While Emilia Clarke's Qi'ra was Han Solo's first love as seen in Solo: A Star Wars Story, what happened next in the Star Wars timeline after she left him? Although Qi'ra's story hasn't been featured in any subsequent films or streaming series, her tale has continued in other Star Wars media, most notably in the pages of Marvel Comics' canonical series set between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Qi'ra fate - and her leadership of the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate - has been explored across a full trilogy in the comics (and a role in Ubisoft's Star Wars: Outlaws).

At the end of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Qi'ra killed the crime lord Dryden Vos so she could take his place as leader of Crimson Dawn. The crime cartel is one of five operating within the Dark Times of the Empire's reign, all...