"Imagine when you’re a kid or whatever, you go up and you stand in front of the Lincoln Memorial. And you see old Lincoln in a huge chair. There’s a certain quality about that," Guyett commented. "So, that was certainly sort of part of the inspiration for it all. But I think, hologram, you know? The idea really in that opening scene is sort of like, ‘What is going on here. Ok, it’s a hologram. Is he really this big?’ OK, once you figure out that it’s a hologram, of course it’s like, ‘Well how big is he?'"



Considering so little in J.J. Abrams' Star Wars universe seems incidental; what could this revelation on Snoke's inspirations possibly tell us? Is Snoke a power fallen from good? A once public and charismatic leader? It's simply interesting to see the character derived from a statue that's known to hold a certain reverence over those who come across it; does this tell us something of the effect Snoke has on others in his presence?



"I think one thing that is interesting, too, is just the nature of how he ended up looking, that kind of came out of a lot of exploration." Guyett continued. "Just our lighting tests, just starting to light that chamber and figure out, kind of, what did that light do in there. Seeing him so dramatically backlit like that is something that I think was kind of inspirational."