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venatohru:
I know Hux providing intel to the Resistance and helping Finn, Poe, and Chewie to escape just to spite Kylo Ren is hilarious, but there are other factors at play here.
By the time we see Hux in TRoS he’s still a general, but only in name. Ren doesn’t trust him with anything meaningful, and everything he does is overseen by Allegiant General Pryde. Thanks to the visual dictionary, we know that Pryde was a friend of Hux’s (abusive) father, and has known Hux since he was a child. I don’t want to assume that Pryde joined in with Brendol’s abuse as some of his cronies did, but it’s obvious that his relationship with Hux isn’t a particularly positive one. Having him serve under Pryde is just another insult from the Supreme Leader.
Another part of why he hates Kylo Ren so much in the beginning is his general disdain for “sorcery” and anything related to the Force. I doubt his treatment by Snoke or Ren helped with that, but he also thinks it’s outdated and favours warfare based on technological means. Although it saw the construction of the Death Stars, Palpatine’s Empire (and by extension the Final Order, and the integrated First Order) is deeply rooted in Sith ideology.
Even if Hux hadn’t been stripped of most of his power over the course of the year between TLJ and TRoS, I doubt he’d see himself having any place in this empire.
venatohru:
I know Hux providing intel to the Resistance and helping Finn, Poe, and Chewie to escape just to spite Kylo Ren is hilarious, but there are other factors at play here.
By the time we see Hux in TRoS he’s still a general, but only in name. Ren doesn’t trust him with anything meaningful, and everything he does is overseen by Allegiant General Pryde. Thanks to the visual dictionary, we know that Pryde was a friend of Hux’s (abusive) father, and has known Hux since he was a child. I don’t want to assume that Pryde joined in with Brendol’s abuse as some of his cronies did, but it’s obvious that his relationship with Hux isn’t a particularly positive one. Having him serve under Pryde is just another insult from the Supreme Leader.
Another part of why he hates Kylo Ren so much in the beginning is his general disdain for “sorcery” and anything related to the Force. I doubt his treatment by Snoke or Ren helped with that, but he also thinks it’s outdated and favours warfare based on technological means. Although it saw the construction of the Death Stars, Palpatine’s Empire (and by extension the Final Order, and the integrated First Order) is deeply rooted in Sith ideology.
Even if Hux hadn’t been stripped of most of his power over the course of the year between TLJ and TRoS, I doubt he’d see himself having any place in this empire.