Lord Commander

### Most Detestable Traits

Committing a long list of attrocities out of hunger for power or out of sadistic pettiness.
Having a pathetic yet well-deserved defeat in S3.

### Type of ED

Sadistic God-Wannabe

**The Lord Commander,** previously known as **Jack,** is the main antagonist of the adult animated science fantasy series *Final Space,* serving as the main antagonist of seasons 1 and 3 and the overarching antagonist of season 2.

He is a tyrannical and superpowered alien who is motivated by his desire to become a Titan and rule the multiverse, killing and/or torturing anyone and everyone who dares stand in his way or otherwise. He is the archenemy of Gary Goodspeed, Avocato and Little Cato.

He was voiced by David Tenant.

## His Qualities

### What Makes Him Entertaining?

* He is voiced by David Tenant, who provides him with both an iconic voice and awesome quotes.
* Although they do nothing to detract from his heinous actions, he has a few comedic moments. These include his repeatedly referring to Gary as "the Gary" (to Gary's humorous frustration), his frustration at Gary and Avocato not being surprised by his trap on his prison colony, him going out of his way to congratulate a random minion named Geoff for his brown-nosing, and his mispronouncing protege (something that Little Cato pokes fun at him for) when trying to manipulate Ash to his side. And he still manages to be a serious threat to the heroes in spite of these moments.
* He repeatedly uses his powers to devastating effect, with most confrontations with the heroes being largely one-sided in his favor. Even as his powers were slowly killing him, he is still able to kill an entire arena of monsters on his own and manages to defeat Gary by himself during their fight in the S1 finale. At his prime, he was even able to defeat Ash Graven with relative ease (at least until she was empowered by Invictus).
* He's pretty durable despite his small size, taking a direct blast from Mooncake (a powerful entity in his own right who could wipe out an entire planet if he desired and who's blasts are usually one-hit kills) and reacts to being shot by Gary with a blaster in his weakened state with annoyance instead of fear. He's also able to use his powers to their best effect even as they were killing him.
* He's also shown to be clever and manipulative when he needs to be. He was able to manipulate Avocato into betraying his own planet with the promise of a better universe, easily convincing him to question his allegiance to Ventrexia by pointing out how he has fought in a pointless thousand-year war for nothing. He also tricks Little Cato into luring Avocato to him by posing as an anonymous ally and orchestrating his escape from his cell and helping him reach the computer to broadcast his message to his father, after which he destroys the communicator and captures the boy again.
* While he was reduced to a minion of Invictus following his resurrection and was mistreated by the demon at one point, he manages to successfully betray it after learning about the incubating titan in the Earth by crushing the zombie Gary it was possessing with crystals. After merging with the titan, he remains defiant towards Invictus and easily slaughters the titans it sends to kill him before declaring his intention to kill Invictus next.
* He succeeds in his goal of becoming a titan by merging with the incubating titan in the Earth's core. After this he becomes powerful enough to not only kill Bolo (one of the strongest heroes in the series) without the latter even being able to put up a fight, but he also even manages to kill multiple titans on his own while no worse for wear.
* Even though he desires immortality, he is not a coward, nor is he ever once implied to be one. When he was faced with a vengeful Little Cato, he merely smiled and told him to "get on with it", despite being in a weaker state and his only guard being killed a few seconds before then. He gives the same response to Invictus when the latter sent Titans to kill him following his betrayal.

### What Makes Him Detestable?

* He's a selfish and spiteful tyrant who commits multiple heinous acts either to satisfy his ego or just out of pettiness. These acts include but are not limited to:
	+ Ordering Avocato to murder his king and queen so that he may conquer Ventrexia. When he realizes they had a baby (Little Cato) he moves to kill him before Avocato calls the child his, something he shows anger over.
	+ He ordered his generals to personally kill their firstborn children as a display of loyalty, something he's shown smiling sadistically at. When Avocato refuses to kill Little Cato and attacks him instead, he restrains them before having Little Cato for 3 years while threatening to kill him if Avocato ever defies him again. It's even implied that the mass execution shows that he despises children, making this moment even more loathsome.
	+ He tortured a prisoner to death simply for making fun of his small stature while ordering him to reveal Mooncake's location and then has Bhero eat his remains, something he's shown to enjoy.
	+ He rips Gary's arm off when he refuses to give up Mooncake's location.
	+ He's a terrible master who mistreats and threatens the lives of his minions for petty reasons. He strangles his butler Eric simply because he didn't bring him the right size of biscuit he likes, and he crushes Helper Hula's eyes just because she asked him to be patient in his hunt for Mooncake before vowing to kill her if she doesn't find Mooncake.
	+ He had Bhero abuse Little Cato throughout the boy's captivity for no reason, even laughing when Bhero smashed a tray onto him.
	+ He had an entire prison slaughtered just so he could surprise Gary and Avocato with his trap, even though he could have just evacuated the prisons population.
	+ He brainwashed Little Cato into attacking and trying to kill his adoptive father Avocato.
	+ When the Team Squad manage to escape him, he plants a sticky bomb on Little Cato to kill him out of spite, causing Avocato to sacrifice himself in his place. He taunts Little Cato for the loss of his father the next time he meets him, and when Gary traveled back in time to save Avocator while confronting him, he tells Gary about Avocato's death. Even though Avocato would later be saved via time travel, it was still one of the most tragic and personally devastating moments of the show and Little Cato in particular was deeply traumatized by his adopted dad's death.
	+ He destroyed the Arachnitects in Final Space for no reason.
	+ He strangled Little Cato twice out of sadism and to force Avocato into giving up Mooncake's location and to taunt Avocato for "giving so much for someone so little". He would later try to force Avocato to confess to murdering Little Cato's birth parents to destroy their bond out of spite.
	+ He murdered Bolo in front of the Team Squad by impaling him through the stomach and then ripped his head off and throws the head in front of his friends just to rub salt in the wound.
* He was responsible for Earth's destruction twice. The first time by opening the Breach to Final Space by torturously draining Mooncake's energy and having the planet pulled into the dimension by a titan, causing most of humanity to die of Final Space poisoning. The second time was when he fused with the Earth titan and tore the planet apart from the inside out. The second time also rendered Kevin Van Newton's heroic sacrifice pointless since his destruction of the planet also destroyed the KVN Net that would've wiped out the Titans, making it worse.
* He broke Ash Graven's fingers during their first fight, which kept her from using her powers and prevented her from saving Fox from being possessed by Invictus.
* It's made clear he doesn't care about his old friend John Goodspeed, with it shown that he didn't attend his funeral and has no qualms about attempting to kill his son.
* While his plan to rule over all dimensions as a titan isn't as bad as Invictus's goal to devour all life in the multiverse, this isn't redeeming in the slightest as it stems more from his megalomania and arrogance than moral standards. Plus, before he discovered the incubating titan, he had no qualms about trying to release Invictus from its prison knowing full well of its omnicidal intentions and only betrayed it for his own greed. As such he doesn't qualify as a lighter shade of black.
* With his awesome moments, his final defeat is well-deserved. His fingers are crushed by Ash before he gets stunned by her amplified powers. He's then imprisoned by Invictus similarly to Bolo and left to rot in the void for eternity, while he can do nothing but angrily scream at Invictus as it escapes Final Space.
* Overall, he's an egotistical bully who treats everyone around him, from his enemies to his own devoted followers, as inferior beings for him elevate himself over, acting rude and cruel in every scene he's even.

## External Links

* Lord Commander on the Pure Evil Wiki
* Lord Commander on the Villains Wiki
* Lord Commander on the *Final Space* Wiki