Ever since the character Snoke was revealed, there have been countless amount of theories
over who he may be, from Darth Plagueis to even Jar Jar Binks.
But we rarely ever hear of him being a character from the Old Republic era, which was set thousands
of years prior to the movies.
So who is the Sith Emperor?
He was the first Sith Emperor to ever exist in Star Wars Legends.
He went by two names, first as Vitiate to his Sith Empire and later as Valkorion when
he ruled the Eternal empire.
He was one of the most powerful sith lords to ever live, up there with even Darth Sidious.
One of his more notable force powers was the ability to transfer his consciousness into
other beings, taking over their bodies as if they were his own, allowing him to cheat
death.
And he did this for thousands of years.
Now we know that he is from the old star wars timeline and isn’t canon yet; however, the
fact of there once being a Sith controlled galaxy is true, as stated by Emperor Palpatine
in Revenge of the Sith.
And as we know how the Sith work, there was most likely a Sith Emperor on top of the hierarchy
ruling over the galaxy.
On top of that, the Sith Emperor has characteristics that would make sense for him to reappear
once more after a thousand years of hiding.
His patience was second to none, occasionally referring himself to having the patience of
stone and the will of stars.
He literally planned for thousands of years on taking over the galaxy, constructing two
galactic empires within his life.
He also was even able to defeat his greatest enemies by simply just outliving them while
in hiding.
What we know of Snoke is that he saw the rise and fall of the Galactic Empire and that he
is extremely powerful in the dark side of the force.
Giving him the characteristics of someone with great patience who was able to outlive
potentially his greatest enemy at the time, Emperor Palpatine.
And while he waited, he was also secretly constructing a military that would later become
the First Order after it absorbed the remnants of Palpatine’s old empire.
Using them to once again claim the galaxy for himself.
Now the biggest reason we think the Sith Emperor could be Snoke isn’t from the in universe
lore of star wars, but rather from the behind the scenes of these stories and the recent
events involving Dave Filoni no longer being the supervising director of Star Wars Rebels.
And for those of you who don’t know, he was also the supervising director of The Clone
Wars.
It is heavily rumored that Dave Filoni’s departure from Rebels has to do with him being
the supervising director for a brand new star wars animated series.
We believe this new animated series will take place in the Old Republic era.
Why do we think this?
Because Disney understands that there is a huge fanbase centered around the old republic
era, the largest fanbase to an era of star wars that is not connected to the main 7 star
wars movies.
And the way Disney sees it, this large loyal fan base can make them a ton of extra cash.
So, what if in Episode 8 it is revealed that Snoke was the ancient Sith Emperor that Palpatine
indirectly referred to in Revenge of the Sith?
This newfound knowledge would cause the millions of star wars fans who only watch the movies
to wonder who he was and what was the old sith empire that he used to rule.
And shortly after this is revealed in the movie, Disney announces a brand new animated
star wars show centered around the old republic era, along with new books, comics, and even
video games that center around the same time period.
This would not only cause millions of fans from both the casual and hardcore corners
of the fanbase to purchase all this new material centered around the old republic, but it would
also greatly expand the canon universe of star wars.
They could give us the history of the mandalorians and what happened to them and their planet
that led them to become pacifists by the time of the clone wars.
We could get background information on the darksaber and how it was obtained by Pre Vizsla’s
ancestor.
We could possibly see the epic battle that took place on Malachor that led to all the
burnt corpses.
We can finally see for the first time on screen hundreds of sith fighting hundreds of Jedi,
and possibly even near the end of this series we can see Darth Bane implement the rule of
two and what his motivations were for doing so.
The possibilities are endless.
Along with the introduction of many new characters, we will most definitely see old characters,
like Revan, Malak, and Bane, who will most likely face the same treatment that Thrawn
has, where they are new characters within the canon, but are very similar to their Legends
counterparts.
Maybe even following a similar story to the one seen in Legends.
And having Dave Filoni be the supervising director of this would be perfect, as he is
a major fan of the Old Republic, so much so, that he has already introduced elements of
it within the current rebels tv show.
Like the hammerhead cruisers and the great scourge of malachor.
He even wanted to include Darth Revan in one of the episodes of The Clone Wars, but was
ultimately not allowed to do so because of George Lucas.
Maybe this new series and time period of star wars could even be targeted to a more mature
audience as well?
Giving it the same tone and maturity seen in the current old republic games and books.
Giving the older fans something new and fresh within the star wars canon.
Let us know in the comments below what you think of this theory and our reasoning for
it.
And more importantly, do you guys want this to happen?
To have the old republic era be reintroduced back into canon and have it possibly answer
all of the questions we have on the origins of many factions and items seen in the new
canon of star wars.