I love it so much when General Grievous just fucks off like a goddamn spider

vader: it is too late for me, son
luke: well first of all, through the force all things are possible so jot that down

hux had like 2 minutes of screen time total which he spent the entirety of being a fucking space nazi and yet somehow he still receives more love and attention from the star wars community than the actual male hero lead. fucking incredible

Canon Hux would find Pepe the Frog memes funny

… this isn’t new. Original Trilogy, Boba Fett, a character I’m reasonably sure has no lines, got a lot more attention than Luke from the fandom…

There is a lot of appeal in fandoms to characters that stand out from the background but DON’T have backstory or concrete personalities. They are a part of the story that they get to paint in however they want.

Boba Fett did have lines, and he was never more popular than Luke. He was disproportionately popular considering his minimal screen time, yes. But it wasn’t like Hux’s popularity.

Boba Fett got popular initially because of the action figure. It was released between ANH and Empire, he had a cool jetpack, and a new Star Wars toy was a big deal at the time ( bigger than now because there was so much less SW merch). The franchise promoted his popularity.

Interesting note (which actually does parallel Hux), Lando, a major character, was also introduced to fans ahead of Empire, but fans responded much more to Boba. That’s usually attributed to the jetpack, but I don’t think anyone can honestly say that Lando being Black had nothing to do with it.

Also it’s worth noting that Boba Fett’s popularity came to a screeching halt when the backstory for him that fans had been begging for revealed that he was not white under the suit.

I would also like to note in this context that the moment it became clear that the Fetts (Boba and Jango, and all the clones) weren’t white (i.e. when Attack of the Clones came out), his popularity nose dived like nobody’s business. I was around at the time and while I hadn’t been that interested in Boba prior to AotC, even I could help but notice the extreme drop in popularity.

So if anything Boba proves the point, rather than disprove it. Fandom hates characters of color with a passion, even when they once passionately loved them.