The latest installment in the decreasingly Skywalker-focused Star Wars saga, The Last Jedi, has proven divisive to the fan base, especially due to its sense of humor, which even puts overly-serious military leader, General Hux, through his paces. Some fans feel that making the First Order commander a laughingstock undercuts his authority and, to a degree, they?re right. But that?s kind of the point. This is Star Wars, a franchise loaded with smug, imperious leaders. For the Empire and their heir apparent, the First Order, cocky, oversight-laden, and, at times, inept leadership is a key weakness, one which allows the Rebels and their offshoot, the Resistance, to survive even the toughest scrapes. Hux, as part of the ?newer and better? First Order, is no less a product of this environment.