EXCLUSIVE Talking to us about his new movie SAS: Red Notice, star Andy Serkis commented briefly on whether he was aware Supreme Leader Snoke was, in fact, Emperor Palpatine. Find out what he had to say right here... JoshWilding | 3/12/2021 One of the biggest mysteries coming out of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was the true identity of Supreme Leader Snoke. There were plenty of theories online at the time, with the most popular being that he was somehow linked to Emperor Palpatine. The Last Jedi offered no answers, though a throwaway moment in The Rise of Skywalker confirmed Snoke was, in fact, just a cloned puppet.