calling “Uber” for a while is named… Snoke, of all things. Supreme Leader Snoke. Title aside, I think it’s kind of underwhelming as a name for what appears to be a puppet-master-type villain. It reminds me a lot of how Palpatine’s first name was revealed to be “Sheev” a few months ago. Maybe he has a more menacing title if he’s a Sith? Oh, well. In any case, Andy Serkis looks like he’s in his element in that photo, and that should count for something whenever we see him on screen.
Aside from that key tidbit of information, Leibovitz has noted that J. J. Abrams has compared Adam Driver (Kylo Ren) to Marlon Brando in terms of acting ability, and that she was personally impressed with what she saw of him when he was acting. The interview also brings up her love for Star Wars and her experience with doing photoshoots of the Prequel Trilogy, which is always appreciated no matter what part of the Galaxy you live in.
Source: StarWars.com
Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.
I guess you could say that I’m pretty Snoked to see Andy Serkis’s character in action.
^ THIS XD!!!
*Shakes head* No Snokeing. I just have to say that this is the first bit of information that I have heard for the new movie that I haven’t really liked.
All the haters who swoop down on anything PT related seem to be on a lunch break today.
Hello? Where is everyone??? Snoke sounds terrible.
We are talking about a franchise where some of the most badass characters are called Jabba, Boba and Yoda. I think Snoke fits pretty well.
I didn’t like Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, or Kylo Ren when I first heard them…but they have now penetrated my psyche and I have grown accustomed to hearing them and now – even before seeing the film – they actually feel like genuine Star Wars names to me. I guess stuff just takes getting used to (although I admit I may never be used to Sheev…). Thankfully it’s the actor and the script that makes the character, so what’s in a name? I think Snoke is an alias anyway. I think in the film he will be revealed as the more sinister sounding Darth (insert something awesome here). Time will tell.
^I wish time could have been this nice to you concerning your opinion of the prequels.
Cool
Supreme LEADER Snoke
I guess I was thinking of Supreme Commander Darth Vader when I wrote that. Thank you. Fixed.
the more i learn about this movie, the more i fear that JJ Abrams has made the highest production value FAN FICTION of all time.
‘Supreme leader snoke’? NO.
So his name doesn’t sound all too Sith lordy but it was still Serkis doing the teaser one narration, talking about the dark and light sides of the force, plus he feels the awakening so he is more a mystery than before!
A Force user that isn’t a Sith or a Jedi would be intriguing. Much like how The Emperor “was” in the OT, until he was made a Sith later.
Palpatine doesn’t sound too “sith-lordy” but look what happened!
Yes, “Darth” has always been a shortened “Dark Lord of the Sith”
The Emperor has always been a Sith… in the movies anyway… I’m not concerned with what the earliest script says, if it was not in the movie then it’s irrelevant.
“There is a great disturbance in the Force.”
That’s the first thing out of his mouth establishing he is a evil Force User or Sith
anything else is speculation
Vader – Lord of the Sith
The Emperor – Vaders master as well as Force User logically leads one to assume he is the Master of all the Sith
Also says
EMPEROR
The Force is strong with him. The
son of Skywalker must not become a
Jedi.
VADER
If he could be turned, he would
become a powerful ally.
EMPEROR
Yes. Yes. He would be a great
asset. Can it be done?
VADER
He will join us or die, my master.
JOIN US! (The SITH)
As far as the audience at the time was concerned, there was a Light side and a Dark side. The Jedi leaned toward the light. The Dark Side was a perversion of the Light – the more glamorous road if you will. It was much more focused on the Religion of the Force and which side of the Religion you would follow. There was no concept of the “Sith” before the Prequels. Just because it was stated on a toy/novel that Darth Vader was a/the Dark Lord of the Sith, no one really knew what that meant nor does it mean Darth’s Master was also a “Sith”. And Sith could have been a culture, military unit, or just a title within the empire and not have to do with the religion of the Force.
My original point was this – When the OT was all that we had, The Emperor was a mysterious and fanatical believer in the Dark Side of the Force – it was so much more intriguing to me.
This.
In fact, back then hearing that Darth was the Dark LORD of the Sith, most people thought he was the supreme lord of some kind of group or beings of some sort – we just never got an explanation. I never really assumed that the Emperor lorded over the Sith as well – I just thought the Emperor was always a Dark Side of the Force user. In fact, no one knew the Emperor had force powers until ESB when he mentions the disturbance in the Force – In ANH when he’s briefly mentioned you just thought he was some kind of asshole Emperor. Obi-Wan, Yoda – none of them mention that the Emperor is a Sith.
Dark Jedis and Sith have always been different. At first Siths were people from Korrriban ans was sensisitive to the Force. An ancient Dark Lord Sith perverted them and ruled them and trained them. Then the Sith became one of the powerful faction of the galaxy. And this leads to the old war between Siths and Jedis where all Siths were exterminated except two. The dark lord above and his apprentice. Then comes the Rule of two and echoes to the Revenge of the siths and the Order 66. All this is lore but it was stated long way before that Lucas wrote the story of Star Wars in one time. He started with A new hope because in 70-80 he had not the technology for making the Prequel
Disappointed no Plagueis…
Relieved no Plagueis.
I bet he’s still Plagueis. Palpatine was also Sideous after all.
Who’s to say that Snoke isn’t simply a real name he uses to mask a “Darth” identity? Like how Dooku was Darth Tyranus, but only a few people ever actually called him that. Regardless of whether or not he’s Darth Plagueis, I’m betting that this is going to be the case – maybe not in The Force Awakens, but in the other two parts of the Sequel Trilogy.
Man I’m usually the guy who says to look at the silver lining… but this name?
I suppose it’s possible it might have some type of pronounciation that sounds different from how it’s spelled… but otherwise I keep thinking of Snookie every time I think of that name now… and I really hate that.
Even *Brance* would have been better!
