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Said armor design was inspired by Samurai Armor (coincidentally, Samurai armor also inspired Darth Vader's armor design, and Luke Skywalker's actor Mark Hamill likened the movie the guards appear into the film The Last Samurai). 2017: Human Size The Supreme Leader Snokes Praetorian.
After War for the Planet of the Apes – and plenty of other knockout performances from Serkis – I'm excited to see him bring his gravitas and talents to a Star Wars villain.
He also mentioned the Supreme Leader plays a larger role in the story this time around after appearing in only a few scenes in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. "It's one of those performances where after every line, I'd look over at whoever's standing next to me with an expression on my face like, 'Oh, my God, we just got that,'" he told EW. On set, Johnson was in awe of Serkis' performance as Snoke. And then we scanned that and used that in their renderings, but Snoke will be an entirely CG creation. Neal Scanlan built a maquette that we had on set for lighting reference and to give the actors a sense of what it was going to feel like. Shooting down the rumors that the character would be practical this time around, Johnson said: No, it's entirely a mo-cap performance. While these guys were brought to life by actors on set wearing costumes, their big boss, Snoke, is still an entirely CG creation. They have to be built to move, and you have to believe that they could step forward and engage if they have to. The Praetorians, my brief to Michael Kaplan was that those guys have to be more like samurai. They looked like they were more ceremonial, and you never really saw them in action. The Emperor's guards were very formal, and you always got the sense that they could fight, but they didn't.