Qi'ra

Lady **Qi'ra** was a human female crime lord from the planet Corellia who lived during the reign of the Galactic Empire. She grew up on the streets along with Han as part of the White Worms. Though they were at first rivals, the two scrumrats eventually became lovers. Sometime after Qi'ra was made Head Girl by Lady Proxima, Han and Qi'ra attempted to escape with a vial of coaxium, but were separated at the Coronet Spaceport, with Han getting away, though he promised to return for her.

Qi'ra was sold into slavery by Proxima to the slave dealer Sarkin Enneb, who eventually sold her to Dryden Vos, the public leader of Crimson Dawn. Vos trained Qi'ra in martial arts and prompted her to kill Enneb, branding her right wrist with the Crimson Dawn symbol and making her his most trusted lieutenant.

In 10 BBY, Qi'ra reunited with Solo on Vandor and accompanied him and his friends on a mission to retrieve coaxium. She recommended a ship owned by the smuggler Lando Calrissian and rekindled her relationship with Solo. After the mission was unsuccessful, she returned to Vos, whom she betrayed and killed to save Han. Despite this, however, Qi'ra left Solo behind as she traveled to Dathomir to meet with the former Sith Lord Maul, the true leader of Crimson Dawn. During her time under Maul, the former Sith explained to her the true nature of the Imperial Era: Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine and the Empire's informal Commander-in-Chief Darth Vader were both Sith, with the Empire a mere puppet through which the Sith Order could again control the galaxy.

Between 3 ABY and 4 ABY, Crimson Dawn resurfaced under the leadership of Qi'ra. Having stolen Han Solo, who had been frozen in carbonite, from bounty hunter Boba Fett, she plotted to bring major galactic factions to her with Solo as the bait. Once the Attack on the *Executor* ended, with the Empire and Hutt Clan in conflict, Qi'ra moved forward with her next plans to bring down the Sith.

## History

### In hiding

In the wake of the battle at the Amaxine Station, Darth Sidious allowed the Knights of Ren to serve him but did not forgive them, torturing them with Force lightning before leaving with Darth Vader. Alone aside from an astromech droid who played the message, Cadeliah played Qi'ra's message to her ceding her credits. The Force Wave also disrupted the connection between Force-sensitives and the Force for sometime after. Nevertheless, Crimson Dawn was left shattered, and Qi'ra took to living in hiding. While sitting alone in a cantina in 4 ABY, she overheard news of the Rebel Alliance's victory in the Battle of Endor: along with many Imperials, Sidious was killed, and the Empire also lost its new DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle Station. The news earned cheers and celebrations from the cantina patrons, who hoped the Empire was finally destroyed. Not uplifted by the news, Qi'ra did not join in the celebrations. In truth, the destruction of the Death Star had Qi'ra to thank in part: the Syndicate War she created had given the Alliance time to regroup its fleet, and two of her Crimson Dawn agents, Bevelyn and Jon Melton, had warned the rebels of the second Death Star's existence.

### Captured by Boba Fett

In 5 ABY, Qi'ra was on the planet Naboo with Indiana Jones. They were trying to find the Crystal Cave. Around this time, Zorba Desilijic Tiure had placed a bounty on her head because of Crimson Dawn causing trouble for the Hutt years before, and hired Boba Fett for the task of capturing her. When Fett arrived on Naboo to capture Qi'ra, Fett, remembering what had happened during the War of the Bounty Hunters when Qi'ra's agents stole Han Solo's carbonite block in order to lure major galactic factions to her, immediately drew his weapon. The two engaged in a fierce duel, and ultimately Fett ended up gaining the upper hand.

