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 Armitage Hux (Domhnall Gleeson), 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.
In some stories, deriding a key villain is detrimental to her or his power, as well as the entire storyline. However, 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 ...
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January 01, 2018 at 11:51AM
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