Star Wars Actor “Gutted” After Reading The Last Jedi Script

We don’t mean to blow your mind, but somebody on the internet has an opinion about Star Wars‘s inherently rebellious themes, you’ll certainly find plenty of people ready to agree or disagree with you all over the internet.

Of course, when one of those people is The Force Awakens, Serkis hoped to learn more about this shadowy figure and was excited to learn that Snoke would play a part in The Last Jedi.

“Let me just phrase it like this,” Serkis told British GQ. “When I went in to read The Last Jedi, I spent the first 30 pages thinking, ‘This is the most incredible character.’ Then I turned the page: ‘And then Snoke gets sliced in half.’ And I was gutted. Gutted.” Like it or not, the Throne Room sequence, in which Kylo Ren turns against Snoke and temporarily sides with Rey, is one of the most memorable moments in The Last Jedi. Not only is it a surprising turn of events, but it’s one of the most visually striking scenes in the series, thanks to the crimson coloring from cinematographer Steve Yedlin.

But Serkis’s dislike for the scene goes far beyond mere fandom. Rather, he actually helped create the character, investing his creativity in a figure that he had hoped would be around for a while. “I actually really love that character,” itted Serkis. “And I’m putting it out there: I wouldn’t mind if he came back.”

While Star Wars does have a history of brining back Andor, a prisoner who realizes that the Empire will never grant him freedom and participates in an abolitionist rebellion.

Unlike The Last Jedi, Serkis found Andor to be a very satisfying experience. “I think it was a masterful piece of TV-making,” He says. “I love that grounded Star Wars world – not that I don’t like the more operatic style, because I do like that too. But it’s nice to see it explore the murky end of the swimming pool.”

Where The Last Jedi remains a cauldron of controversy, praise for Andor has been largely universal, even online. Which once again proves the old maxim: where Andy Serkis goes, so also goes the Internet.