<P> Snoke appears in the 2015 novelization of The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster . In the novel, Leia tells Han in more detail how Snoke, aware that their son would be "strong with the Force" and possess "equal potential for good or evil", had long watched Ben and manipulated events to draw him to the dark side . An unplayable Lego minifigure version of Snoke appears in cutscenes in the 2016 video game Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens . In the spring of 2018, Snoke was added to the mobile MOBA Star Wars: Force Arena as a playable Dark Side squad leader . </P> <P> Following the events of The Force Awakens, Snoke reprimands Hux for his failings as a military leader, and Ren for his failure to find and kill Luke Skywalker . Ren brings Rey to Snoke, who tortures her for information on Luke's location . He reveals to Ren and Rey that he created the psychic bond between them as part of a plan to destroy Luke . Snoke then orders Ren to kill Rey, and gloats over his total control over his apprentice, only for Ren to use the Force to activate Luke's lightsaber, which Rey had been using, from a distance and slice Snoke in half with it, killing him . Snoke's Praetorian Guards attack both Ren and Rey in an attempt to avenge Snoke, but Rey and Ren briefly join forces to defeat the guards in a lightsaber duel . After Rey escapes, Ren declares himself the new Supreme Leader of the First Order, pinning Snoke's death on Rey to cover his actions . </P> <P> Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Supreme Leader Snoke is a larger - than - life, vaguely Harry Potter - ish hologram voiced with deep gravity by Andy Serkis; the full weight of this character's malignancy and dramatic power will presumably be better assessed in subsequent episodes ." Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun - Times called Serkis "the undisputed champion of the performance - capture roles". Though praising the "unobtrusive sophistication" of the visual effects used to portray the character, Variety's Justin Chang said that Serkis is "fine but not galvanizing" in the role . Lindsay Bahr of the Associated Press deemed Snoke one of the "less memorable" characters in The Force Awakens . </P> <P> Serkis was nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Virtual Performance for the role . </P>

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