Andy Serkis Describes Snoke In Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Snoke will be in full force (no pun intended) in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

First seen in hologram form in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, now EW.com reveals details about Snoke as Andy Serkis describes the Supreme Commander of the Empire.

“This time you get to see him, as in his real presence,” Serkis says. “In the previous movie we saw him as this huge hologram and tele-presence, and you get to meet him in the flesh this time. You witness his physicality. His body is kind of twisted up like a corkscrew, and so he has limited movement. His aggression and his anger is contained and restricted by that physicality. The thing about Snoke is that he is extremely strong with the Force, the dark side of the Force. He’s terribly powerful, of course. But he is also a very vulnerable and wounded character. He has suffered and he has suffered injury. The way that his malevolence comes out is in reaction to that. His hatred of the Resistance is fueled by what’s happened to him personally.”

The article reveals that Serkis describes Snoke as:

• A cruel master
• A 9-foot-tall alien humanoid
• Snoke disparages and dominates his two lieutenants: Kylo Ren and General Hux.
• Snoke “is a predator who identifies weakness and exploits it, drawing the young and promising to his side with promises of power, then using and discarding his protégés when they are no longer of use.”
• Snoke rage toward the Galactic Republic in Star Wars: The Force Awakens has shifted “toward the wounded Republic’s military force — the Resistance.”

Andy Serkis further reveals that a lot of Snoke’s anger is directed at Kylo Ren.

“His training of Kylo Ren is not yielding what he wants,” Serkis says. “Therefore his anger towards Kylo Ren is intensified because he can’t bear weakness in others. Part of the manipulation is goading him with Hux and playing them off against each other.”

Serkis also adds to not count on out The First Order just yet.

“Despite the fact that the Starkiller Base has been destroyed and the Resistance has been putting up a fight, we will discover that the First Order has limitless resources in this one,” Serkis offers.

In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past

The film stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern and Benicio Del Toro.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is written and directed by Rian Johnson and produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman. J.J. Abrams, Tom Karnowski and Jason McGatlin are the executive producers.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in U.S. theaters on December 15, 2017