Star Wars: The Last Jedi - 23 WTF Moments

12. Snoke Dies

Star Wars The Last Jedi Snoke
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After being set up as the big deal to end all big deals, Supreme Leader Snoke ends up dying as something of an idiot, literally bragging about how untouchable he is and how well he can command the very hand that kills him right up to the second he's sliced in half.

Ultimately, he goes the same way as all Sith masters who get high on their own supply - killed by his own apprentice who then takes his throne. But it's still a little difficult to shake the thought that he should probably have noticed what was happening, considering he was literally reading Ren's mind at the time of his death. He only dies because he spectacularly drops the ball, rather than Ren besting him.

And you'd think one of those presumably over-paid personal bodyguards might have noticed the lightsaber moving...

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