Irresponsible Speculation for 2025 Star Wars comics

I just want to start this post by fully admitting this is wild, irresponsible speculation about the current mainline Star Wars comic, as of July 16, 2025.

With that out of the way: I wonder if Qi'ra is about to be our new Lumiya figure for Canon?

Hear me out: The Marvel Star Wars comics of the past decade have been more than happy to use characters and concepts taken out of the classic Marvel comics from the 70's and 80's. We've had Valance become a primary character, we've had the Tagge family resume their roles as corporate antagonists, we even got Jaxxon in Canon.

For the current, post-RotJ mainline Star Wars comic, we're seeing what seems to be am adaptation of the Nagai-Tof conflict from the classic comics. Nagai are showing up in the galaxy as refugees running away from something and tensions are rising. The latest issue showed an armored woman execute a Nagai who tried passing information to Han and Lando, and beating up Han when he tried to catch her. She immediately recognized him during the scuffle, referring to him as "General."

The solicitations for the next two issues (out in August and September) have implied we're going to meet the leader of the Nagai rebellion, and it's supposed to be a shocking character. "An assassin unmasked - and it's not who you expect!" "Who is the new leader of the Nagai resistance"

If they continue mirroring the classic comics, Qi'ra would be a natural fit for a Lumiya-esque role. The former lover of one of the main cast (Han instead of Luke) trained by a Sith (Maul instead of Vader) now working for an extra-galactic threat involving the Nagai? It would be a loose adaptation, which is kind of in line with how loose they've been with other Marvel references (Valance never actually bounty hunting Luke, Domina Tagge being a big bad instead of Orman, etc).

Thoughts? Am I way off base here?

Qi'ra actually makes the most sense to me, by far. After all, we know she survived the events of Hidden Empire, as she was still alive and well in the wake of RotJ:
https://ibb.co/HfLXB45X
https://ibb.co/nMb47pj7

...So she's obviously around in this era. And like you said: she has the skills, she has the training, she has the knowledge, she has the resources, she has the influence, etc. Would almost be a waste to not use her in this new era, imo. 👆

Didn't like her in the movie at all, but I'd still much rather have it be Qi'ra than some random unknown goon.

Originally posted by Galan007
Qi'ra actually makes the most sense to me, by far. After all, we know she survived the events of Hidden Empire, as she was still alive and well in the wake of RotJ:
https://ibb.co/HfLXB45X
https://ibb.co/nMb47pj7

...So she's obviously around in this era. And like you said: she has the skills, she has the training, she has the knowledge, she has the resources, she has the influence, etc. Would almost be a waste to not use her in this new era, imo. 👆

That is almost exactly why I think it won't be Qi'ra. It makes too much sense and would be too cool for Segura to ever do it. As much as I'd really love to see Qi'ra show up in a big role, I just have zero faith in Segura ever doing something cool

It will be Qi'ra, but Segura will butcher the shit out of it. 😛

Originally posted by Eli Vanto
It will be Qi'ra, but Segura will butcher the shit out of it. 😛

Ugh, you're probably right. I have so, so little faith in Segura right now. But hey, if it is Qi'ra, at least I can be happy that we're getting something with her character again. I feel like she's severely underused, considering she was Maul's pupil for years and somehow stranded him on Malachor. Hopefully the Maul animated series will show us a bit more of her story.

Qi'ra was also skilled enough to trade blows with Vader without instantly dying. For a non-Force sensitive, that is very impressive.