Brendol Hux is a supporting antagonist in the Star Wars franchise.
He is a powerful officer in both the Galactic Empire and later the First Order. During his Imperial career, Hux commands the Arkanis Academy and later on joins the Imperial remnants after the Empire's dissolution in the wake of Emperor Palpatine's first death, becoming a member of Grand Admiral Thrawn's Shadow Council before rising up into one of the most pivotal figures in the First Order's hierarchy by recruiting infants to be raised into Stormtroopers. He is also the father of Armitage Hux, who later becomes one of the sequel trilogy's villains alongside Kylo Ren and Supreme Leader Snoke.