By James Dyer | Posted 29 Nov 2017

If there's a more enigmatic being in the galaxy than The First Order's autocratic leader than we've yet to hear about them. After a film spent in purely holographic form, Supreme Leader Snoke will finally appear in the flesh when The Last Jedi arrives next month and we have an exclusive image him in all his twisted glory.

"Snoke is bloody dark; way darker than Palpatine,” Andy Serkis tells us in the new issue of Empire. “He’s riddled with this osteoporosis so his body's twisted, like a corkscrew. He's incredibly damaged, so there's a bizarre vulnerability about him. Beneath that vulnerability, though, is this intense hatred."

"He’s definitely not a Sith, but he’s certainly at the darker end of the Force. Without giving too much away, that begins to unfold a little in this one."

For more insight into Snoke's psyche as well as brand new interviews with all the major characters in The Last Jedi, pick up the January issue of Empire, on sale Thursday 30 November.