But on the other hand… I’ve gotten used to some of the other names now.
That might be the case. But here’s hoping that it isn’t Plagueis. In my opinion, using Plagueis diminishes the OT. Anakin/Vader was the chosen one, Luke redeemed him, and thus brought balance to the Force. Meanwhile (in Justice League cartoon voice), Plagueis is hangin’ out on some Outer Rim world just chillin’?!? It doesn’t make sense. Even if they make Plagueis a Dark Force Ghost that is “tethered” to a tomb. What’s he doing? Why didn’t he do anything before? If it is Plagueis I’ll still view the film with an open mind and hope that is done well and written well. BUT, I would like something fresh.
Right because it makes much more sense that someone besides Plagueis was dormant or lurking around during the OT but never showed his face, and neither the light or dark side saw it…
Who said he *had* to be a lurker? I am really sick of this rumor being considered fact. Couldn’t he just as easily be a former student of Luke’s that fell to the Darkside and rose to power. A quick internet search show Serkis and Hamill are about 12 years apart with Hamill being the elder…perhaps it could be a plot point…perhaps Luke’s first discovery/student. I don’t know…but it’s not the lurking threat. Also, has it ever been *confirmed* that Snoke is a force sensitive. Granted, it has been heavily hinted…but in a court of law…there is still plenty of reasonable doubt.
I have this feeling that people just can’t let go of that debunked title “The Ancient Fear”
I happen to theorize that Snoke is a powerful darkside user. I don’t think he is Plagueis. My personal opinion is that he is a new and fresh character.
Everybody hated the new names when they first heard them. Now they are hating snoke. That will change. Give it a chance.
Hated the name Dooku when I first heard it….still hate it. It sounds like something you would find in your underwear after an unfortunate fart. Snoke…doesn’t sound real bad-assy. It will kiley grow on me, like a fungus.
I’m so glad he’s not another Dead Sith returning.
All Plagueis theories and hopes have now been laid to rest lol
Not exactly. Remember Darth Sidious was under the name sheev palpatine. Maybe smoke is plaguis in disguise, who knows…
I wonder who decided that Palpatine will have a first name and that name would be sheep. Is there a person at Disney who has this job? To give new names and things like that? Why the XXXX would Palpatine need another name? We lived happily without it several decades….and now some smart xxx looked to the far distance and dreamed…mmmmmm…..let´s give ol´Palpy a first name….why? Does he need it? Not at all…I´ll just invent some ridiculous name from time to time, edit some old stuff a la George Lucas, and it will be the bone thrown to the fanboys (because ordinary people won´t even notice) so they could argue or fight or get pissed off or whatever, but it will make waves and that is precisly the point. No other reason.
Lucas was the one who named him “Sheev Palpatine,” they just never were given the go ahead/the right cotext to reveal the name before the Tarkin novel. You wanna blame someone, blame the Maker himself. 😛
smokescreen…lol.
Snokescreen
Not really. Palpatine is to Sidious as Snoke is to Plagueis???? If this is a sith, he has another name for sure.
Tyler, aren’t you one of those guys who still insists Jakku is another name for Tatooine?
Just sayin’.
Actually, it’s Supreme LEADER Snoke. Not commander.
Emperor Palpatine – Darth Sidious.
Perhaps just maybe…..
Supreme Commander Snoke – Darth Plagueis The Wise
I can only hope???????
Exactly. Everyone needs to settle down and stop assuming Snoke is not Darth Plagueis!
Uh no, you people need to quit assuming Darth Plagueis has anything to do with this film. It’s pure conjecture, there is precisely zero evidence supporting this.
And it’s frankly a really retarded idea.
Uh, no it isn’t! The whole premise of Star Wars is the Skywalkers. Who is the father of Anakin? Darth Plagueis. It makes perfect sense to have Plagueis return from the dead since he himself was studying ways to stop beings from dying! I like it. The story will come full cirlce before it ends. I hope this is the case.
I am agree that there’s no evidence at all at the moment, but I’m pretty disagree it’s a dumb idea.
I’m not a prequel fan, but I think the overall story was great, and Darth Plagueis is a waste. All of a sudden from nowhere, in Episode III, we find out the story of this huge character. Great reveal, pretty interesting, but only introduced by dialog.
I can’t imagine a better way to come full circle than having Plagueis in this film. And the little BIG things we know about this character are related to cheating death. So he’s more than invited to be part of Episode VII IMO.
Wouldn’t be great? A saga that introduces an important character by dialog, but you don’t actually see him until four movies later?
You can dislike the prequels, but if there’s something that makes the six films great is the aim to be one single film narrated in different episodes. It’s truly the same story being told. I hope they have been attentive to this.
He’s you.
Where was Plagiues all during Sidious’ reign?
Hiding behind your couch while you’re watching the films.
Exactly…waiting for the right moment 🙂 first of all, no one gets any younger, second – he could wait forever, because he couldn´t know the future. What was he waited for? End of Sidious? Ok, after 30+ years he was lucky. What els? Another 35 years? Seems to me Sidious was faaaaar more succesful, achieving the ultimate power after 10+ years and having it firmly in his hand for 25 years. Ol´Plagueis needed to be killed by Palpatine, survive somehow and wait more than 65 years and he just commands this bunch of New Order guys, while Palpy ruled the GALAXY! Something tells me we deal here with some new bad guy, not the dead Plagueis.
Indeed I still think Palatine is about and this guy reports to
The Snoke Monster. Hey, Lost shout out!
How about: Solid Snoke?
Snoke Plissken?
President of what?
Black Snoke Moan
JIm Carry the mask, “SNNNNOKIN'”!!!Lol.
Snoke Gets In Your Eyes
Cover version!
Snoke on a Plane
I completely agree with you about the recent names given to the big baddies, Pomojema. They are not befitting of puppet master bad guys. Regardless of how the name turns out on screen, that image of Serkis along with his acting abilities, gives me confidence that his character will be a badass.
