How tall is Supreme Leader Snoke?

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In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we see Supreme Leader Snoke a few times dispensing orders to his subordinates.

However, we always see him communicating via hologram, and we've seen in previous Star Wars films that these holograms are often projected at a different size than the original person is.

So how tall is he really? I don't think we ever got a good shot of him with something to give a sense of scale.

If he is a Muun, as some fan theories hold, then according to Wookieepedia he should be about 1.9 meters tall. This isn't such an extraordinary height, so if he was a Muun, he'd just be projecting a big image for the sake of looking intimidating? — Andres F., Dec 19 '15 at 05:34
Does canon confirmation of his tallness as a fact suffuce, or are you looking for actual measurment? — DVK-on-Ahch-To, Dec 19 '15 at 12:23
@DVK Looking for anything, but saying Snoke's hologram is tall is just repeating the question back to me. — , Dec 19 '15 at 15:39
@Keen - canon info says he is tall even absent hologram. See my edit please — DVK-on-Ahch-To, Dec 19 '15 at 15:43
I like the hint on the following Tweet: https://twitter.com/fracassifa/status/718146510349799424 — user2607261, Apr 07 '16 at 18:46
I imagine Snope is looking at a tiny hologram of Ren on the other end for the eye-lines to work. — John Sensebe, Apr 07 '16 at 19:32
Considering that so called "Snoke" is just Gollum after he escaped with The One Ring (which explains his rise to power), I'd say he is about 3 feet tall. — Darth Hunterix, Apr 29 '16 at 21:02

DVK-on-Ahch-To · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-19T15:45:10.380

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According to the Alan Dean Forser's TFA novelization (Chapter X), he was tall.

Seated on the raised platform that was the focus of the chamber was the blue-tinted holo of Supreme Leader Snoke. Tall and gaunt, he was humanoid but not human.
Seated in shadow, the tall, slender form loomed over the other two men.

Lest this be taken as "Hologram effect only", WoG is that he is tall as well:

But Neal Scanlan, chief of creature and droid effects, told PEOPLE, “This character is much better executed as a CGI character. That’s just a practical reality when he’s 7-foot-something tall; he’s very, very thin.” (source)

edited Dec 19 '15 at 15:45

answered Dec 19 '15 at 12:35

DVK-on-Ahch-To

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Unfortunately I don't think this tells us anything. "Tall" could really mean anything, and since he's on a raised platform he doesn't even need to be taller than the average to loom over them. – Anthony Grist Dec 19 '15 at 12:45
I wonder though how it came that the empire lets a non human in a ledership position oO – Thomas Dec 19 '15 at 15:28
@Thomas - Admiral Thrawn. Darth Plagueis. Several other non-humans in Palpanine's inner circle. – DVK-on-Ahch-To Dec 19 '15 at 15:35
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Whoever downvoted (and @AnthonyGrist) - please see the edit. – DVK-on-Ahch-To Dec 19 '15 at 15:45
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@dvk Good point about Plagueis although he wasnt part of the empire. Thrawn though isnt canon any longer yny more sadly. (btw wasnt a downvoter) – Thomas Dec 19 '15 at 15:59
I didn't downvote, and have now upvoted on the basis of the second quote. He still looked bigger than "7-foot-something" on the hologram to me, so it's possible there's still some distortion going on, but seems he's also naturally tall. – Anthony Grist Dec 19 '15 at 16:00
@Thomas (spoiler) Aftermath Disney canon novel has a weird senior admiral that basically screams "Thrawn" in the end. – DVK-on-Ahch-To Dec 19 '15 at 16:22
@dvk I know the novel but I always thought THAT one was a human – Thomas Dec 19 '15 at 17:34
Care to update after The Last Jedi? – Paul Jul 31 '18 at 10:25
@Paul - no not particularly :) – DVK-on-Ahch-To Jul 31 '18 at 12:03

score -2 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 10 '16 at 01:55

This Wookieepedia article contains a lot of canon insight as to who Snoke might be.

He is ca 7 feet tall but not a Muun or Plagueis, clearly, as he has a humanoid nose, no elongated skull, black alien eyes which is inconsistent with those of a Sith Lord, etc etc.

I reckon Snoke could be a powerful balanced force user, perhaps the most powerful, previously controlling (and now representing) groups like the Jal Shey or similar in the EU.

How tall is Supreme Leader Snoke?

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