Crimson Dawn
First introduced in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Crimson Dawn rose out of the ashes of the a mercenary gang of the same name, when Darth Maul decided to elevate the group to continue his criminal plans after the dissolution of the Shadow Collective. Ruled from the shadows by Maul after his clash with Darth Sidious after usurping control of Mandalore in the final days of the Clone Wars, the Dawn’s public face during rise of the Empire was Dryden Vos, who worked closely with Maul first as part of the Shadow Collective and then as Maul’s direct criminal empire.
After Vos’ death, Qi’ra, the former associate of Han Solo, rose through the ranks to replace Vos at Maul’s side—only for her to become the absolute power controlling the Dawn after Maul exited the organization entirely a few years later, pursuing his revenge against Kenobi to the grave. Qi’ra largely withdrew the Dawn from prominence under her rule, before re-emerging during the Galactic Civil War in an an attempt to unite the disparate criminal factions of the underworld against the rule of Vader and Palpatine.