Wow! TFA really has a problem with dumb names, which do not sound anything like Star Wars. It began with Ezra, Sabine in Rebels and now this: Snoke? Is this Snape’s long lost brother? I really hate most of the names up til now. Rey and Poe sound good…the rest…*sigh*
Finn isn’t bad at all
Ok. I somehow get used to Finn too, but I thought of Glee the first couple of weeks 🙂
When you heard Finns name did anyone else think of huckleberry Finn? No? Just me? ….ok
When you realise you spelt your own name wrong -_-
Oups Sorry dude i reported you accidentally.
i wanted to say : Yes me too. i think to Huck and Tom Sawyer all the time i see his name. It’s the only name i can’t handle. it seems really out of place for me. Get your ass back in Mississippi Finn !
Besides that i hope Rey comes with a second name like Solo (yes, why not ?) as well Kylo Ren Solo
When I heard Finn I thought of Adventuretime
Oh of course. Your not alone on that one.
I don’t see a problem with Ezra or Sabine.
Damn, you beat me to the Snape thing 🙂
I´m sorry, till now I don´t like any of the new names, except Kanan. When I hear Kylo Ren, I always imagine Bruce Willis in The last boyscout saying with funny voice something like: Why Mr. Mylo crossed the street? Because he has his dick in a chicken….or something like that (in czech dubbing)
I agree on the Ezra bit. But I think Sabine is a fine star wars name. There was Dutchess Satine in TCW series and thats almost the same name
Why don’t they just call him Cobra Commander and be done with it!
bruh
Snoke…..Keep thinking of thunderCats Snort! lol
It might not be pronounced Snoke like “Coke”,
but Sin-O-Kay. More Japanese sounding. Who S’knows?
or like Sknock…..with sounds like snot lol
…or Spock
How about No-K! It´s like no – O.K. – not good….what a name for a bad guy :-))))))
Reminds me of the “Who is Sifo Dyas?” discussions had over a decade ago… He could eventually still be revealed as Plagueis, so it’s still in play, and would tie the 3 trilogies together nicely.
Snoke???!!! Really?? I’m sorry, but that is a pretty terrible name whatever way you want to look at it.
Yeah, because Finn, Rey, Kylo, Poe are all great names, right? 🙂
Nothing wrong with Snoke but maybe to english speaking folks it sounds dumb. How about toiletpaper, does that sound better?
same pose as ralph mcquarrie artwork at the top of page.. hmmmm
Same pose as almost any movie villain.
A little sad he will most likely not be a sith with a name like that. It sounds very odd to me but maybe ill get used to it. Still, he is an awesome actor so it will be epic! Sith or no, my money is still that he will be the main villain. Most likely he will be some amalgam of Tarkin and Thrawn as the head of the First Order.
Emperor Snookums
Count Dooku was a Sith, and that name didn’t sound Sith-y either.
Count Dooku was Darth Tyranus.
Yeah, but we didn;t find that out ’til later, meaning Supreme Leader Snoke can still = Darth Plagueis.
I thought the ape Serkis played in the last Planet Of… looked like Serkis, I hope Snookums, Didums, Cutie Pie or whatever he’s playing doesn’t.
Supreme Leader Snoke = Dictator type figure with perhaps a “worship” him or else kind of rule like we see in North Korea?
Or perhaps he’s an alien who just like snorkling…….Hmmm hmmm sorry, snokeling. LOL!!!
these names suck so hard! I find myself having to get used to everything they anounce.. The force awakens? lame. Finn? poe? kylo? snoke? whoever is naming these guys needs to be shot
What do you want Paul, Tom, Ricard? They have to sound different than Earth names.
Luke?
Yeah, like Luke, Ben, Owen, Biggs…
Trust.. anything you could come up with.. everyone would hate
Wrong. I have never a problem with any name in the last 6 movies. Well, sort of, just with the titles of the second trilogy, but the names, it never crossed my mind that any of it could be bad….but in this movie all names are bad, including the title. To me, OK? And seemes I´m not alone. And I never heard complain anyone about names in the previous movies..
Are you kidding people thought Count Dooku was the shittiest name, it sounds like Count Poopoo or Count Dookie. General Grievous sounds just like General Grievance which means to complain or gripe.
Names in Star Wars have always been kind of different and silly. Obi-Wan Kenobi…? Qui-Gon Jinn….? Mace Windu….?
Captain Phasma to me is worse than Supreme Leader Snoke.
Rey is fine, Kylo ren is fine, Finn is fine, Poe Dameron is mehhhhhhh okay fine I guess. But Supreme Commander Snoke, and Captain Phasma are not okay?…… Obviously they wanted names that mean something
Dooku is still a horrible name. That’s kind of the point. Getting used to it doesn’t make a name a good creative decision. All of the new names have been fan fic funky. Dooku didn’t sound fan fic-ish. It sounded like Lucas’ kids came up with it. Which they probably did. These sound like failed sci fi authors came up with them.
I, for one, would love to hear some suggested alternative names you can dream up… I’ve got time, so let’s hear ’em!
Captain Nopernus
Kylo graam
Rey starlight
Huckleberry Finn
Poe Teletubbins
Supreme leader snuusnuu
Where’s snoke?
Yo smoke right here!
What?
U asked for me smoke.
No I said snoke
Oh I think I saw snook over there
Hello this is snook
No! Snoke not snook
Oh yur name is snoke?
NO MY NAME IS NOT SNOKE
Oh so ur smoke?
NO!
HES not smoke im smoke
Shut up snook! Oh wait n..
BUT IM SNOOK UR SNOKE
AND IM SMOKE!
HAVE U GUYS SEEN SNOKE !!!
*both together* YEAH UR SNOKE!
AAAAAAAH I GIVE UP *leaves*
Hey do you have any Coke?
