Meet Amir Halabi, aka General Hux (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
This is General Hux
Hux was born to romanticize the Empire—his own father was a passionate believer in the Empire who conceived of a plan to train loyal stormtroopers from birth. Once the New Republic emerged the victors of the Galactic Civil War, however, the Huxes fled their home world of Arkanis along with other Imperial sympathizers.
In the Unknown Regions, the younger Hux and the ideology of the First Order were raised practically side by side. He embraced and perfected his father’s methods for grooming loyal troops, and eventually rose to the rank of General, answering only to Supreme Leader Snoke. Despite his relative youth, he was also given command of Starkiller Base—that didn’t end well—and had a reputation for authoritativeness and utter ruthlessness.
Now Hux is Amir Halabi
Amir comes from a wealthy family of Lebanese-German descent, composed entirely of high achievers. His father is a banker who does a great deal of international travel and his mother is one of the country’s leading gastroenterologists; in short, they’re both incredibly busy and often away from home. They both expect only the best from their son and can be harsh when he disappoints them. So he has learned not to disappoint them.
Amir speaks English, Lebanese Arabic, and French fluently. He’s in the top of his class at school—a serious contender for valedictorian—and is treasurer of the ASB, with sights on the presidency his senior year. He skis beautifully and is a volunteer referee for youth soccer teams, though he personally prefers rugby. He’s in a number of clubs and youth organizations, and he’s well liked by his classmates, many of whom consider him a good friend.
How unfortunate that something is deeply wrong with him.
Amir realized at an early age that he must be different from most other people, that they feel emotions he does not. Talk of hurting the “feelings” of his preschool classmates by demanding they play games only by his rules puzzled him for a while before he worked it out; he himself only felt annoyance that the other children didn’t understand his ways were superior. Sometimes he feels muted pangs of what might be sadness or happiness or even love, but mostly his dominant emotions are ambition, satisfaction, frustration, anger, and a deep need for order. Romance or sex isn’t deeply interesting to him—too messy, emotionally and physically—but violence can be.
If someone else had ever noticed the problem and taken him to a psychologist, he would surely have been diagnosed with a personality disorder (or several), but no one has noticed; Amir has made a thorough study of how people tend to act and is pretty successful at mimicking normal behaviors. Well, mostly. Sometimes he slips. And that’s when things get interesting.
16 years old, a junior in high school
Hux was born to romanticize the Empire—his own father was a passionate believer in the Empire who conceived of a plan to train loyal stormtroopers from birth. Once the New Republic emerged the victors of the Galactic Civil War, however, the Huxes fled their home world of Arkanis along with other Imperial sympathizers.
In the Unknown Regions, the younger Hux and the ideology of the First Order were raised practically side by side. He embraced and perfected his father’s methods for grooming loyal troops, and eventually rose to the rank of General, answering only to Supreme Leader Snoke. Despite his relative youth, he was also given command of Starkiller Base—that didn’t end well—and had a reputation for authoritativeness and utter ruthlessness.
Now Hux is Amir Halabi
Amir comes from a wealthy family of Lebanese-German descent, composed entirely of high achievers. His father is a banker who does a great deal of international travel and his mother is one of the country’s leading gastroenterologists; in short, they’re both incredibly busy and often away from home. They both expect only the best from their son and can be harsh when he disappoints them. So he has learned not to disappoint them.
Amir speaks English, Lebanese Arabic, and French fluently. He’s in the top of his class at school—a serious contender for valedictorian—and is treasurer of the ASB, with sights on the presidency his senior year. He skis beautifully and is a volunteer referee for youth soccer teams, though he personally prefers rugby. He’s in a number of clubs and youth organizations, and he’s well liked by his classmates, many of whom consider him a good friend.
How unfortunate that something is deeply wrong with him.
Amir realized at an early age that he must be different from most other people, that they feel emotions he does not. Talk of hurting the “feelings” of his preschool classmates by demanding they play games only by his rules puzzled him for a while before he worked it out; he himself only felt annoyance that the other children didn’t understand his ways were superior. Sometimes he feels muted pangs of what might be sadness or happiness or even love, but mostly his dominant emotions are ambition, satisfaction, frustration, anger, and a deep need for order. Romance or sex isn’t deeply interesting to him—too messy, emotionally and physically—but violence can be.
If someone else had ever noticed the problem and taken him to a psychologist, he would surely have been diagnosed with a personality disorder (or several), but no one has noticed; Amir has made a thorough study of how people tend to act and is pretty successful at mimicking normal behaviors. Well, mostly. Sometimes he slips. And that’s when things get interesting.
16 years old, a junior in high school