Wasnât one of your first comments after TLJ was that Snokeâs death bothered you and you couldnât imagine SW without a major existential Force threat, and then you kind of had to convince yourself that maybe they could make this work with Hux as a usurper? Like seriously Kudos man, you saw that gap in the story for what it was, even if we didnât know specifics at the time they HAD to bring in some kind of great Force evil. I wonder what other instinctual analyses of yours will be true in TRoS
Yes. I found these tags I wrote back in January 2018:
i do think snoke was dispatched a bit too easily for such a powerful being  (who was apparently either thousands of years old  or having a grudge for the new republic - it's not clear which version is definitive)  the fact that his body didn't dissolve makes me skeptical on the possibility of a force ghost  but maybe the dark side way to immortality is different  either way i think ix needs an element of arcane evil  hux can certainly be an antagonist but he's a bit too mundane  so yes i hope snoke or whatever his malevolent essence is comes back
and also this:
one thing for sure we'll probably get an answer to [is] 'why is the force connecting us'  like snoke is only the superficial answer to that  and kind of a red herring ultimately imo  there's something deeper and more mystical in rey and kylo colliding  and they've been hinting at it since the start  and i hope it comes to fruition (x)
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i'm still grumpy about the lack of eldtritch horror big bad menace
and probably many other rants I cannot find, lol. anyway: âI hope Snoke or whatever his malevolent essence is comes backâ. And it did. But it wasnât Snoke. It had never been Snoke. The fatal flaw in my reasoning was that I didnât have enough imagination or enough trust in the writers to do WHAT THE FUCK THEY WANT as long as it fits the larger thematic heart of the story.
I knew we needed a Cosmic Threat. Because a) Kyloâs final redemption needed a catalyst to happen and b) for storytelling reasons---this is the final chapter of the entire saga, the stakes need to be higher than ever, and there needs to be something that can have Rey and Kyloâs team up in the Throne Room for breakfast in terms of sheer awesomeness. Seriously, âRey and Kylo team up against a greater evil, the ultimate Big Badâ has always been my wet dream, how Iâve always envisioned this story to climax. And I was shocked and confused that a version of it happened in the second movie and not only it didnât lead to Kyloâs redemption, but it also wiped the slate clean from Ultimate Big Bads with Force Powers That Can Destroy The Entire Galaxy.
So I was like, âmaybe this is more similar to batb than I gave it credit for and there wonât be a real supervillain to defeat, only a mundane asshole who isnât that important in the big picture but is still capable of posing a threat to Kylo (and Rey)â, and thought that Gaston-like figure could be Hux. But I wasnât entirely sure about it because Hux works as antagonist in the political/military side of the story, but what about the Force plot? If you have two, TWO!!, crazy powerful force users who WILL eventually have to be on the same side, but no crazy powerful force user to defeat on the evil side, then whatâs the point? The narrative would be completely unbalanced.
And I started thinking, maybe Hux starts meddling with the Force? maybe he creates a superweapon that kills the Force? Maybe he gets the KoR on his side? Maybe he finds a way to awaken an ancient cosmic evil, thinking he can harness its power one way or another and use it to dethrone Kylo and make the FO more powerful, the fool, and it backfires?
I guess I got really close to the truth while still missing it. I didnât think of Palpatine, because I thought he was dead and gone. But I was weak and foolish. It had to be him.





















