Emilia Clarke's Star Wars Crime Boss Is Trying To Kill Palpatine
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Crimson Reign #2
In a new preview for Marvel Comics' Crimson Reign #2, two of the greatest assassins in the Star Wars galaxy have been hired to kill none other than Emperor Palpatine himself. With Crimson Dawn rising in power and upsetting the entire criminal underworld, the Emperor is not pleased in the slightest. While he's sent Darth Vader to exterminate them, it appears as though the Dawn's Lady Qi'ra is bold enough to send agents to Palpatine directly in this new preview.
Crimson Dawn was the creation of Maul following the end of the Clone Wars, but they faded into obscurity after the former Sith Lord's ultimate death at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Tatooine. However, new Star Wars comics have revealed that the Dawn was reborn in between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi being led by Maul's second in command Lady Qi'ra (the first love of Han Solo). Crimson Dawn made their return to the galaxy known in the recent War of the Bounty Hunters event, stealing Solo encased in carbonite from Boba Fett and attempting to sell him to the highest bidder. However, it was revealed by the event's end that it was all a ploy by Qi'ra to get the Hutts to move against the Empire, which led to lethal consequences when Vader was sent to make an example of the Hutt clan leaders.
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The first issue of Crimson Reign continued to reveal the rise of the Dawn and their secret manipulations in the criminal underworld against all the other syndicates. However, Crimson Reign#2 from Charles Soule and Steven Cummings reveals that Qi'ra has hired Deathstick and Ochi of Bestoon to kill the Emperor himself, seeing as how their ultimate goal is to
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