Official Hux Episode VIII Discussion Thread

Hmm... I really have to wonder it there's more to Hux than we think. He starts tearing up as Starkiller Base's weapon fires. Are they tears of regret and horror, meaning that he has doubts and his sneering and spittle-throwing is all an act? Are they tears of awe, meaning that he's the kind of lunatic who finds a super weapon capable of wiping out an entire system in a single go beautiful? Or is he that narcissistic that he's crying at his own speech? The choice is yours, friends!

 

Not going to lie, I started laughing out loud when I read that.

 

WAIT. A. MINUTE.

is that seriously a real thing???
i thought this was just weird head canon stuff people were making up on tumblr.

see? this is why we needed this thread!

holy moof-milkers. MIND. BLOWN.

 

yeah, not so much the nanny specifically, but Arkanis and the "kill a cadet" thing and Brendol Sr. being, well, Brendol Sr.
i just thought people were making this stuff up to try to excuse Hux's...oddity.

i mean, it doesn't entirely explain him, but it does raise the question, as you stated, regarding all the varying levels of brainwashing these characters have suffered.

i'm still not feeling much sympathy for Hux.
Finn clearly had a crisis and conscience, gave the FO the finger, and won against his programming.
Ren is having a crisis of conscience and losing.
Hux? he's not having a crisis at all (i mean, other than losing Starkiller ~ hahaha).

 

Save the the poor cat! (and.. I repeat myself.. put him in Phasmas' favorite trash compactor)

 

i have a hankering to chase down that Academy book. it's interesting that it's a book for kids.
i'm (perhaps reluctantly) beginning to understand the weird prurient interest in Hux's personal life ~ hahaha

 

That's some fantastic stuff right there. I want more deep weirdness with Hux. Remember the rumors he was Luke's son prior to the release of TFA?

 

I never knew how deep this went. I love the internet. http://im-millicent-the-cat.tumblr.com/

 

I thought that Domnhall Gleeson might be playing Luke's son. I jumped that ship when Hux's name was revealed.

I think Ren and Hux are both equally as nuts. It's just that Hux has a better handle on it than Ren does. I think VIII or IX could be a great opportunity to see Hux have a truly legendary pre-death meltdown.

 

yeah, i think it would be great to see him completely lose his composure at least once.
we know he has it in him to go way off the rails.
truly legendary pre-death meltdown would be the supernova lottery of awesome.

 

From what we know about Hux, it sounds like he's risen in the ranks very quickly. He's ripe for a "pride goeth" scenario. Maybe the FO command decide he needs to go, and Hux lets off one insane rant about how dare they, everything he's done has been for the First Order, yada yada, descending further and further into incoherence (and/or sobbing, sobbing villains are a fascinating flavor of pathetic) before somebody (Phasma, Del Toro, Ren) puts a blaster bolt in his head/lightsaber in his back.

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I was not ready. I thought I was, but I wasn't. I'm actually typing this as a Force Ghost, after having died from excessive laughter.

Warning: possibly NSFW posts within.

 

From what I understand, in one of the new-canon EU books, it's revealed that Hux's father was a surviving Imperial post-Endor. So Hux rising up the ranks so quickly is probably partly to do with his family pedigree/connections, and his being good at his job. I mean he did oversee the successful construction of SKB, take out the entire NR fleet and government (or at least most of it) in one shot (and it was his idea to do so), and nearly wipe out the Resistance leadership[ as well. And he only failed in that because of Kylo screwing things up while in pursuit of his "personal interests," Han and Poe's quick thinking and daredevil piloting moves, and Finn's quick thinking and insider knowledge of both SKB itself, and how the FO operates as a whole.

And Hux was likely a guy who was raised in that system since birth and has become wholeheartedly devoted to it. Which actually makes him a nice contrast to both Kylo (who accepts it but has struggles at times) and Finn (who rejects it completely and goes rogue).

 

@RockyRoadCHu mentionedin the First Order thread that Ren bumps Hux walking off the bridge. i never noticed it before, but it's true!
Hux doesn't react much to being touched/brushed aside by his colleague. so....case of actor (Gleason) missing a potential reaction moment or actor (Driver) accidentally failing to clear the mark because he can't see fer shyte in that bucket?



.gif doesn't show it well. but i can't imagine Hux just tolerating that kind of disrespect without any reaction.

it really makes me wonder how long they've known each other and worked together.
is Hux just putting on a front of not being intimidated?
look at his face there. he actually doesn't seem all that certain of himself.

 

The mutual loathing. Fantastic catch. They appear to give each other a look just prior to the bump. It's not friendly.

 

That is no way for Kylo to treat his superiors. Very disrespectful and childish. You aren't speaking to a stormtrooper Kylo, you're speaking to the First Order's 2nd in command.

I think Kylo owes Hux a formal apology for being so disrespectful.

As for the gif, I don't see it as Hux being uncertain of himself, I see it as Hux telling himself "You know what, I'm gonna let that slide, no need in continuing this childish banter". Hux was the bigger man in that confrontation.

 

totally! Ren clearly has no idea how to behave with other people, let alone show any kind of appropriate military decorum.

Hux was the bigger man here, but he sure gets smug later in the chamber with Snoke when he gets to rub Ren's nose in it ~ hahaha

i would point out though, that Hux does not outank Ren. they are equals, so he's not his superior.