Ming-Na Reveals How Her ‘Star Wars’ Obsession Led to Role In Franchise

Ming-Na Wen is a 57-year-old actress.

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She voiced Fa Mulan in the 1998 animated Disney film of the same name.

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She has also appeared in Marvel’s “Agents of Shield.”

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However, she claims she’s wanted to be in “Star Wars” since the first film came out in 1997.

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She finally got her chance after talking to “The Mandalorian” director Deborah Chow at a party.

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At first, her character Fennec Shand was only supposed to last for one episode.

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However, she later joined Boba Fett in his travels.

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She also voiced her character in the Disney+ animated series, “The Bad Batch.”

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Now she and Temuera Morrison are starring in “The Book of Boba Fett,” which debuts December 29, 2021.

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