9 Ways Star Wars: The Force Awakens Is an Exact Replica of A New Hope

In A New Hope, Senator Palpatine (or Darth Sidious) is the frail yet ridiculously evil ruler to whom Darth Vader reports. In The Force Awakens, Supreme Leader Snoke is the one who seduces Kylo Ren to the Dark Side, only seen in brief glimpses as a large hologram. They both suffer facial deformities and are able to rule by having underlings do their bidding. Snoke is still a mystery as of yet, but everyone from Boba Fett to Jar Jar Binks has been rumored to be the big bad's true identity.