Andy Serkis Wished Snoke Lived Past ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’

There should be an entire documentary about the critical/fan response to Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi. While critics for the most part gave the film positive reviews, the reaction from fans has been famously divisive. There are many fans that were disappointed in the film, particularly in regards to how certain story beats from Star Wars: The Force Awakens were carried out. In particular, many fans were disappointed in the fate of Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis).

In The Last Jedi, Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) ends up killing Snoke with the original Skywalker lightsaber and cuts him in half. The earlier-than-expected killing of Snoke was one of the more polarizing elements of the film – in an otherwise already-polarizing movie.

Andy Serkis recently revealed in an interview that he was deeply surprised that Snoke was killed off so early:

“It was a bit of a shock, but I could see exactly why they were going that route, and I think it was a huge surprise in the middle of the film. But I really loved the scene where Rey plays with Snoke. That scene was a fantastic. I just wish he’d survived, but who knows?”

With Snoke now (likely) out of the picture, Kylo Ren is now the Supreme Leader of the First Order – much to the dismay of General Hux (Domhnall Gleeson). With Star Wars: Episode IX set to conclude the sequel trilogy and the Skywalker saga next year, we’ll find out how everything turns out following the events of The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi.

Star Wars: Episode IX stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, Billie Lourd, Naomi Ackie, Richard E. Grant, Keri Russell, Matt Smith, Dominic Monaghan, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, and Mark Hamill.

Star Wars: Episode IX hits theaters December 20, 2019.

Source: Games Radar