Let’s Snoke a bong together. New term for lighting up drugs in a bong!
Snoke Skywalker = Darth Plagueis
Snoke..I know, I’ll get used to it, but right now it sounds dumb as hell. But so did and do “Darth Maul”, “Darth Tyrannus”, and a host of other character names in STAR WARS. I suppose it is a word/name that could be associated with slithering, serpentine, “snake” in other words. A tempter. “Supreme Leader” makes it sound like he’s a bit of a Hitler-type of character perhaps?
Interesting, fascinating, and silly all at the same time.
i think there is a big hint here : “David W. Snoke is a physics professor at the University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.In 2004, Snoke co-authored an article that stated that irreducible complexity, based on the calculation of the probability of mutations is required for evolution to succeed”
Knowing the first order is an evolution from the empire in order to survive and Plagueis was a scientist looking for the key to cheating death…..
I think you’re on to something. But even more so professor David Snoke is a creationist. This means he believes in intelligent design this meaning life was created by God, not evolution. Who in the Star Wars universe contradicted evolution by creating life? Darth Plagueis
Wow that’s really interesting. And if he created the sky walker line then technically he is Kylo Rens God. As well as any of the sky walkers/solo lineage
Maybe kylo worships him as a God because of that
Snoke gets in your eyes
And it’s coarse, and rough, and irritating. And it gets everywhere.
Snoke On The Water
Hey-ey-yayee-yay… Snoke Weed Everyday!
I am not ashamed to say that this is one of the first things I thought of when I heard the name.
I’ll admit to it being the SECOND thing I thought of. (The first being, “Snoke? SNOOOOOKE?! Seriously?!”)
also , in the star wars canon “Snoke” is a first name (Snoke Loroan was an x wing pilot who died during the battle of Endor )
Or did he?
Boba, Lando, Jabba and Jar Jar. Snoke seems to fit.
Worst case we can all say… “What were you snoking JJ when you came up with that name?” 😛
not a sith name? LOL..and you all think Sheev palpatine WAS? lololol…cmon now…everyone knows that this is Plaqueis..If it is not, then why are they re writing Plagueis’s back story? why even worry about it when they could just leave the legends story the way it is and be done with it… Serkis is going to be a Muun…those of you who dont want him to be Plagueis are going to be highly dissapointed, and really….dont know Star Wars as much as you think you do. Plagueis is one of the most important characters in Star Wars..if not THE most important character…he is ABOVE Yoda…. as far as i am concerned. The friggin guy CREATED life. He Created Anakin Skywalker with the force….i mean…cmon.. It would totally make sense why Kylo Ren would follow Plagueis. After all, Plagueis Created his bloodline with the Darkside of the force and may as well be his god. ( if Kylo is of Skywalker decent that is)
Amen brotha, preach it, preach it hard. Because I’m still on the Plagueis band wagon..like it or not
Most people don’t give 2 snokes about Plagueis or the stinking prequels.. Most important character? That would be Luke Skywalker..
Uh they didn’t change Plagueis back story really, the minor change in the Tarkin novel was to Maul’s back story, the Plagueis novel established that Maul wasn’t a true Dark Lord of the Sith but just a highly skilled Sith Assassin and Palpatine was still apprenticed to Plagueis during TPM.
In the canon novel Tarkin it was decided that Plagueis was killed before Palpatine took Maul as his apprentice.
What is for sure established in canon is that Plagueis is dead and that’s it.
So why do they keep bringing him up? Because people like you actually pay them money for this crap.
Ah, Darth Snokuis,my precious!
I guess there is no snoke without fire…
In regards to the idea that he could still be Plagueis, one thing we have to remember is that, in the “Plagueis” novel, Plagueis’ real name is Hego Damask.
However, with the big EU purge, that isn’t canon anymore and Snoke could really be Plagueis. I just don’t see it as likely, though.
OMG and I thought Poe&Finn were bad names..
THIS “name” IS THE MYSTERY BOX IN ACTION.
I’ve been saying the same thing. JJ pulling our chain.
YODA’s lost little brother :O
Isn’t this the same guy on the jersey shore? Snoke? Or was that Snookie.. Same thing right? Maybe that’s how it’s pronounced too lol
I’m sensing a LOT of code names/aliases… (which of course is pretty standard SW fare) disguises/hiding/aliases/trust… almost every chapter had it….makes perfect sense
Aside from his exact character, seeing that image is just great. Serkis’ character will be a great villain. I actually see a Thrawn like character there…
Darth Plagueis as Hego Damask
VS
Darth Plagueis as Supreme Leader Sin-oke
=
WIN either way.
Severus Snoke
Hey ladies! Wanna see my snoke?
AND MY NAME IS …
Slim Shady?
(Please stand up)
Does anyone remember the concept art of the dark hooded figure sitting in a “throne” type chair in a cave? Andy Serkis’ position in this seems pretty reminiscent of that to me
What because he’s sitting down? Lol, no that whole part of the film has been changed, it’s probably from the earlier script altogether. Plus in the actual article I think it says Annie told him to do that specifically just for the picture.
If Supreme Leader Snoke (whoever he is) is the one asking, “There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?”, then there is still a big mystery left in JJ’s Mystery Box!
these names are not actually the names, if you catch my drift.
This just in: Serkis plays Khan.
Wasn’t Darth Plagueis killed by palpatine? Why insist with Darth Plagueis? I agree with the previous messenger, however I think it might be a mixture of real names and pseudo names.
Sounds swedish, Picard encounters the Borg and learns that they are definetively not Swedish. Your hidden reference.
Snoke? At this point I’m going to guess that the names we’ve been hearing are just temporary misdirection. A snokescreen. Terrible.
There are NO Sith left.
Just one Jedi.
Ren is a ‘Collector’, who thinks if he amasses Force artifacts he can endow himself with Power.
