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He is a Hax.

Probably. I think tool is being generous though.

He's better than Maul. Hux has actually been successful occasionally.

He's...he's a victim of circumstance...(sigh)

Okay, so in the first film, he was trying to be this NAZI-esque sort of crazy person. Nothing too memorable, but y'know, he was trying to emulate the insanity, pointlessness, and the ludicrity of all the kinds of psychopathic destruction someone like him would be causing.

This lead people to react to him by laughing. His delusions of granduer, and his belief that he's really powerful all played into this pathetic character, who would serve terribly as a villain:
https://youtu.be/V--IYoEBdwA?t=11m4s

So, then in the next film, Johnson decided that he was going to exploit this part of Hux's personality, and used it as an excuse to make the villain completely incompetent. This would allow for comic relief, and explain away the problems with Gleeson's last performance.

Domhnall Gleeson, in my opinion, does a great job at what he's trying to do. He even made me laugh a few times with that scream of his, and I don't even like that type of comedy. But yeah, this doesn't serve the plot too well. The villain now just seems incompetent, and makes for a completely unenticing victory. But that's not what TLJ was trying to go for, so I don't care too much.

In universe, his delusions of granduer make sense. He's not up there because he's gifted as a general, or because he's trained or learned or anything, it's because he happened to be able to yell good. Snoke kept him alive to get lots of people indoctrinated. He also believes, falsely, that he's important, but only because that lie is told to him constantly. I don't blame him for being what he is.

tl;dr: bad writing.

Originally posted by Nephthys
He's better than Maul. Hux has actually been successful occasionally.

hes right up there with the Jedi Council lol

He's a megalomaniacal unstable homicidial freak!!!!

Yep. He's a terrible villain. I kinda enjoyed him in TFA what with him tearing up when Starkiller fired but TLJ turned him into an absolute joke. He (and the FO as a whole really) seem to be the neo-nazis to the GE's Nazi Germany. They are pathetic wannabes trying to emulate the presumed "greatness" of their forebearers.

starkiller is in TFA? now im definitely not watching that movie http://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/Smileys/default/rsz_ckkn9up.png

Originally posted by Nephthys
He's better than Maul. Hux has actually been successful occasionally.


Geez, you got your wish.. Kenobi > Maul.

Let it go now.

the link I posted in my post was wrong, it was meant to be this one:

https://youtu.be/mPhosAq2wz0?t=20m58s