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Do we have any canon description of whether Snoke is human or not? He certainly appears to be simply a disfigured human, tall in stature.

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Yet Wookieepedia describes him as "Force-sensitive humanoid alien".

If this is right, what exactly is canon reference which tell us he is non-human?

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  • There's a Deadpool joke in there somewhere but I ain't going there. – DVK-on-Ahch-To Jan 02 '18 at 17:52
  • @DVK-on-Ahch-To: How does any of that answer the question? Please point it out. – ThePopMachine Jan 02 '18 at 17:55
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    basically, the answer is "We don't know who or what Snoke is at this point in canon, other than he's not a previously known Muun which was one plausible theory". Details of what we don't know are in that answer (as the old Soviet joke goes, "we only don't have meat. The store across the road is the one that doesn't have fish"). – DVK-on-Ahch-To Jan 02 '18 at 18:00
  • @DVK-on-Ahch-To: I don't think it makes sense to mark this as duplicate when the answer to the other question is "He's not a Munn". I think the duplicate policy with regards to overlapping answers is applied too broadly. IMO, and a better approach would be be leave this open, and possibly answer, just like you did here, with "We don't know, but if you look at this linked answer, you can see he's not a Munn." – ThePopMachine Jan 02 '18 at 18:04
  • And just to underscore this, I'm changing the title to "Is Snoke human?" which is a better summary of what I'm asking. – ThePopMachine Jan 02 '18 at 18:05
  • the answer isn't "He's not a Muun" though. It's "We don't know who or what he is (including whether he's human). In particular, he's not Muun named Plagueis, but he's not anything specifically known". – DVK-on-Ahch-To Jan 02 '18 at 18:11
  • basically, if I re-open this, I'd simply copy/paste most of my answer there, here. Which is the definition of a duplicate – DVK-on-Ahch-To Jan 02 '18 at 18:14
  • @DVK-on-Ahch-To: That is fine. The point is, the link between the two questions is not obvious at all, because the other question is overly specific. Certainly, I didn't find the answer I was looking for. Why would I even know to look for "Is Snoke Darth Plagueis?" if I want to know if he's a human? – ThePopMachine Jan 02 '18 at 18:16
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    @DVK-on-Ahch-To: Incidentally, there is an actual answer in there, but I had to read for five minutes to find it. It's this: "Tall and gaunt, he was humanoid but not human." See? Even you didn't realize it's there because the other question's answer is so long and tangential. – ThePopMachine Jan 02 '18 at 18:17
  • Let us continue this discussion in chat. – DVK-on-Ahch-To Jan 02 '18 at 18:20
  • He's a lot taller than the humans are. Can't seem to find the scene where he interrogates Rey though. – Mr Lister Jan 02 '18 at 18:21
  • @MrLister - my other answer provides canon height. 7 feet. – DVK-on-Ahch-To Jan 02 '18 at 18:26
  • @ThePopMachine - OK, you're convincing :). VTRO, and posting an abbreviated answer. – DVK-on-Ahch-To Jan 02 '18 at 18:26

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First of all, as is often the case, Wikia is WRONG, when it says "Force-sensitive humanoid alien". This is clear when you dig into the article, where they explain why it's worded thusly: "Snoke was a humanoid alien who was leader of the Attendants, a retinue composed of mute alien navigators who originated from the Unknown Regions".

The actual canon information about navigators comes from TLJ Visual Dictionary but is NOT about Snoke, but about his retinue only:

“Snoke’s retinue includes mute alien navigators who originated in the Unknown Regions. Were it not for the ancient hyperspace trails blazed by these towering servants, the Imperial survivors who fled into this uncharted realm would certainly have perished. These navigators designed and operated the oculus viewing scope in Snoke’s throne room.”

For some unknown reason, whoever wrote the Wikia article you linked to misinterpreted that to be an info about Snoke himself.

Just to unequivocally prove that Snoke isn't one of the same race as Attendants, Visual Dictionary says this of their bodies: "robes conceal segmented, chitinous plates". They sound insectoid.

Second, we don't have almost any specific information on who and what Snoke is (covered in detail in my answer here: "Is there evidence to suggest that Supreme Leader Snoke is Darth Plagueis?" - I posted a very extensive answer there that doesn't merely cover Plagueis angle but pretty much everything we know, or rather don't know, about Snoke).

The closest specific info we have is from Alan Dean Foster's The Force Awakens novelization, Chapter X:

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.

That might be interpreted as Snoke not being human. But on the other hand "the other two men" line can also be interpreted that he is, and bolded text merely describes his appearance (similar to how Emperor Palpatine and Lord Voldemort didn't really look very human after their "magical evil transformation").

Additional context: on top of the quote being possible to interpret different ways Foster's novelization was based on early TFA draft, and might not even have latest correct canon info (as was the case with some other details such as mechanics of how Starkiller base worked).

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    "humanoid but not human" seems pretty cut and dry to me. "the other two men" sounds more like it's referring to gender, not species. – FirstLastname Jan 02 '18 at 18:50
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    @FirstLastname: I agree. It's a pretty common SF trope that man or person can refer to beings that are not human, especially (but not exclusively) if they are sufficiently humanoid. – ThePopMachine Jan 02 '18 at 18:52
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From the rise of Skywalker we now know that Snoke is

A clone construct created by Palpatine to represent him.

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    This doesn't actually tell is whether Snoke is a human because we don't know who or what he cloned to clone the clones he cloned. – ThePopMachine Dec 26 '19 at 16:20