Could Snoke still be alive?
So after going back through the RoS novelization, I noticed something a bit odd...
When Kylo first traveled to Exegol, he noted the multiple Snoke clones floating in the tank(as we saw in the film):
A flash of lightning illuminated a huge glass tank, containing three creatures, liquid life being pumped into them through mechanical umbilicals. They were all the same creature, he realized with a start, with wrinkled skin and an oversized bald head and features caught in a state of everlasting anguish. They were all Snoke.
But when Rey later traveled to Exegol to confront Palpatine, she explicitly noted that the same tank was now empty:
Rey was suddenly aware that she was not alone. Figures scurried in the shadows, but she sensed no immediate threat from them, so she continued on. A few more steps took her past a dizzying array of lab equipment--monitors, tubes, some kind of tank, all empty and abandoned.
So the Snoke clones had been inextricably moved *somewhere* during the film. Do you think that Palpatine simply had them destroyed because he no longer had a need for Snoke, or do you think this could set up a future plot for Snoke's return?