Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
One illustrious quote from Kylo Ren inStar Wars : The Force Awakensbecame far more meaningful afterStar Wars : The Rise of Skywalker . Like theGalactic Empire , theFirst Orderuses stormtroopers as a key part of their war machine , though unlike the Empire , the First Order ’s stormtroopers are not recruit . First Order stormtroopers were kidnapped as infant and indoctrinated in the First Order ’s neo - majestic political theory , arrive at most of the troops fanatically loyal to the First Order andSupreme Leader Snoke .
Snoke was premise inThe Force Awakensas an oracular bod , leave in speculation amongStar Warsviewers regarding his line of descent and potential true personal identity . Snoke is first advert by Kylo Ren following Finn ( formerly FN-2187 ) head for the hills the First Order with Poe Dameron .
Kylo Ren chides General Hux , stating“(the stormtroopers are ) obviously skilled at put high perfidy . Perhaps Leader Snoke should consider using a clone army . ”At the metre , this was simply a reference to the heroic Clone Army of the Galactic Republic , but laterStar Warsproperties would make this line an unintentional instance of foreshadowing .
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We Now Know Hux’s Father Ran Project Necromancer
General Hux ’s founder , Brendol Hux , was once an Imperial officer , a member of theImperial Shadow Council , and one of the leaders ofProject Necromancer . Project Necromancer involved research into cloning Force - sensitivesand replicating their connectedness to the Force viamidi - chlorians .
Beginning in Attack of the Clones , cloning has been an of the essence part of Star Wars account ever since , go all the room up to Emperor Palpatine .
The labor is heavily implied to be wed to Emperor Palpatine ’s resurrection inThe upgrade of Skywalker , which saw Palpatine ’s bodiless intent inhabiting a decrepit clone body . While Armitage Hux did not use clone for the First Order ’s army of stormtroopers , his beginner led a undertaking that in all likelihood bring to the clone body that Palpatine would live on Exegol .
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Supreme Leader Snoke Was A Strandcast Clone Himself!
The line of products became even more meaningful after Snoke ’s origin was revealed . InThe Rise of Skywalker , the reborn Emperor Palpatine reveals to Kylo Ren that he “ made ” Snoke , and otherStar Warsproperties would found thatSnoke was a string - cast – a clon - like artificial being . While Palpatine secretly ruled the First Order and Sith Eternal from Exegol , Snoke served as his proxy , take the First Order in public .
It is unclear if Snoke sincerely had free will , as his power to unfeignedly recall for himself seems to have been limited by Palpatine .
Snoke was initially created as a likely body for Palpatine ’s consciousness , but after the Emperor deemed him unfit for that purpose , he service a new one as Palpatine ’s procurator . Snoke ’s universe is owed to a combination of unnatural Sith dark side technique and the Empire ’s clone research , entail that Snoke himself was in some agency a product of Project Necromancer . With this in head , Kylo Ren ’s crinkle about a First Order Clone Army inStar warfare : The Force Awakensretroactively references Snoke ’s own lineage .
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