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I'm glad we didn't learn any of that info about Snoke. We don't need it. We just need to know he's a creepy cult leader and Kylo got tired of his shit. Just like in Return of the Jedi, we didn't need to know anything about who the Emperor was or how he came to power. Movies don't need to function as Wookieepedia pages, but now that Snoke is dead, I'm sure books and comics will begin to shed light on him for those who are interested in diving deeper into that lore.
I suppose that is true. It's worked that way so far for characters like Poe and Phasma and Hux. Explaining every backstory for every new character would just drag on more of the movie, and might be just too much information overload for "some" people.
It's not a big thing for me particularly. It was just that Snoke was our big bad dark Lord. TFA / TLJ, unlike a New Hope when it first came out, follow on from an established canon. Emperor Palpatine was just there. By contrast, we come to these new films knowing that the Sith were dealt a pretty big blow in ROTJ. Though its easy to imagine how something like the First Order reforms from the crumbled Empire, it just didn't seem as readily apparent how someone as powerful as Snoke comes into existence to lead it. That was all.
I'm glad there seems to be a really positive consensus about the movie generally. Hopefully Disney will bring more of the same for years to come!