10 Most Useless Star Wars Characters

Easily the most useless character in Star Wars, Supreme Leader Snoke had virtually no positive attributes. When The Force Awakens released in 2015, fans were gripped by this mysterious ruler of the First Order, and were quick to start speculating who this character was.

Some believed he was Darth Plagueis, Palpatine's old Sith Master, whilst others believed he was a bitter failed clone of Luke Skywalker or possibly even a vengeful Mace Windu.

So, come the theatrical release of The Last Jedi in 2017, fans were hugely disappointed to learn nothing about Snoke, who was then abruptly killed off without addressing anything to do with the character.

In a 2021 interview with Cinemablend, Andy Serkis, Snoke's actor, voiced his own disappointment with the character. Serkis said that, "I was devastated when I read that script because it was all going so well. I was like, 'Man, this is a boss character. I'm going to love playing... what!? You're kidding me, what?' I was like 'Okay, is [it] a good idea?"

In The Rise Of Skywalker, Snoke is revealed to have been a puppet of the undead Emperor Palpatine, who had been ruling the First Order through Snoke the whole time. What is most peculiar about Snoke is why he even exists at all. If Palpatine was strong enough to control this bio-engineered creature, the question of why didn't he rule the First Order himself, since he always intended to reveal himself to the galaxy, rears its ugly head.

Obviously, the answer to this question is Disney had no plan for the Sequel Trilogy, so when they killed off Snoke, they had written the franchise into a corner without a central antagonist to pit our heroes against.

Had the House of Mouse planned the sequels out from the start, either Snoke would have had a compelling and understandable backstory, or he wouldn't have existed at all, with Palpatine firmly taking his place from the beginning of the trilogy.