jeusus:

“And who’s that one?”

“That’s Armitage Hux, ruler of Arkanis, an unimportant planet that used to trade coral, pearls, and other sea riches with the Empire. It fell into poverty and famine when an orbital strike destroyed most of its oceans, 30 years ago. I would strongly advise against considering him, Supreme Leader, he’s got a reputation for being manipulative. He’s desperate for money to rebuild his homeland and would do anything to get it. Here, what about this one, A young senator, single and very loyal to your-

“Anything, you say?”

So like

I’ve seen a lot of scenarios where Techie is Hux’s brother that he didn’t know about, but is there anything that explores him being a body double? Perhaps cloned by Brendol as a contingency plan when Armitage was still a child in order to secure the prosperity of his legacy, but Techie’s viability as a convincing double is ruined when he’s in an accident that blinds him and forces him to get retinal implants so he’s ultimately discarded and sold off to slavers or somesuch, only to be discovered by Kylo and/or Hux decades later when they’re taking control of whatever planet he happened to end up on. IDK MITE B COOL

jeusus:

“You’re late.”

“I told you, we’ve been held up, the Force doesn’t have a schedule, Hux.”

“I’m bored.”

“You’re never bored, go back to work I’ll be back in 17 hours.”

“I’ll go and inspect the troops, here, have a souvenir.”

“You naughty-Wait is that a Stormtroopers restroom sign?”

“…Maybe.”

“ETA 57 minutes, get the fuck back to your quarters.”

“:)”