According to the author of the Solo: A Star Wars Story novelisation, Qi’ra wasn’t aware that Darth Maul used to be a Sith.
Solo: A Star Wars Story had plenty of fun surprises and reveals for fans of the franchise but none were perhaps as big as Darth Maul’s cameo towards the end of the movie.
It was revealed that Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke) and Dryden Vos were working for the former Sith Lord but Mur Lafferty, the author of the film’s novelisation, has revealed that Qi’ra probably didn’t know about her superior’s past. Speaking to StarWars.com, Lafferty said:
“I don’t think she would have known who he was. They sort of implied that Dryden was beholden to someone a lot more powerful than he was. And so she knew that whoever it was scared him, but she didn’t know that the guy used to be a Sith Lord. She didn’t know who he was. She just knew that that button would call Dryden Vos’ boss.”
This revelation certainly changes the situation slightly and makes one feel a certain sense of sympathy for Qi’ra, who it seems, had no idea who she was doing business with.
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A new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.
Solo: A Star Wars Story features Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!) as the famous smuggler, Donald Glover (Atlanta) as Lando Calrissian, Woody Harrelson (War for the Planet of the Apes) as Tobias Beckett, Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) as L3-37, Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as Qi’Ra, Thandie Newton (Westworld) as Val, Ian Kenny (Sing Street) as Rebolt, Harley Durst (Wonder Woman) as Moloch, Jon Favreau (Spider-Man: Homecoming) as Rio Durant, Paul Bettany (Avengers: Infinity War) as Dryden Vos and Warwick Davis (Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi) as Weazel.
