![]() So how did Snoke go from an idea to ruling the galaxy? Season three of The Mandalorian provided major insight into the unholy breakthrough. A clone body is very different from creating new life from scratch, though. It was also vital to making the Emperor’s proxy. Gideon’s program wasn’t just about creating a Palpatine clone. It also showed small Snoke-like bodies in vats at an Imperial outpost. The need for Grogu’s blood wasn’t that scene’s only revelation. Pershing was only able to extract so much without killing Grogu, showing that previous attempts to use dead Force users proved ineffective. He previously had the Child in his possession and was desperate to get him back because he needed more of Grogu’s blood. His main objective during that era and a major plot of The Mandalorian was his quest to find Grogu. Loyal Imperial officer Moff Gideon led Palpatine’s dark science program in the immediate years after the Empire’s fall. Moff Gideon’s Hunt for Grogu on The Mandalorian Lucasfilm But with time those scientists realized at least some of that blood and its genetic material needed to come from a living specimen. The Sith Lord’s dark science program needed midi-chlorian rich blood. And we had an idea of what he needed from those preserved bodies thanks to what we’d already seen on The Mandalorian. The Emperor was planning on cheating death from from the very beginning of his reign. Those dead Jedi and those strong in the Force were being held as specimens, a part of the early days of Palpatine’s cloning program. This hidden lair was no mere trophy room, either. The Imperial stronghold contained a secret tomb where the Emperor kept the bodies of Force-sensitive people encased in an amber-like material. On Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Jedi Master made a terrifying discovery at the Fortress Inquisitorius. What We Learned About Palpatine’s Cloning Program From Obi-Wan Kenobi Lucasfilm It took decades of research full of trial and many errors, as Obi-Wan Kenobi showed the creation of Snoke and a clone Palpatine dated back to the start of the Empire itself. But Palpatine’s scientists went much further by making one of the galaxy’s most powerful individuals from scratch. Long before the cloners of Kamino had simply made modified copies of a normal human. The First Order’s Supreme Leader was a sentient bioengineered marionette that was also strong with the Force. For that he had his loyal followers build him Snoke (and many Snoke copies). With his clone form far from full power and dependent on a support system that kept him (literally) attached to Exegol, though, Palpatine needed someone to work in his stead. For decades, the Emperor’s loyal followers had worked in secret to resurrect their evil Lord via a new clone body which his spirit could inhabit. Kylo Ren found Palpatine alive but not exactly kicking on the hidden barren Sith world of Exegol in the Unknown Regions. The Rise of Skywalker and the Resurrection of Palpatine Lucasfilm How did Palpatine “somehow” return? And how did his followers engineer Snoke from scratch? Here’s everything we’ve learned about the Emperor’s efforts to cheat death forever. But while the film merely referenced “dark science” and “secrets only the Sith knew” to explain how any of that was possible, Star Wars has continued to explore the history of that sinister science program on Disney+ shows, especially on The Mandalorian. It also revealed Snoke was nothing more than a lab creation imbued with Force powers. The Rise of Skywalker brought Sheev Palpatine back from the dead and gave him a new clone body.
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