The ‘big bad’ in the last two Star Wars films was this guy, Supreme Leader Snoke:
He remains a mysterious and somewhat controversial figure, and everyone has a theory about him. I wonder with The Emperors (apparent) return in The Rise Of Skywalker later this year if some of our outstanding Snoke questions will be answered?
I doubt it.
At any rate, recently I found this in the clearance aisle for $2 and couldn’t say no:
Apparently this wasn’t the first time I took a liking to this figure since when I got home I saw it on my shelf! I’d bought it again, albeit for an 85% discount. So – and considering it had been years since I had done so – I decided to (shudder) open this one!
Look at that lovely gold cloth robe! Look at the detail on the sculpt down to the obsidian ring on his left hand (although the scale of which unfortunately doesn’t allow for a legible sculpt of the Dwartii tunes inscribed on the band). Overall, at first impression, a good figure.
However – and this is a big disappointment – it can’t stand. The feet are just too small and the center of balance too high enough for him to stand. This is perhaps why he’s almost always sitting in the films?
Anyway let’s see what’s under that cloak:
Not much about Snoke has been officially revealed (or likely even established) but apparently his gold robe was inspired – at the design level – by Hugh Hefner! His name is also an obvious derivation from the fact that initially he had serpentine features. But in the end he’s an old disfigured alien wearing a flashy bathrobe and slippers.
As a figure he’s incredible poseable:
And with no small amount of effort and the cloak removed, I even got him standing:
Sadly an idle breath in his direction knocked him down.
His cloak was returned, and he’ll now forever live in a box. Unless you want him, in which case please say so in the comments.
As a Star Wars character it’s unsurprising that even such a minor (albeit important) character as Snoke has seen many different figures:
Even if we’ll never actually know who he really was, at least there’s a toy of him to please every type of fan 🙂
