Star Wars: The Last Jedi *SPOILERS* (Off-Topic)

by breitzen , Kansas, Friday, December 15, 2017, 11:11 (2540 days ago) @ marmot 1333

I'm just saying we never got a reason to fear Snoke. Everyone seems to be scared of him, but even Hux is more intimidating in my mind.

Wow, I didn't get that at all. Snoke just toyed around with Rey like a cat with a mouse, basically letting her make attempts then swatting her down. Rey's power was already demonstrated while she was fighting Ben in the last movie. Ben/Kylo was only able to defeat Snoke through a trick; Snoke could clearly read much of Ben/Kylo's mind but not 100%.

Later we see Kylo force-slam Hux against the wall, seemingly without even trying. Hux's power is purely hierarchical. If he didn't have soldiers under his command, he would not have power at all.

In other words, it was clearly demonstrated to me that Snoke > Rey >= Kylo > Hux.

I totally agree with you that Kylo is now set up to be an incredibly interesting villain.

I’ll conceed to that in a sense. We see Snoke’s power demonstrated and it’s frightening to us/Rey. But how he’s know in the universe as Leader of the First Order is unknown to the audience. Why is Leia and the resistance so afraid of him after defeating Palestine?