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Her actual ambitions are interesting in the way she both conceals and does not conceal them from Han.

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On this note, while I understand why and how people have come to the conclusion that part of Qi'ra's past involves sexual assault by Dryden Vos, I hope that is not canonically the case. There’s enough control and abuse in the relationship without adding in that particular element.

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Same. I personally prefer the reading that Qi'ra is ashamed of violence she’s perpetrated for the sake of survival.

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This would avoid the implication that Han might reject her for being, or "allowing”" herself to be, assaulted, as opposed to her fear of Han rejecting her for her violence against the oppressed.

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Her "I had to do it" plea to him after killing Dryden seems indicative of this second interpretation as well.

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Exactly my opinion.

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Even if it was revealed through stopping her abuser and saving Han, that's the side she didn't want Han to know.

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Wished the movie had given us more insight.

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This way the speculations never stop.

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It's cool though that Qi'ra is clearly a skilled fighter and keeps a cool head under pressure, and she was specifically taught to find an opponent's weakness and exploit it.

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Furthermore, during the first meeting with Vos, even though she works as a mediating force between Vos and Beckett, she makes no move to prevent Vos from ordering his guards to kill Han and the others. Qi'ra's ruthlessness is tied her own survival instinct. She's willing to do what it takes to keep on living.

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But, like the male hero of the noir genre, her emotional isolation is threatened by Han's arrival.

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He made her re-think everything.

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Suddenly the question is flipped: can the femme fatale resist the hero and do what is necessary to survive?

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Which made a great storyline.