SNOKE'S TIMELINE? TAKEN BY DARTH VADER AS A CHILD TO BECOME HIS SECRET APPRENTICE. RESCUED AND HEALED BY GENERAL HUX'S FATHER: AN IMPERIAL; SENT BY DARTH VADER TO UNITE MON MOTHMA, BAIL ORGANA AND OTHERS INTO THE REBEL ALLIANCE AGAINST THE EMPEROR. RETURNED TO THE NEW REPUBLIC WHERE HE WAS TREATED WITH SUSPICION INSTEAD OF RECEIVING A HEROES WELCOME. BECAME BITTER TOWARDS HIS OLD ALLIES AND RETURNED TO THE DARK SIDE. EVENTUALLY BETRAYED DARTH VADER AND THE EMPEROR TO SAVE THE REBEL ALLIANCE AND JOIN THE LIGHT. ORGANIZED THE FIRST ORDER; SNOKE IS GALEN MAREK, CODE NAME: STARKILLER. WAS SUPPOSEDLY KILLED BY THE EMPEROR