7 Star Wars Fan Theories We Wish Were True

5. Enfys Nest Descends From The Nihil

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While this depressingly isn't the space to devote an entire entry to just how unexpectedly fun and underrated Solo: A Star Wars story is (bite me), it does give me the opportunity to hype up one of the spin-off's biggest characters - Enfys Nest.

Portrayed by Erin Kellyman, Enfys led a group of marauders known as the Cloud-Riders, and were positioned as the film's initial antagonists before the big reveal that they were actually victims of Crimson Dawn, the organisation run by Maul.

Nest and the Cloud-Riders' designs were almost medieval in look, with many utilising a mix of blasters and melee weapons in combat. When Lucasfilm announced The High Republic and showed off the series' villains, the Nihil - a band of marauding pirates who terrorised the galaxy with similar looking outfits and weapons - fans made the connection that the two could be linked.

Now obviously the Cloud-Riders are a heck of a lot more noble than the Nihil were, but a lot can change over the course of 200 years and there's every chance those who were born into the Nihil were able to reform the group. There could also be the possibility that a group splintered off after witnessing one atrocity too many, thus forming the Cloud-Riders, and vowing only to take up arms against those who would seek to repeat the Nihil's unique brand of barbarism.

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