Kara Safwan was a human female who was hired by the criminal Rang Clan to spy and gather intel on the operations of the Crimson Dawn, a rival criminal syndicate. In 10 BBY, she attended a party on board the First Light, the personal yacht of the Crimson Dawn crime lord Dryden Vos.
She was on board when it arrived on the planet Vandor to collect a delivery of stolen coaxium. Safwan blended in well with the other revelers on board; however, Vos's concierge Margo suspected she was up to something and discreetly blocked her attempts to get deeper into the crime lord's inner circle. During a performance by the singers Aurodia Ventafoli and Luleo Primoc, Safwan stood with an Imperial officer on the yacht's viewing deck drinking from a flask of Vandor ice water to keep her head clear. After the performance ended, she and a brightly dressed human man then spoke with another pair of humans before passing by Vos himself after he descended from a raised area of the deck.
Kara Safwan first appeared in the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story and was first identified in the accompanying reference book Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide, which was written by Pablo Hidalgo. Lucasfilm Ltd. employee Kristen Hidalgo confirmed on Twitter that the character was named by Pablo after , a host of several Star Wars podcasts.
- Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
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