10 Star Wars Villains Who Weren't As EVIL As You Think

You know him best as the pantomime villain often seen screeching and gurning his way through many a First Order speech and command. But General Armitage Hux wasn't always the ruthless and horrendous bloke found blowing up multiple planets in the sequel trilogy.

Long before he became a high-ranking officer within the villainous organisation, young Armitage was savagely bullied and abused by his own father, Commandant Brendol Hux. He would be physically and verbally assaulted by his dad, with Armitage also having to deal with the gossip that came with being a bastard child.

Hux unquestionably did some rather unforgivable things during the years that would follow that cruel upbringing, even murdering his own father Brendol at one point with a little help from Captain Phasma.

But after spending those formative years being physically abused and called "pathetic" and "useless" by his lovely daddy, you do still have to feel a little sorry for that innocent kid who eventually grew up to become a rather sensitive and volatile military leader.

Underneath all that screaming and backstabbing was just a young lad who needed a hug.