Skywalker is the Only hope he has to ‘train’ with a master.
‘Snoke’ will be something, we have not seen before. Something very surprising. But NOT Sith.
AND as far as Star wars names go, it’s really not that unusual. Think about it.
A year from now, Snoke will be the epitome of evil.
I’d say he doesn’t look mch like those silly collector prothean husks if you ask me XP
Kylo Ren is looking for Luke so that Luke can train him?
Where did you get that from?
Who else is there?
As long as there are Jedi there will be Sith. You can’t knock them away forever. All it takes is for one lone force sensitive individual to land on some sith world or uncover some sith artifact. Decide that’s for him and you have yourself a new (albeit unskilled) sith lord.
The names all sound like some kind of child’s cartoon. Captain Phasma? Poe? Maz? Snoke? .. The names seem to be the only thing that it looks like Disney has meddled in. It’s not the end of the world but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed.
I don’t know, I really like Captain Phasma.
I don´t. Sound too much like Plasma.
I thought is sounded like Phantasm, which would make sense.
Fyi, all of the names in Star Wars sound like they belong in a childish cartoon. Apparently you just don’t realize that you are a fan of what basically is a live action cartoon.
What if I tell you, that film is just really fast stop motion animation
…No Star Wars is not a live action cartoon. The prequels however are very cartoony. Luke Han Leia, chewbacca, C3PO, R2D2 all sound like star wars names, not cartoon names. Poe, and Snoke sound like cartoon names.
Supreme Commander Snookie???
This name is stupid, juvenile and devoid of any originality….I could have come up with a better name after drinking a fifth of Russian Vodka.
Just another clue that TFA (which sucks as Star Wars title btw) will most likely be an Ed Wood type stinkbomb.
Well, Star Wars lived with juvenile names you know!
Snoke will be a variant of Thrawn.
Max Von Sydow = Plagueis
No, Max plays Boba Fett
He plays Leia in a flashback…
…on Tattoine.
With those snailbuns on his head, whilst stopping traffic only to tell them to move along and stopping to blast them when they like nasty sand that gets everywhere
Quick rundown of names that suck and don’t suck:
1)The Force Awakens: Sucks
2)Poe: Sucks (really bad)
3)Finn: Sucks as well
4)Rey: Kinda sucks
5)Captain Phasma: Kinda Sucks
6)Kylo Ren: Pretty Cool
7:Snoke: Sucks donkey balls
I got a suck/doesn’t ratio of 1/7. Or only 14% positive. NOT good!
The Force Awakens, Rey, Finn and BB-8 are all good and fine to me but the name that grew much worse with time has been Kylo Ren, Kylo is just too happy sounding for a villian, like its a little kittens name …. But now Snoke?, might as well be Snooki or Snuke (south park reference) … anyhow, dont really care for Poe Dameron or Captain Phasma either
Yes. I totally agree. Pretty much all the names suck except BB8 lol even the prequel names were much better. Dooku was the most stupid. All the classic names from the OT just sound perfect. I think yoda should have some kind of cameo. Kylo should have been named Darth Vexis or something
BB-8 is a good name? B and 8 resembles the shape of the droid, even the most stupid gets it, right? Now these droids are helping the rebel fighter pilots. Too bad the others can´t have this super – cool name. They looke the same. They have the same snowman shape…but there- s only one BB-8.
Well that was an incomprehensible load of gibberish.
He means there is only one BB8 and also only one OO0 who has only one ball. Get it?
Apparently “the most stupid” doesn’t get it, or else you would have realized that BB represents baby.
Or Ball bearings,
or brutal beastiality,
or bromancing bros,
or baking bread O.o the possibilities are endless
By my calculations, I’m getting a Raging Ignoramus ratio of 100% for the user “Tim Snow”! NOT good!
I dunno; IMO, the only name there that really “sucks” is Snoke, and that’s mainly because it’s a name that sounds like it belongs in a wacky children’s book being applied to an apparently serious, possibly big-main-villain character. I think the rest of them are at least passable. And what’s the problem with “The Force Awakens”? I don’t think it’s a bad title for a SW film; it’s a least a hell of a lot better than “Attack of the Clones”!
You left out “Phasma”
Supreme Leader Snooki?
Herp-a-derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Who the fuck is making these decisions?! Is it that Pablo Hidalgo dude? JJ? Disney stockholders? I mean, what is the process here? Does everyone just throw a bunch of names in a box and then Kennedy and/or JJ chooses? Is it leftover Lucas shit? Dooku sounded pretty fuckin ridiculous at first but man, Snoke?! Its hard to imagine Disney, Kennedy, and JJ all approved of this. Hopefully theres some bizarre Star Wars-in universe pronunciation that makes it sound at least non-stupid. Maybe it sounds cool the way BB-8 pronounces Snoke.
Dooku is the worst Star Wars name ever. No matter how much time passes, it will always sound like CRAP!
No, it’s done NBA draft style. They throw a bunch of ping pong balls with letters into a machine and apply what randomly pops out.
Don’t you mean Snokeholders?,,,
Oh lordy, the names and the actual info we have so far seem to foreshadow an, uuuhm, movie AT LEAST as good as Pirates of the Caribbean 3. :/
What??? Is there any Pirates movies following The Black Pearl? I had some nightmares in the past…..at least my mind mercifuly convinced me that it was just a bad dream…and now you´re telling me this garbage really exists? Hell! Now if anyone dare to tell me that my another nightmares about some crazy dvarves and super dump dragon was actually Hobbit movies I´ll be really pissed off! 🙂
Wait, wait … I get it now, Serkis is playing a cgi handmaiden, its actually spelled Snoké
I’m really not trying to be critical because I like most of what ive been hearing about TFA but I like Supreme Leader Uber better.
Well there is a option he is supreme leader of a bunch of space alien lowlife thug clan in the understreet of some far planet….
