’Book of Boba Fett’s villain could be this forgotten crime lord

The E ebook of Boba Fett is bringing once more all varieties of fan favorites. Whether or not or not it’s Bib Fortuna inside the post-credits scene that launched the gathering or a forgotten droid in its first trailer, this assortment isn’t above dipping into the archives. One fan thought suggests crucial look in The E ebook of Boba Fett gained’t be from too means again — only some years in our world, nonetheless a few years in theirs.

What if the correct antagonist for The E ebook of Boba Fett isn’t a rival Hutt family or a Sith Lord? As an alternative, the gathering might profit immensely from the return of Qi’ra, the heel-turning character from Solo carried out by Emilia Clarke. As Redditor TheMediocreCritic speculates, Qi’ra will be the correct adversary for Boba Fett.

What makes Qi’ra so good? Boba and Qi’ra have associated backstories. They every misplaced their households early on and wanted to fend for themselves, turning to a lifetime of crime to have the ability to survive. Now, they’re every stopping to make all that early scrambling value it.

Inside the trailer for The E ebook of Boba Fett, Boba is seen meeting with Jabba’s former captains. It’s clear he’s anticipating rivals from totally different crime empires. Why not make a sort of empires Crimson Dawn, which is well-established inside the Star Wars universe already? Merely as Boba needs to rule with respect, Qi’ra is additional of a manipulative chief. Who will win out?

What’s additional, Qi’ra has had significantly of a resurgence inside Star Wars. Her character carried out a major half inside the Battle of the Bounty Hunters run of comics. Might that be foreshadowing one different live-action look, counting on future followers to hunt out the comics after the gathering?

In reality, there are some factors with this concept. The E ebook of Boba Fett takes place a superb number of years after Solo and the Battle of the Bounty Hunters comics, though that not at all stopped Star Wars sooner than. A bit of bit ageing up of Emilia Clarke is nothing as compared with the massive technique of de-aging Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker for the Mandalorian Season 2 finale.

If Qi’ra appears in The E ebook of Boba Fett, it could be a model new perfect of inter-Star-Wars cameos: two works created for varied components of the extended fashionable interval of the franchise, linked with a persona carried out by a globally beloved star. Switch aside, Luke: there might be a model new groundbreaking reveal inside the works.

The E ebook of Boba Fett premieres December 29, 2021 on Disney+.