### In the custody of Zorba the Hutt

After Fett captured Qi'ra, he delivered her to Zorba's palace, where the Hutt was waiting. Subsequently, Zorba gave him his reward. Several of the dancers removed Qi'ra's clothing and put her slave costume on her in front of the audience. During this time she was forced to wear a skimpy metal bikini costume and endure the shame and humiliation of being a captive of the Hutt. Zorba planned to make Qi'ra his personal slave girl dancer, having her locked in a cell in the palace dungeon while he fully worked out his plans. While she was in her cell, Sterlo Misik, a prisoner in the cell across from hers, could not keep his eyes off her body as the slave costume left much of her skin exposed to view. They briefly conversed about the changing times, talking about events like the fall of the Empire at Endor. This prompted Qi'ra to reveal who she was. When she revealed she had been Lady Qi'ra of Crimson Dawn, Misik was surprised and in disbelief about how such a powerful figure had been reduced to being a slave girl. Eventually, Jones came to rescue her with Gil Rowan and Mint Yardley, springing her from her cell. The four fought their way through Zorba's guards, with Qi'ra downing many of them with her blaster. In the end she, Jones, Rowan and Yardley narrowly escaped aboard Jones' Luxury 3000 space yacht. After dropping Rowan and Yardley back on The Island, Qi'ra and Jones traveled to Niamos. For reasons unknown, Qi'ra didn't bother changing out of her slave costume when she and Jones disembarked on the planet from Jones' ship and walked along the beach. During their visit on Niamos, the pair stayed in a hotel.

### Legacy

Later that year, the Empire met its final end in the Battle of Jakku. Sometime after the Empire's fall, the Archivist, although unaware of Qi'ra's fate, decided to record a holocron about her efforts against the Sith, concluding that Qi'ra's biggest failing had been her refusal to trust others. The Archivist had not seen Qi'ra since the battle at the Amaxine Station and concluded that the Empire or one of the many Imperial remnants killed her. The holocron eventually found its way into the hands of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, who he was now training in the ways of the Force. Skywalker concluded Qi'ra had not failed, citing the domino effect her actions played in the fall of the Sith, while Organa wished Qi'ra had joined their cause. Unaware that Qi'ra had indeed lived to see Palpatine's downfall, she simply wished Qi'ra had the chance to see the galaxy she had fought for.

## Personality and traits

Qi'ra was a Corellian human female with moderately short brown hair that was usually kept in a ponytail, blue eyes, and light skin. Qi'ra was a very complex woman. When she was younger she was hopeful that she could escape the criminal life and strove for something better. But as she grew older she realized that because of all the bad things she had done, there was no escaping the criminal life. Despite having grown up on the streets, she was able to adapt to a lusher lifestyle and fit in with the Crimson Dawn gang. Having known Han for so many years, she believed she may have been the one person who could see him for who he truly was, thinking he was "the good guy." She was a fighter and had been trained in combat by Vos, which helped her survive.

A survivor at heart, she left Solo and continued to work for Crimson Dawn under Maul, later coming to lead the organization. While leader, she continued to focus on her survival, using Solo as bait to draw in various galactic powers, all while claiming Crimson Dawn would do no harm to the rest of the galaxy. Jabba the Hutt underestimated Qi'ra, claiming to the Grand Hutt Council he was certain they were ready to face the new leader of Crimson Dawn. As leader of the Dawn, Qi'ra refused to truly trust others and always kept herself alone, no matter how many followers she had at any given time. The Archivist concluded that failing was the ultimate weakness of Qi'ra that cost them their war against the Sith.

Upon first seeing her old lover in carbonite, she questioned if he was conscious, disagreeing with Margo's assessment that such a state would be like Hell; to Qi'ra, if Solo was living in a fond memory or nice dream, it could be preferable to some aspects of life in the galaxy, yet she considered these musings to be unimportant when compared to her plans. She was also confident in Crimson Dawn's abilities, proclaiming that Boba Fett stood no chance against them alone. Unlike Margo, she could see how Solo united the galaxy due to his interactions with its factions, which she saw as something she could exploit. Even so, she hoped Solo would be regained by the Rebel Alliance, but she did not let that desire hold back her plans to use him.

Qi'ra had some overconfidence in her abilities, which could lead her to risky situations. Due to her training, Qi'ra thought she could handle Sith Lord Darth Vader when he barged into the auction and demanded that Solo be turned over to him. Although Qi'ra's ability impressed Vader, she was defeated when Vader used the Force against her and nearly killed her, which made her admit that she was overconfident in facing the Sith Lord. Despite Qi'ra's selfless goal in wanting to free the galaxy from the Sith and her own willingness to lay down her own life, she did display a degree of selfishness: when it was the Rebel Alliance, not her forces, that ultimately struck down the Empire, she refused to join in the celebrations and was visibly sad.

## Appearances

* Wait for It (First appearance)
* Remastered (Mentioned only)
* Shards of the Past (Mentioned only)