Nowhere in the article above is stated that he is the supreme leader of the first order
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2857589/Andy-Serkis-play-two-pivotal-roles-Star-Wars-Episode-VII-Force-Awakens.html
No, but it’s implied throughout other various leaks & teases… that’s him speaking in the first teaser… doesn’t sound like a pirate… sounds like an evil sob.
The “Supreme Leader” is also the highest-ranking spiritual leader in Iran.
” Always 2 there are a master and apprentice ” This new trilogy will have as big as surprise as the ” I am your father revelation ” The prequels did not shock us with any surprises ( We all knew of Palpatine ) If Luke is guarding that tomb then Plagueis is in. Wouldn’t it be awesome for Max Von Sydow to go out( He’s nearing retirement) as the biggest badass villain of all time plus his voice is way more threatening than Andy Serkis
Ok…gotta ask at the risk of appearing a donkey…where o’ where has it ever been said, with any evidence, that Luke is guarding a tomb and Kylo Ren is a relic hunter? Please don’t use MSW as a source…I mean he did “nail” this one, or at least he will have after he does one of his clever updates!!
The tomb rumour has been debunked by MSW.
First we complain about everything Lucas does and now we complain about everything post-Lucas. Do any of you assholes actually like Star Wars? Why are you here if you’ve hated all the Episode 7 reveals?
Finally someone gets it.
thankyou.was going to post the exact sentiment.
basically for me..it is ALL Star wars ALL the time!!!
It’s all a bit of lighthearted fun, relax, have a giggle, enjoy, and stop acting like it’s so sacred, geeeeez
It’s not sacred. There is a difference between the good-natured jabs, and the “Omg this movie is gonna suck!” posts. Both are present in this thread, and I’m not going to bother pointing them out if you don’t see the difference.
There is a portion of the SW fan base that hates on every single thing. That’s fine, they don’t have to like it, but I don’t understand people that claim to like SW, spend time in online SW communities, but apparently hate everything released after 1980.
Why do they bother?…Why don’t they just go to their basement, and watch their VHS tape of the original unaltered theatrical release of ESB while fondling themselves?
I kinda hope the movie sucks, if only to give the haters something else to say than:
“phantom menace ruined my childhood” or “jar jar binks ruined my childhood’ or “the pod racing scene ruined my childhood” or “Hayden Christensen ruined my childhood” or “Count Dooku ruined my childhood” or “the battle of naboo ruined my childhood” or “that one tree in the background that Natalie Portman walked past in that two second scene ruined my childhood.” etc…..
How is it pronounced?
“Wouldn’t it be awesome for Max Von Sydow to go out( He’s nearing retirement) as the biggest badass villain of all time plus his voice is way more threatening than Andy Serkis”
It would be awesome, but JJ doesn’t do awesome things (see: Lost and Star Trek for further info), and if the spoilers are correct (which I hope they aren’t) 7th Seal MVS will be unceremoniously biting the dust 5 minutes into the film.
Talk about the waste of a legend. SMH
Sounds like a lame Star Trek rip off name like Galaxy Quest or trying to be funny like space balls.
Which was funny.
Andy Serkis is playing Darth Plagueis in CGI (period)
I’ve always thought this and still do.
They wont reveal it untill ep:9 obviously.
He technicaly was Anakin’s father and IS Luke’s Grandfather.
THAT will be the BIG surprise reveal.
As I stated in another thread….no Plagueis No nothing! Plagueis is the key to it ALL!
As in No Plagueis no Sidious, no Anakin, no Darth Vader, no Luke/leia or Empire/Death Star etc!
I don’t think it will be a surprise, just a confirmation.
As Snoke/Serkis voice is heard in teaser 1,and can sense a change in the force,then I can forsee that Snoke is obviously a stage name.
I am sure come Ep7 his identity will truly be revealed.
Can’t have a young Kylo Ren be masterless now can we???
Am hoping Snoke is infact Plagueis so the PT can be tied into the ST.
Snoke is NOT seen in teaser 2.
x fingers…
I can’t wait for everyone to cry when it’s actually Plagueis.
Tears will burst from the eyes and all you’ll hear those tears sing is “they see me rollin’…”
Most pathetic thread I ever saw, stupid commenting on a name. Who started all that crap? What a bunch of idiots, so called Star Wars fancrapbase.
Yet here you. Got some homework for you; define hypocrite.
Define irony you mean. Or sarcasm. Also post the rest of your sentence to make sense, because you.
Irony…sarcasm? No. Pretentious? Yes.
^good one, when stumped, become a grammer nazis.
When topic lost turn to personal attack by name calling. Well played.
I didn’t comment on the name Snoke, how am I a hypocrite? Also asking for a coherent sentence is not what makes you a grammar nazi. Stupid commenting on the name Snoke by someone who calls himself Pyjamas, what a dumb thread.
I think the thread is quite funny, and it also shows what the majority of people are thinking about the name. Stop being so touchy.
Would it have really been that hard to make us a blue guy named Thrawn? Throw us EU fans a bone.
Definitely the worst name ever for a SW bad guy, just think about all the puns comedy shows can dig into.
1. No Snoking allowed
2. The Snoke stops here
3. Snoking in the Boys Room
4. Snoken a Fag
5. Where there’s Snoke there’s Kylo
Geez now I look back at them, hopefully this is a joke.
Nothing is worse than Count Dookie..
If Abrams is capable story teller, he must come up with new character. Not the character from PT.
Yeah, if Abrams is a capable storyteller he should have come up with new characters, not just some people from the OT -_-
(read the above with sarcasm filters up to maximum)
In reality it’s cool if he links back to the PT and is right to do so if it fits into the story
The best part about all the Darth Plagueis bullshit is when they all have broken hearts and feel like fucking morons when the film releases and they see their retarded fantasies dashed. It’s not Plagueis you troglodytes. I know it’s the internet and I should expect IQ’s to be in the single digits but for fucks sake..
