Star Wars: The Last Jedi – A New Look At Snoke’s Elite Praetorian Guard.

From the looks of things, it appears as though Snoke will have guards of his own like the Emperor’s (shown above). Some new content leaking out ahead of Force Friday has come to surface, showing what the Elite Praetorian Guard look like up close.

 

 

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

 

 

First up we have a look at a Praetorian Guard in what looks to be solid First Order territory (image originally found here). The guard appears to be standing in front of a throne here.

 

 

For this guard, at least, it looks like we can finally tell how he’s able to see – there are several visor lines that allow for one-way vision, much like a fencing mask does. This is, of course, presuming that the Elite Praetorian Guards are human and aren’t just spruced-up Battle Droids, who theoretically don’t need eye-like optic devices to assess the situation at hand.

 

Quick tangent I’d like to make before we get a look at the other image – the background on this scene from the BTS reel looks reminiscent of the middle portion of the background in this shot, which has what looks appears to be the same throne:

 

 

Also worth mentioning – off to the right is a torture chair that appears to be the same kind that was used on Poe and Rey in The Force Awakens. Perhaps things don’t go so well for Finn and/or Rose when they infiltrate the First Order’s inner sanctum? In any case, if the background in the promotional image represents what is in the movie, then it’s safe to presume that these guards are going to be very close to Snoke.

 

Finally, there’s another look at the Elite Praetorian Guard in front of the First Order insignia, but I can’t tell whether or not this is fan art. I’m leaning toward it being real, but I’m not 100% sure here.

 

 

Something about the lighting makes me feel like this is fan art based on the images of these guys that have leaked already, but at the same time it feels like it’s “official-looking” enough to actually be, well, official art for promotional purposes. Thankfully, Force Friday is in less than a month, so we won’t have too long to wait to find out whether or not the second image is real.

 

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

Grant Davis (Pomojema)

Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

12 thoughts on “Star Wars: The Last Jedi – A New Look At Snoke’s Elite Praetorian Guard.

  • August 9, 2017 at 7:18 pm
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    Not liking the helmets. 🙁 The OT helmets were so much better.

    • August 9, 2017 at 7:28 pm
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      I don’t like them as well either, but if they were just updated versions, people would complain about that. I’m glad they are keeping the feel of them while keeping the idea somewhat fresh.

  • August 9, 2017 at 7:35 pm
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    It’s a little too Game of Thrones-y for my taste but it’s not worth complaining about IMO.

  • August 9, 2017 at 7:51 pm
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    I will admit; they look pretty cool. For granted, I kind of wished they had used a different color and I am not a fan of the helmet. But everything else, looks great. Now if RJ can display these guys in action that would be fantastic. As that is something the old Royal guard never did in the films. They were glorified henchmen.

    Though, on a side note; does anyone wish that the knights of ren were the body guards? Because I really hope they aren’t wasted like Abrams had them in TFA? Or they could be a take on the Knights?

  • August 9, 2017 at 9:06 pm
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    Still wish they had gone with a different color or a mix of red and black, but each time I see these they are growing on me slightly. Maybe in action they will look amazing! Or maybe they will have 30 seconds of screen time and everyone including myself is complaining over nothing lol.
    Hope I’m wrong but I just can’t shake the feeling that once I get my hands the TLJ art book that there will be praetorian guard concept art that looks much better then the final product

    • August 10, 2017 at 1:09 am
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      The idea of concept art always looking better than the final product is something that I find most people will have. For example, I got the Dr. Strange concept art book and some of the designs make me so sad that they never ended up in the movie.

      Overall, these new guard they look cool and really have some potential. The Royal Guard the Emperor had in the context of the movies were glorified security. They barely raised their weapons which was a mistake in my view. This new movie and the trilogy has the potential to do something really cool with them and unique that we never saw.

      And this is the kind of stuff I want to see from SWs; seeing new material. TFA really tired to put forth new material but I found it buried underneath nostalgia and a poor, derivative plot. Now, thankfully, Rian Johnson isn’t Abrams and wants to go into bold and new directions with TLJ. You do not hire him if you do not expect this.

      So really, I am excited for this movie. And I look forward to picking up the concept art book for this movie, much like Rogue One. 🙂

  • August 9, 2017 at 9:06 pm
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    I see a few comments complaining about the helmet. I actually have less issue with the helmet than I do with the crustacean-like armor plates on the arms. Looks like it would really hinder mobility and make it hard for these guys to fight – especially with melee weapons. Can’t say I’m really digging their look from what I’ve seen so far. I prefer the Royal Guards from the OT. But, like others have pointed out – at least they are trying something a little different….

    • August 10, 2017 at 5:03 am
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      It seems to me that the Praetorian Guard armour is directly inspired by the Akazonae, a medieval Japanese shock troop that had vermillion helmets and armour with very similar layered plates.

  • August 10, 2017 at 12:33 am
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    Cool but Wth is praetorian anyways? A planet a religion? They look kinda weird with the helmet and armor sleeves. I thought the Knights of ren would be snokes bodyguards.

  • August 10, 2017 at 3:03 pm
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    It’s like the recent images have more of a Mandalorian / Fett feel in helmet design than the first concept art we saw which looked like RIS armor from Starwars Galaxies, which is probably the coolest armor set in all of Starwars (imo).

    • August 12, 2017 at 5:52 am
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      I agree. The RIS armor was essentially “Space Samurai” armor, but without the Japanese cultural decoration. While it would be nice to see some form of the RIS armor implemented in the official canon in some way, I still like these new designs.

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