Solo Enfys Nest

Fun character, if a bit underused. Really enjoyed the reveal as early rebels.

 

I'd also love to see the story of what happened to her mother in a book or comic. Enfys Nest is biracial so they could make her mom a WOC, and it'd be awesome to see how she started the Cloudriders and the legend of Enfys Nest and passed her principles down to her daughter (Star Wars mother/daughter relationships are sorely lacking).

 

She was great and I would have liked to see more of her.

 

Hopefully she'll show up again in a future project. Also her theme music was EPIC!!

 

Oh damn, her music is BADASS. I hadn't realized until I just sat down and started listening to the soundtrack. Plus, I've only seen the film once.

 

It's the coolest piece of character music since The Imperial March, I'll go that far. Kylo's theme in TFA was pretty good as well, but not this good.

 

Do any fans of the character think they would have still liked Enfys Nest had s/he been a more conventional villain? Maybe even a character that wasn't eventually unmasked.

Or is the appeal because of the "twist" ?

 

Absolutely. Was already my favorite minor villian since Jango

 

Wait, was her name "Enfys Nest," or is that the name of the group? I was thinking the latter.

 

That's her name, and the Cloud Riders is the name of the group.

 

I can understand why. Regardless of who is actually under the helmet, that costume design is one of the best of the franchise.

 

The name of the group was the "Cloud Riders." They sort of imply that "Enfys Nest" might be more of a title than an actual name (she mentions something about her mother having "worn the mask" before her and that said mother was dead now).

 

Great character, great theme, great costume. Great reveal too - beautiful actor in Erin Kellyman. When you see the movie a second time, hers and the Cloud Riders theme with all those choral voices really takes on another layer.

 

She definitely had a presence even before the twist. I think she still would have been a favorite. For me, I would have still thought she was cool, but I wouldn't be particularly interested in the character outside of that. With the reveal, I think it opens a lot more possibilities than what a, in my mind, generic masked pirate would have.

I do hope they don't just ditch the mask and gangster identity in future appearances, though. I'm not generally a fan when they introduce a character with a cool aesthetic and then refuse to use that aesthetic in future movies.

(I'm also hoping Kylo Ren masks back up in IX).

 

Very memorable character. And I really love how she was first presented as a nefarious pirate, but really for many of the early rebels, there was very little difference between them and pirates except for their motives.

It's like the difference between a rebel and a terrorist. Just depends on your ideology. Was Luke Skywalker the greatest terrorist the galaxy has ever know because he destroyed the Death Star and all who where aboard it? Well no.

Nest's reveal as an early rebel was fantastic and struck a chord with me. And given her fervor to fight the Empire, her actions at the train heist make perfect sense to me.

To her, Beckett's crew are the vile pirates, stealing coaxium for gangsters who represent the dark side, just like the Empire.

 

Actually, he was...from a certain point of view.

 

Nope, terrorism has a definition that doesn't fit what Luke did

 

My favorite character from Solo. I loved the armor, helmet, costume from the start. But when I realized that the cloud riders were a bunch of never never land kids, the character became my favorite. Something about rebels, kids, fighting the good fight against evil space pirates appeals to me. I can’t wait for more stories about these cloud riders.

 

That definition won't stop Imperial propaganda from making him out to be one.

 

Do you think Luke was ever mentioned in propaganda? Seems like they'd want to keep that under wraps for a bunch of reasons. Probably keep the Death Star hushed up as much as possible too.

But Enfys Nest would talk about it.

 

You know it would have been great if Hux in the ST referred to Skywalker as a terrorist. That would have been great.

Kylo: And then we will find the last Jedi.
Hux: Skywalker? That terrorist.

HAHA

Enfys' design and whole costume is better than any costume design in TFA or TLJ. So so good!

 

I wonder if "Enfys Nest" being a title/mask passed on from mother to daughter was a test run for post-ROTJ Boba Fett.

 

Possibly.

But I do think a Boba Fett movie will be set after ROTJ, and it'll start with Boba climbing out of the Sarlaac Pit.