You pretend you’ve already seen the movie which you haven’t. Maybe he’s not him but you don’t know that. You’re guessing and assuming as much as the next troglodyte.
Get over yourself. I’m not in the Plagueis camp myself, but that doesn’t make me any smarter than those that are. None of us have seen this movie, and it is a valid theory.
Not crazy about snope, but it could work in the right circumstance I suppose. It can’t be any worse than Dooku. Even the very first time I heard Yoda as a kid, I wasn’t sure people were telling me the truth. Porkins? I mean really, you had to call the fat guy Porkins? I suppose perhaps Snope is supposed to be innocuous, someone inept sort of on the surface, and perhaps evil underneath, maybe Porkinator or Lemon Wedge ( terrible double pun)
On a different note, Andy Serkis HIMSELF looks very intimidating in this photo.
Like, If there was a Supervillain who has super-motion-capture powers, that’s what he’d look like.
Now that would be a good movie,
Andy Serkis is “Mo-Cap: Destroyer of Worlds”
@ dude with a hat
A mo-cap main super-baddie is just wrong.
Yes, the technologies come a very long way, but it still doesn’t look entirely convincing.
A real person with makeup and prostetics ala Palaptine is what’s needed.
And JJ’s repeatedly emphasized they were “using real sets and models.”
Having the main bad guy be CG would make JJ a big ol’ liar. Wouldn’t be the first time though…”khan’s not in Into Darkness…”
Nobody cares what your opinion is.
Well he’s right… CGI still doesn’t look real yet. Latest avengers… the Hulk looked terrible. Not Harry Potter troll bad… but bad.
GOTG was the most convincing I’ve seen, and even with that it’s kinda iffy. But I have faith that VII will deliver the goods. The brief shot of Maz Kanata looked pretty real.
I remember we all thought that BB8 was “so obviously CGI”…
A wacko nazi troll is what he is.
Woah, you guys don’t get my point at all!
Mo-Cap is a man in a mo-cap suit, who can use his technology to alter reality around him.
I don’t know WTF you guys are talking about CG,
I’m talking about his [awesome] physical appearance in that suit in that lighting.
Learn to read.
Uhhh
err…
Hmm..
Pft
Prrrrrrt … Brain fart
Harrison Ford is back, baby!!!
https://celebrity.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/harrison-ford-seen-flying-for-the-first-time-since-crash-214729891.html
Thud…
Sheds a whole new light on that rumoured snow planet now doesn’t it?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Snoke
Where did all of this “Plagueis is Anakin’s father” bullshit come from?
same place as world politics, out of someone’s a55
Revenge of the Sith alluded to Darth Plagueis experimenting with creating life-forms by manipulating Midi-chlorians, which created a thread suggesting Anakin, having no normal father, was one of Plagueis’ inventions. Possibly why Palpatine took such a keen interest in him.
I’ll have a Supreme Leader Snoke, and a Steak Doubledilla!!
Snoke is a perfect name. I couldn’t have thought of a better name myself. Inevitably, there are going to be people who do not like a few of the new Star Wars names, but in my opinion, no bad names have been revealed so far.
Would be good Mystery Boxing if Snoke was a Muun -we all go crazy assuming it’s Plagueis and then it ain’t him at all. Is Plagueis even definitely a Muun in canon now? Like is his species canonical referred to in Tarkin or any of the comics??
I think Plagueis is still a Muun. Serkis said previously that he is playing a character that looks like a zombie…
This be sounding interesting, please state your sources? 🙂
Everyone on here seems to be assuming that Serkis is playing a bad guy and hence the dislike for the name. But what if he isn’t? What if Sumpreme Leader Snoke is perhaps leader of some alien race that joins the Resistance? Would the name be as bad in that case? Perhaps not…
What if Snoke is using the force to mask his true appearance (or a changeling for that matter) and he appears as the leader (I reckon that’s him on the snow planet base btw) in human form but when he puts his Sith head on he becomes a massive Muun Plagueis?
I mean all Palpatine did was pull his hood over his face and no one though “hey you look like the Chancellor”
What if Snoke wasn’t a name but a species? like Jawa or Ewok or Snoke!
Supreme leader of the Snoke’s!
Just found that “snoke” is the Norwegian for “sneak” so that might make sense for the character…
Wanna see my one eyed trouser snoke?
Snoke weed everyday.
Quite Possible that you never hear the name “Snoke” mention in the movie. Never heard someone say “Ig88” or “Ewok” either.
“Supreme Leader” sounds like “Supreme Chancellor”. Guess now we know who the new Emperor is.
Your all snoke’d in the head!
There is distinct difference of naming the character between Lucas and JJ. I wonder their difference stem from their preference of culture which they are influenced by.
Interesting that Domhnall Gleeson’s character is the last remaining puzzle piece. Aside from Von Sydow who may well be “the vicar”.
Snoke Ohn
He uses Force brain freeze on his enemies.
I am waiting for a name like “Commander Faahrt”.
Too close to fart, more like Commander Phahrt
Quick! Somebody open a window! Commander Faahrt was here!!
“I should have known it was you aboard Faahrt, I smelt your foul stench from a mile away!”
God this is a gonna be a joke to hear all these names in the movie. Just think of Han or Luke saying these names. Jar jar Binx sounds better than these lol
my anticipation levels for this movie have all but died; im actually scared to see the real trailers now.
Wonder if this guy ever figured in to treatment Lucas handed in.
I still think Palatine might be about in some form or another and this guy reports to him,maybe in the next episode or whatever we call em nowadays.
I just got the image of a office poster:
The image of Palpatine dangling by his fingers over the pit, with the caption “Hang in there baby!”
I know, off topic.
