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 achieved prominence&mdash;first, in the Galactic Civil War; and later, during the cold war&mdash;in galactic history. Although their origins dated back to the twilight years of the Galactic Republic, the Huxes gradually amassed power and influence under the reign of the Galactic Empire through Brendol Hux, who served as Commandant of the Imperial Academy on Arkanis following his service in the Clone Wars. Having witnessed the fighting prowess of clone troopers and Jedi Knights during his time as a Republic officer, Brendol held Imperial stormtroopers in low regard and, therefore, believed that the ideal soldier was molded from birth. Brendol's views passed on to his bastard son Armitage Hux, who credited himself as the architect of the First Order's army of super-soldiers.

In the waning days of the Galactic Civil War, Counselor to the Empire Gallius Rax took a special interest in the Hux family, believing Brendol and Armitage were critical to the Empire's future. As a result, the Huxes were spirited away to the Unknown Regions following the New Republic's decisive victory over the Empire. Using the Empire's rebirth as the First Order as a means to implement his methods, Brendol was responsible for the training of a new generation of stormtroopers&mdash;child conscripts who were trained from birth and programmed for absolute loyalty. After Brendol died, murdered by his son with the help of Captain Phasma, Armitage secured his future as a leading figure in the First Order. As the hermit state secretly prepared for war, Armitage gained the rank of general, served as a member of High Command, and answered directly to Supreme Leader Snoke. In secret, Armitage coveted the throne of the Supreme Leader as he believed it was his fate to rule the galaxy.

History
"Brendol, I understand you have a son. Not of your wife&mdash;an illegitimate child? Will he be the best the Empire has to offer?" "I&hellip; Armitage is a weak-willed boy. Thin as a slip of paper and just as useless. But I'll teach him. You'll&hellip; you'll see. He has potential."

- Rae Sloane and Brendol Hux, on Armitage Hux

The Huxes were a family of humans who 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.

Armitage went on to become a powerful man in his own right, having joined the ranks of the First Order High Command. Additionally, he served as commander of the superweapon Starkiller Base and was part of a de facto triumvirate with Captain Phasma and the Force warrior Kylo Ren. Though a general, Armitage possessed greater authority than his military rank would indicate due to his direct access to Supreme Leader Snoke, and as such desired to be known as Grand Marshal. Yet despite his accomplishments, Armitage aspired to even greater heights and, believing it was his destiny to rule the galaxy, he secretly coveted Snoke's position as absolute ruler of the First Order. However, Ren also plotted to take the throne and, after assassinating his dark master, intimidated Hux into declaring Ren the new Supreme Leader.

Behind the scenes
The Hux family first appeared through Brendol Hux in the 2015 junior novella The Secret Academy, the last book in the Servants of the Empire series.

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)