This threat of course is the Grysk species, I just didn't want to put spoilers in the title. I know it's not actually against any rule, just thought I would be courteous since the book just released recently.In Alliances, Thrawn and Vader are sent to the edge of the unknown regions to investigate a new "disturbance in the Force" which was sensed by Palpatine. Over the course of the book they discover a previously undocumented (by the Empire) species named the Grysk, which are revealed to be a warmongering species hellbent on domination of others. Previously, they have stuck to the Unknown Regions, though they do have an apparent desire to invade Republic space. Several hints were dropped by Zahn during the book as to what they have been up to over the course of the saga, and I believe some of these things line up with what we know of Snoke.Here is what we know of the Grysk:They have been observing the Republic and Empire since sometime before the Clone Wars.They possibly know that Palpatine manipulated both sides of the war in the Clone Wars, since they gave cortosis to Dooku and watched him build both Clone armor suits and Battle Droids with it.They could be nomadic. Thrawn doesn’t believe it, but either way it still tells us that the Grysk likely travel in vast fleets, even if their home planet exists somewhere.Like I stated before, they have a clear desire to invade Imperial space. Thrawn delays them after the battle over Mokivj and that apparently prompts them to invade the Chiss Ascendancy first. This would push their invasion of Imperial space back until well into the New Republic era.Now how does Supreme Leader Snoke fit in? In the TFA novelization, he says that he watched the rise and Fall of the Empire, as well as the birth of the New Republic. Also, if we assume this theory is true, and Snoke IS a Grysk, their species will have made contact with Vader and seen him in action. This combined with dutiful observation could be the reason for Snoke (and Kylo’s) obsession with Vader. In TLJ, Snoke is angry at Kylo because he trained him to be a successor to Vader, yet Kylo has failed him after the events of TLJ. A lot of people ask why Snoke observed for so long without making a move, and him being a Grysk would also partially offer an explanation. The Grysk DID make a move (two actually). The first one was when they tried to turn Dooku and the Seperatists into a puppet of theirs in the Clone Wars. This was thwarted by Anakin when he destroyed their Cortosis mines on Mokjiv. The second move was the “Now” section of Thrawn: Alliances, when they were about to start spreading into Imperial space but were again thwarted by Vader and Thrawn.After their failure to influence the Separatists in the Clone Wars, it is possible that they learned of Palpatine and his true intentions. Thrawn had an idea of what was going on after simply seeing a few sets of Clone armor in a Separatist base, so it is totally within the realm of possibility that the Grysk also learned of this. If they did, and Snoke is affiliated with them, that could also explain how he knew of the Emperor’s plan in such apparent detail.Thrawn remarks about how the Grysk are rumored to be nomadic. He eventually states that he believes it is only a rumor, but it still details an important aspect of Grysk culture. There is a reason that this rumor exists. I believe it is because they DO travel in large fleets, possibly as a smokescreen to conceal their true home to the species they invade. Supreme Leader Snoke chose to make his command center a GIANT ship that dwarfs almost anything we have seen in Star Wars to date. He travels around with a massive fleet as well, just as the Grysk are rumored to do. I think it is interesting that rather than making his capital on Starkiller Base, which appears to be the FO’s greatest investment, he diverts resources to his sprawling mobile command center.This brings us to the physical appearance of the Grysk. In the novel they are described as a species with deep-set eyes, angled brow ridges, wide shoulders, and a tapered skull. Now I know this doesn’t particularly sound like Snoke, but there are similarities. We also should keep in mind that Snoke is heavily deformed. He his eyes ARE deep set in his skull, and his brow ridges kind of angle into his strange melon head. His shoulders aren’t particularly wide, but he could be a genetic anomaly. His skull can be interpreted as tapered if you look at it upside down. His melon head tapers into a skinny little chin. Vader and Thrawn also only meet a small group of Grysk, so their physical description could be specific to this group. Either way, seeing as how this one line description is all we hear on their physical appearance in a 300 page novel, I think Lucasfilm asked Zahn to keep it vague for a reason.If Snoke is canonized as a Grysk, I’m really interested as to how they are going to implement him. Snoke has heavy ties to the main saga cast, while the Grysk are likely going to be a major antagonist in the story of Thrawn and Ezra as it continues. Maybe they are planning on tying together their animated properties and expanded universe stuff through showing the Grysk in a future film, or maybe Snoke in the Rebels sequel (maybe even both?). Me personally, I would love to see Episode 9 explain that the FO is actually a Grysk puppet state, and when Kylo killed Snoke he pissed them off by taking the order for himself. But anyway, thanks for reading this LONG theory if you stuck it out this far. I would love to hear your thoughts! via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/2vGFjPB
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