ST General Hux/Domhnall Gleeson Discussion Thread

Hux is a petty jerk who hates Kylo Ren, that tracks with him being a petty jerk who hates Kylo Ren from TFA

 

To me, Hux had potential in TFA.

Not terribly deep but he was the Tarkin analogue.
While Tarkin was ice, Hux was fire.
He was more of a fanatic, also he was younger and so less experienced than Tarkin.
He also differed in that Tarkin got along fine with Vader while he and Kylo did not see eye to eye.

I think TLJ did the character a huge disservice by making him both a total idiot and the butt of a lot of jokes.
Hux was impossible to take seriously after TLJ.
I get why, Hux had to be a total idiot otherwise the Resistance would get wiped out ten minutes in and we would have no movie.

That he was the mole does fit to some extent.
I saw Hux as loyal to Snoke but now Kylo has killed Snoke and taken his place.
So while on the one hand, the FO is winning, to Hux, that victory is ashes in his mouth as he has to bow and scrape before Kylo.
An usurper that killed the real leader.
So Hux life now is miserable and the only joy he can find is trying to make sure that Kylo looses.
Then he gets killed.
I think that they might have made it so that Hux realized that he could not explain this away and he would get executed for treason.
So he asks that they kill him and not just wound him. To spare him the shame and agony of an execution.

Had TLJ not made Hux into such an utter fool, you could have the third film have some sort of civil war within the FO.
Hux and other Snoke loyalists refuse to recognize Kylo as leader and fight him.
While others follow Kylo.

Bye for now.
The Guarding Dark

 

Domhnall Gleesons two best moments imo

From entering the room. With hand on blaster.



The latter dialogue between Finn and Poe demonstrates the inherent issue I have with JJ speak in that all the characters speak the same and imo just ramble off for the sake of a laugh, though, again imo, it is not funny because it is not clever and it comes off out of character and forced.

Contrast that to gleesons brilliant delivery.

 

Hux should have had the role of Pryde in the third movie. It would fulfill his arc, I think.

 

I think Hux wouldn't be that similar to Pryde, characterization wise.

 

Though I also think there's a split difference with Hux in TROS. I think Hux isn't that sniveling. I think the comedic-ness is reared back, mostly.

The Hux thing, and I think I've said before, speaks to my issue with TLJ and it's something I see as frustrating: I agree with what I think Rian sees in TFA in some things. I think Hux is over the top. I think it's lame to have a Palpatine knockoff. But I think Rian leans into all of that, far more, than what I prefer now: Showing the characters as villains, in their own way.

 

He was an awful character in my opinion... and the casting reflected Lucasfilm’s (seemingly) wish to populate the new films with much younger characters (outside of Han, Leia etc.). I think Hux would have faired better, as a character, if played by an actor whom could bring more gravitas and a sense of threat e.g. a Gabriel Byrne, Jared Harris type.

 

Should have died in TLJ.

 

I never took the character seriously from his first scene onwards. He just reminded me of a sadistic school prefect. He'd have been no one in the Empire. Piett or Ozzel would have had him scrubbing the decks. Having said that, I think IX could have made him into a serious character for once if Hux had led a military coup against Kylo. His character never really went anywhere unfortunately.

 

I remember thinking he was going to be cast as Luke's son.

Oh those were the days. lol

 

Hugs Skywalker

 

Ha... I remember that speculation. Oh for a time when everything seemed possible...

 

Is it just me, or did Hux look more Sith like in TLJ, particularly the opening scenes? His face looked much more lined than it did in TFA, his eyes much baggier.

It sorta reminded me of Piett looking older, whiter, and sicker as ESB goes on and everyone around him is getting strangled. You can see the stress on his face. Colley did a fine, subtle acting job selling that idea. If the same was meant for Hux, that would be something.