Snoke wants smoosh smoosh
@ RedHarvest May 29, 2015 at 12:46 PM
“Everyone on here seems to be assuming that Serkis is playing a bad guy and hence the dislike for the name. But what if he isn’t? What if Sumpreme Leader Snoke is perhaps leader of some alien race that joins the Resistance? Would the name be as bad in that case? Perhaps not…”
^^ he has a point.
the name “Ackbar” would probably be ridiculed if it was on an Imperial Officer.
But on a lobster-man, “Ackbar” makes perfect sense.
[I guess that makes us racist :/ ]
Snoke might just work, if it’s attributed to a “snokey” character.
Tauntaun sounds dumb, until you see the avian/goat/llama then the name works.
Dengar works.
Jabba works,
Snoke, mm, it depends on the character…
If it’s motion capture, then we really don’t know if this is a human character.
Therefore, we can’t really make a judgement on a name. Jabba? Greedo? Ackbar? Snoke? Gunray? (Insert any other dumb Separatist leader name here lol)?
SNOKE! NO!! JUST NO!! Enough please let this be just a code name. :-S
“There’s a new SW, and it has all the original characters!”
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‘That’s good!”
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“But George sold the company to Disney.”
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“That’s bad!”
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“But he wrote story treatments for the new trilogy”
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“That’s Good!”
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“But they’ve chucked it all out.”
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“That’s bad.”
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“But Larry Kasdan is onboard”
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“That’s good”
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“But now that literally every other director they approached turned them down, JJ Abrams is running the whole show and is responsible for the story, and the whole thing sounds like terrible fan fiction so far.”
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“That’s bad”
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“But there are stormtroopers and the Millennium Falcon”
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“That’s good!”
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“But the bad guy has literally the worst Star Wars name ever, and sounds like one of those awful underwater-Smurfs ripoffs from the ’80s”
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“That’s bad”
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“The frozen yogurt is ALSO haunted”
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“Can I go now?”
Oh for heaven sake!!!!
(VADER ON) “sssSSSNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! (ke).” (VADER OFF
Long long time ago when the Supreme Leader was only a teenager, at the galactic high school…
*People, it’s true!I’m a Sith NO joKE!!
* Yeah yeah sure…SNOKE(snorts)
😛
Has anyone considered that it is supposed to be funny, leading many in the galaxy to mock his name just as we have? Maybe they don’t take him seriously until a certain point?
@ dude with a Hat
“Mo-Cap is a man in a mo-cap suit, who can use his technology to alter reality around him.
I don’t know WTF you guys are talking about CG”
Motion capture suits are used expressly for creating CGI characters like Gollum.
So what YOU talking about???
After sleeping on this name for a night, it doesn’t seem quite as ridiculous, and if Andy Serkis delivers in a big way, then the name will mean even less.
Still though, you’d think Mr Abrams and company could’ve thought of something better.
Then again, JJ has never directed a great film or TV series in his entire career.
“Snoke” in JJ land would simply be par for the course.
while I agree that jj has never directed anything great in his career, many here will disagree. I am kinda happy to see people getting angry over this news. And I hope they end up absolutely outraged by the time December 2015 arrives… because I’m sick of everyone concentrating their hate on Episode I, II, and III. Spread the hate around a little.
Some of us already are outraged and it’s possible that TFA could be so awful that it makes the PT look like pure genius by comparison.
So chin up my embittered PT fan…there’s hope for your kind.
As usual, u guys are over reacting, his full name is Epaminondas Snoke.
We’re just having a little fun that’s all. Apart from that it’s all just snoke and mirrors.
Boys! Two snokes let’s go
Could this be what Snoke looks like?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o0wpzrsEeM&gl=GB
Why the video about this??? Its kiran shah http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Kiran_Shah,_2006.jpg
Looks rather like some kind of animatronics than an actor.
You got to wonder of all the props they have why has this one been included in the picture?!
Dont like it. Not at all.
But then….
I didnt like The Force Awakens. Now I do.
I didnt like Finn, Rey, or Po. Now I do.
Im sure this will grow on me as well.
Big shout out to ItsNotImportant in the Plageuis thread. A lot of stuff he speaks about here is true. You people are really sensitive.
There has to be a mind behind it all.
Plagueis is the KEY!
Munns live long AND prosper! it’s true!
Palpatations are bad for the heart.
Stroke is bad for the brain.
Tarkinson’s is bad also.
Grievous wounds don’t help your health much either mind you
The Precious is strong in this one…
Snoke is clearly a reference to Smoke. We all know the Sith did Drugs. Vader Painkillers and a powerful sith stimulant. Palpatine used to drink but quit after Plaguies was knocked out. After that he is on some crazy mind altering substance. Maybe similiar to shrooms or MaryJane and awesome painkillers. Plaguies started drinking heavily near the end. However Alchohol killed him…literally. When he comes back in episode 7. He will be Snoking the Green through that breather mask of his. Not Cigarettes. The sith Stim vader was on was very toxic (like cigs or coke). I doubt Plaguies would smoke anything that would threaten his rediscovered life. I doubt he ever drank alchohol again. This leaves the one thing he was named for. Snoking up high.
Of course Snoke is his common name and of course he is a Master Sith Lord. The most powerful Sith lord to ever live was Darth Plagueis. I do not think Palpatine killed him. He needed his Money and a back up plan if he died. He shocked him to near death or even full death and than either carbonited him or simply locked him in a Sith tomb which could be unlocked if someone figured it out. Maybe Reys Staff is the key to the door and he is in there surviving. Either way Palpatine certainly took him out of the picture and left him in there. He does have to be dead or asleep because there is an awakening…his.
It has to be Plagueis. I am sorry doubters. If you knew the character and his goals you would not be mouthing off. He was the richest person in the Galaxy and most powerful. He is in the new novel Tarkin. Luke is guarding the tomb but can not get in and Plagueis can not get out.
He is not drinking or taking toxic stimulants he is simply snoking the blues away. Up all night and day. Or frozen in Carbonite.