While the live-action, animated, and canon comic book series have made ... Snoke was a clone puppeted by Palpatine while he built his strength on Exegol, and was a major fake-out. In Dark Empire ...

Why? Because at this point I think it’s pretty well-established that Palpatine’s sudden return in Rise of Skywalker, along with the explanations of Snoke and the reveal of Rey’s Palpatine ...