Page 61 - Star Wars Insider #195

ENFY NEST AND THE CLOUD-RIDERS

efore the Galactic Civil War, against greedy, power-hungry people like Dryden
B the Rebellion was scattered Vos, who destroyed the lives and livelihoods of
underground. Most rebels
the people of Savareen, and had no interest in
explaining her motivations to the smugglers who
didn’t know a wider anti-
Imperial network existed. she saw as trying to steal from her. Only when it
Some people who might later became advantageous for her to work with Han
have called themselves rebels looked more like did she reveal anything, and then purely because
scoundrels, stealing from the rich and giving to she had the upper hand.
the downtrodden. Nest also wanted to carry on the legacy begun
It was into this time of by her mother, who led the
chaos that Enfys Nest appeared. Cloud-Riders before her. While
Inheriting her helmet and Enfys Nest wants details surrounding Enfys
armor from her mother, she to strike not Nest’s mother’s life were largely
also inherited a leadership role unknown, one fact seemed to
in the Cloud-Riders, a band against the ring true: she defi nitely instilled
of freedom fighters who lived Empire directly, in her daughter a desire to

in the shadows at the edge of fight. Nest also had a score

but against those
society. In Solo: A Star Wars to settle. Her homeworld was
Story (2018), the Cloud-Riders terrorized by many criminal
were introduced trying to take who would live by organizations, including
down the criminal organization dark principles in Crimson Dawn.
Crimson Dawn. Their battle for Nest’s armor was both a
valuable fuel coaxium brought the underworld. practical necessity and a symbol
them into both confl ict and of her cause. Keenly aware of
uneasy alliance with Han Solo how her young age was likely to
and Lando Calrissian. Nest’s role in Solo helped to make enemies underestimate her or move swiftly
illustrate how Han learned not to trust easily, and against her, she completely obscured her identity
was one of his early experiences with someone behind her mask. A vocoder box disguised her
actively fighting against greed and corruption. voice, making it hard for anyone to ascertain her

Enfys Nest wanted to strike not against the age, gender, or appearance.
Empire directly, but against those who would live One of the most striking, but also easiest to
by dark principles in the underworld. She fought miss, elements of Nest’s armor was the poetry

STAR WARS INSIDER / 61