ST Domhnall Gleeson (General Hux) in the ST

Hux was a completely different character in TLJ than TFA.

 

Hux wasn't even the same character in the first two minutes and the rest of the movie.

 

You mean TFA Hux isn't a parody of TFA Hux?

 

Strange that people think he plays no important role in TLJ when he was the one who engineered the situation involving tracking the resistance. Does nothing noteworthy for the FO in TFA, but idk I guess TLJ sucked so bad people forget things like that

 

"Wonders never cease" and "Do you think you got him?" are deal breakers for me. I think his role continued to improve as the movie went on.

MJ

 

I loved both those lines. *That* is the Hux I know.

 

I like him cool and calculating with a touch of sardonic humor.

 

Different? I saw the same character -- petty and fighting with kylo Ren. Inexperienced with battle, impulsive, trigger happy, elitist, arrogant, and stubborn and ready to suck up to whomever is in power.

No wonder he's the butt of poe's joke

 

Did you watch his facial expressions and gestures? He looked like a Saturday morning cartoon character rather than an Imperial officer.

 

I want to see this as a half hour comedy show or animated like forces of destiny in little 2 minute snippets on disney's new streaming service. Something like Perfect Strangers or The Odd Couple. Kylo force strangling Hux could be the running gag. Or like the road runner and coyote.

Hux can lay out a trap for Kylo Ren and it backfires. Sending him poisoned food. Sabotaging his tie fighter. Shaving his head or messing with his weights. Cuz....does kylo even lift bro? Maybe Hux joins him in the gym and swaps a thermal detonator for a kettle bell.

Then Hux can go write about it in his journal. "Today I almost killed Ren....again. But he took of his shirt in the Finalizer's gymnasium and I got distracted again....."

The ideas are endless.

 

Precisely. Domhnall Gleeson hammed it up. He showed what a poor general he is

 

I think in a way TLJ was too close to SW Rebels for comfort in some scenes?

 

Completely different that the stern-faced grimace we get from him the entire time in TFA. It wasn't a ham up. It was a personality shift.

 

Tomato Tomahto.
I didn't see personality shift.

"Careful Ren....don't let your personal feelings interfere with orders from leader Snoke"
"Ren believed that the droid was no longer valuable and that the girl was all we needed"
"Lieutenant get back to your station!"
"Even Hux is gone"
"Dispatch all fighters..." Sad face at battle of starkiller base
"The collapse of the planet has begun"

I loved the way he said "your precious princess" long live Leia

 

I loved Captain Canady. The very British commander of the Dreadnaught. Obviously a practical military man from the old Empire (according to Wookieepedia).

This contrast showing that they did a good solid commander in the Old Empire days, but now... Just look at the Evil Leaders he has to work with. Not like the good old days with Tarkin and Vader.

He'd be muttering to himself "Bloody Amateurs."

 

"Target their cruiser" - Perfect!

MJ

 

Huh ???
You must have missed the moment where the guy blew up 5 FREAKING PLANETS and basically DESTROYED the REPUBLLIC (!)

TFA made a point to show it was his plan, his project : Snoke simply allowed him to push through (but the topic seemed to bore him more than anything).

 

I think Snoke was excited by the proposal they blow up the Republic. It lifted his spirits after the loss of the droid from Jakku.

 

His body language suggests otherwise : sitting down, basically handwaving Hux away ... just so he could talk with Kylo about the awakening. Clearly, his priorities were Luke and the "Force stuff".

His atttude was radically different when ordering the attack on D'Qar : that's when he was truly invested. The contrast between the two scenes is staggering.

 

I like the actor but the writing has hampered him.

The FO just don't feel like a threat.

 

And that's the best part of it!

 

I know it's cheesy, but I like it when Ren Force-pushes Hux against the wall toward the end. Aren't those two about the same age? Lots of toxic masculinity in them, I'd say. Hux is partially meant to get thrown around by whoever is the Supreme Leader. One of my favorite moments in the film is when Amilyn Holdo blasts through the Supremacy and the First Order fleet. Hux just couldn't prevent it. He messed with the wrong woman.

 

Hux is a parody of all wannabe dictators really.