I didn’t like Hux (in The Force Awakens). Maybe it’s his appearance, or age, or voice, or something but I have a really hard time taking him seriously as a successor to Tarkin. He just lacks a certain amount of menace that I think someone in that position needs.
Yeah, Hux is a joke. Imagine if we had Hux in A New Hope instead of Tarkin.
Hux also reminds me of the older Anakin in the prequels.