Armitage Hux was a general in the Imperial Remnant. Secretly, Hux was loyal to a radical group called the First Order. When Moff Quille, Hux's superior, defected to the First Order, Hux revealed his allegiance as well, along with his older brother, Jeramm. Despite his relative youth, Hux was ranked highly within the First Order. He was fanatically loyal to the group, believing in the cause of the First Order wholeheartedly. He had a rivalry with Kylo Ren, with whom he disagreed on many methods.
Biography[]
Early life[]
The son of Brendol Hux and the younger brother of Jeramm, Hux was raised on propaganda to hate the Republic. His father believed that Admiral Pellaeon, the Imperial Remnant's Head of State, was weak due to aligning with the Republic, and secretly put his support behind a radical cult called the First Order. Brendol raised his sons to be completely loyal to the First Order.
Hux and Jeramm grew up within the Remnant, pretending to be part of their society. Hux rose through the ranks quickly and eventually became a commander on a Star Destroyer under Moff Quille. He began making preparations in secret to assist the First Order, influencing other officers and ship's crew against the Republic and Pellaeon.
Rise of the First Order[]
In 37 ABY, Moff Quille and several other members of the Moff Council decided to throw their support behind the First Order rather than Pellaeon's successor, Vitor Reige. Hux and the other First Order officers who had secretly been working within the Remnant rose up, killing those offices who tried to remain loyal to Reige. The Moffs fled to First Order space and began massing their forces for war against Reige.
However, Reige decided to get help from the outside, and contacted Leia Organa Solo to help him. Solo, along with her husband and forces from the New Republic military, poured into Imperial Space, operating out of Yaga Minor, and fought against the First Order. During this time, Hux was promoted to general and given command of the Star Destroyer Finalizer. He was assigned to work with the mysterious Dark Jedi, Kylo Ren, and the two of them quickly became fierce rivals.
Battling the Resistance[]
Hux and his brother led a task force to strike the Resistance base on Yaga Minor. The base scrambled its X-wing squadrons, including Wraith and Blue Squadrons, to fight the enemy forces. The Resistance was also supported by General Ematt and Admiral Traest Kre'fey and their small task forces. Hux's fleet was wearing down the Resistance when a YT-1000 emerged from hyperspace.
Hux initially wanted to ignore the freighter, but it began attacking Jeramm's ship. Jeramm attempted to destroy the vessel but it evaded the attempts and dealt damage to Jeramm's flagship. Eventually, Jeramm decided to fall back, to Hux's chagrin. Hux covered Jeramm's retreat and the First Order forces returned to their staging grounds. Moff Quille later informed the two brothers that the freighter they'd encountered had contained a team of Jedi including Owen Skywalker and Jaina Solo.