Armitage Hux

"Today is the end of the Republic! The end of a regime that acquiesces to disorder! At this very moment, in a system far from here, the New Republic lies to the galaxy! While secretly supporting the treachery of the loathsome Resistance! If this machine which you have built, upon which we stand, will bring an end to the Senate. To their cherished fleet. All remaining systems will BOW TO THE FIRST ORDER! And will remember this as THE LAST DAY OF THE REPUBLIC!"

- General Hux to the members of Starkiller Base

Hux was a human male who served as a General in the First Order approximately thirty years following the Battle of Endor. He was the son of Brendol Hux, a Commandant and head of the Arkanis Academy whose radical training ideas became a part of the First Order's vision. Serving under Supreme Leader Snoke, Hux was one of the highest-ranking members of the First Order, and the commander of the superweapon known as the Starkiller.

Early Life
Hux was born in the last days of the Galactic Empire, and was the son of Brendol Hux, a Commandant for the Imperial Academy on Arkanis. While growing up, he always thought it was his destiny to have a high position in the galaxy.

When the Empire surrendered to the New Republic, and signed the Galactic Concordance, Hux's father fled to the Unknown regions, where the Empire had been secretly exploring before. Hux, who grew up hearing stories of great Imperials, and how the Empire saved the galaxy from the chaos of the Clone Wars, believed that the New Republic was weak and would never live up to the power of the old Empire.

Hux would later join the First Order, a military and political Junta that rose from the ashes of the fallen Empire, and would eventually reach the rank of General.

General of the First Order
About 30 years after the Battle of Endor, Hux was the general who commanded Starkiller Base, the primary base of operations of the First Order, as well as the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Finalizer and answered to Supreme Leader Snoke. After the failure to capture the BB-8 droid containing a piece of the map that led to the planet where Luke Skywalker was hiding, Hux spoke to the assembled First Order army at Starkiller Base and then ordered to use base's superweapon against the New Republic for supporting the Resistance by firing it against the Hosnian system, which at the time hosted the New Republic.

After learning of the location of the Resistance base on D'Qar, Hux ordered Starkiller Base to prepare its weapon to fire against the planet. While its weapon was charging up, however, the Resistance led a starfighter assault against Starkiller Base, which resulted in the base's destruction before it could fire on D'Qar. Hux was then ordered by Snoke to evacuate the planet and to take the defeated Kylo Ren to him.

Behind the scenes
General Hux is a character created for the 2015 film Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens. He is portrayed by Domhnall Gleeson.

Appearances

 * Before the Awakening
 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
 * Star Wars: The Force Awakens novel