Star Wars: Solo Full Trailer - 8 Major Plot Reveals

5. A Doomed Han/Qi'ra Romance

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There was immediate speculation when Emilia Clarke was cast that she was going to be a love interest for Han Solo, and while the trailer makes it clear there's more to her character than that, it does also spell out a romance angle for the pair.

The duo obviously go way back, since we see her riding shotgun as he races the streets of Corellia. Later she emerges as a cape-wearing badass, then again in a party dress, and is seemingly a part of every major milestone the movie hits.

The most telling line in the trailer is when she says to Han that she "might be the only person who knows what you really are." That's likely a line said to a slightly older Han as he earns his reputation and arrogance, and she tries to remind him of his past. Since Qi'ra not around in the Original Trilogy, and hasn't appeared in any tie-ins either, things aren't going to end well for the pair. Whether that's a messy break-up or something even worse remains to be seen.

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