Hux family

"He has a child&mdash;a bastard boy, as I understand. Not born of his wife, Maratelle, but of some&hellip;kitchen woman."

- Gallius Rax, on the Hux family

The Hux family was a human clan that served the Galactic Empire and its successor state, the First Order. Brendol Hux, an ambitious man who began his career as a military officer of the Galactic Republic, achieved prominence under the patronage of Counselor to the Empire Gallius Rax. Through his capacity as Commandant of the Arkanis Academy, Brendol gauged the skills of Imperial stormtroopers and found them lacking compared to their predecessors, the clone troopers who fought for the Republic in the Clone Wars. As a result, he began an experimental program which aimed to mold cadets into elite super-soldiers, much like the clones who came before them. Although Brendol impressed upon Rax the value of having troopers trained from a young age, the Counselor gave command of his child soldiers not to Brendol, but rather the Commandant's own child, Armitage Hux.

Armitage was born to a kitchen woman rather than his father's wife, Maratelle Hux, making him the elder Hux's bastard son. Armitage, who gained favor with both Rax and Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, traveled with his father on an exodus to the galaxy's Unknown Regions in the aftermath of the Empire's downfall. As the First Order rose from the remnants of the Old Empire, Brendol and Armitage helped to create a new generation of stormtroopers modeled on the Huxes' vision of the perfect soldier. They also became generals, in turn, in the First Order military. By the latter years of the cold war between the First Order and the New Republic, Armitage elected to commit patricide, having long regarded his father as an obstacle to his own ambitions for power.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Force Arena
 * Star Wars Battlefront II
 * Servants of the Empire: The Secret Academy
 * Aftermath: Life Debt
 * Aftermath: Empire's End
 * Bloodline
 * Phasma
 * Before the Awakening
 * Poe Dameron 2: Black Squadron, Part II
 * Poe Dameron 10: The Gathering Storm, Part III
 * Poe Dameron 11: The Gathering Storm, Part IV
 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
 * Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization
 * Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel
 * Star Wars: The Force Awakens: New Adventures
 * Join the Resistance: Attack on Starkiller Base
 * Star Wars: The Force Awakens Graphic Novel Adaptation
 * The Force Awakens, Part I
 * The Force Awakens, Part III
 * The Force Awakens, Part IV
 * The Force Awakens, Part V
 * The Force Awakens, Part VI
 * Star Wars: The Force Awakens Beginner Game
 * Captain Phasma, Part I
 * Captain Phasma, Part IV
 * Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
 * Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition
 * Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel
 * The Last Jedi Adaptation 1
 * The Last Jedi Adaptation 2
 * The Last Jedi Adaptation 3
 * The Last Jedi Adaptation 4
 * The Last Jedi Adaptation 5
 * Star Wars: Episode IX
 * Star Wars: Episode IX

Non-canon appearances

 * Disney Infinity 3.0
 * Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (DK Readers)
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (DK Readers)