Qi’ra’s affection for Han Solo proved her undoing, though. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. That’s not exactly a bombshell clue, but it is still worth noting there is a resemblance between the two. Keri Russell’s new character, Zorri Bliss. Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke plays a woman named Qi'ra, a former flame of Han Solo's and a major player in the standalone film. It seems like Qi’ra will have her own goals and desires when it comes to the big mission that Han and the gang are attempting to pull off.

It’s not difficult to infer that Han and Qi’ra might have some romantic feelings for each other.

Of course, this theory only works under the pretense that The Rise of Skywalker will broach the subject at all. If Solo: A Star Wars Story is going to really show us our best look at the illegal world of Star Wars, it’s safe to assume that Qi’ra is a high-ranking (or at least very successful) member of the underworld. So there’s no telling when the beloved couple could have split up and whether or not Han went back to Qi’ra afterward. But Qi’ra is such an underdeveloped mystery of a character up until then that it’s not enough of a payoff to anything. The pair knew each other and interacted a fair amount in Solo, and if The Rise of Skywalker wants to make the reveal that much more dramatic, then they’d obviously go for someone the audience is already familiar with. He created and hosts GenreVision, a weekly film discussion show at genrevision.com.

However, with the idea that Rey’s true father could be Han Solo himself, then the identity of the mother would have to be someone we already know, right? Let’s take a look at this enigmatic character. From what we know, Qi’ra is still heavily involved in the criminal underworld when the plot of Solo: A Star Wars Story kicks off. Some fans already have an idea that Rey’s mom could be Qi’ra from Solo: A Star Wars Story, and a new theory posits it’s her Darth Maul connection in Solo that cinches her relation to Rey.

Han would not have been born yet, and neither would Qi'ra. In the novel Most Wanted, we discover that Han and Qi’ra grew up together on the planet Corellia.

This might be a hard theory for some fans to digest, though, especially considering how attached we’ve become to Han and Leia Organa as a couple.

The Phantom Menace is set years before, when Anakin was 9 years old. In fact, Qi’ra might be counting on that in order to utilize Han for her own devices.

Exactly why she needs Han’s help is unclear but we have a pretty good feeling that she’s not going to be 100% honest with him.

But Qi’ra was a survivor. Redditor u/lovegodherselfs theorizes that Qi’ra will ultimately be revealed as Rey’s mother and presents evidence to back it up. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Han is so jaded when we meet him in A New Hope. She managed to escape Corellia after all, rising in the ranks of the crime syndicate Crimson Dawn to become Dryden Vos’s most-trusted lieutenant. Still, you can bet that this friendship is going to come into play with the bigger plot of the film. How else would Lando know who she is if it’s someone besides Qi’ra? While Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker may potentially reveal who is Rey’s biological father, the jury is still out on the identity of her mother.

However, they aren’t working together but competing for the reward. Or, does something worse happen to Qi’ra? Maul, once known as Darth Maul, was a Force-sensitive Dathomirian Zabrak male who established himself as a crime lord during the reign of the Galactic Empire. And we also see her acting as a socialite during some kind of party.

His bylines include FANDOM - where he was a founding contributor and Entertainment Editor - Bloody Disgusting, SYFY WIRE, and more. From what we know, Qi’ra is still heavily involved in the criminal underworld when the plot of Solo: A Star Wars Story kicks off.

Drew Dietsch has been professionally writing about entertainment for over a decade. Objectively, this storyline may have been set up all the way back in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

It’s likely that she is manipulating Han for her own motivations.

No matter what, it’s safe to say that Qi’ra is going to play a vital role in the Star Wars universe.

And why don’t we hear anything about her and Han’s relationship in later Star Wars stories?

“And that fight scene with her killing Dryden? And it might be why we don’t hear Han talk about Qi’ra. How much of that we’ll see in Solo: A Star Wars Story remains to be seen.

If it does, then this is a route that makes the most sense and could make Solo far more relevant to the new trilogy. Warning: Possible Star Wars spoilers ahead.