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Was my memory wiped or was the Star Wars sequel trilogy just that forgettable?
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"Evoking notes" of the previous character...who was the big bad.
yes, Palpatine was. Snoke was not, nor was he beholden to be.
But you said J.J. Abrams was being "unoriginal" with The Force Awakens. In other words, copying the original film/trilogy. In the original trilogy, the Emperor is clearly the big bad and this is established in the first film. So if Smoke is the equivalent of Palpatine, as was also established in the first film of the sequel trilogy, he is clearly the big bad up until Rian Johnson kills him off prematurely. Your core argument here doesn't line up.
The emperor was a footnote in ANH. He's mentioned in passing like once or twice. The big bads of that film were Tarkin and Vader, not the Emperor.