With The Book of Boba Fett, Ming-Na Wen keeps up Disney+ Star Wars run that began with The Mandalorian

The American actress reprises her Fennec Shand role in The Book of Boba Fett on Disney+, a character first slated to appear in one episode of The Mandalorian

Wen played Agent Melinda May in Marvel series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and would love to see characters from the series folded into the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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The Book of Boba Fett stars Temeura Morrison (left) as the titular bounty hunter and Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand, a character she has now played in three Disney+ Star Wars series. Photo: TNS

Published: 7:15pm, 29 Dec 2021Updated: 4:02pm, 10 May 2022

No matter how many Star Wars shows Ming-Na Wen stars in, her mother will never quite grasp what all the fuss is about.

“She was a very practical woman who has gone through so many struggles in her life and ran a restaurant and raised kids,” Wen says over Zoom while wearing a Baby Yoda sweatshirt. “She’s an incredible woman, but she doesn’t understand Star Wars.”

Wen, 58, is one of the co-leads of The Book of Boba Fett, a new Disney+ series that is now streaming. She stars as mercenary Fennec Shand, a character she has now played in three separate Disney+ Star Wars series, alongside Temuera Morrison’s titular bounty hunter.

Many may find that to be a pretty cool accomplishment, but when Wen showed her mother a trailer for The Book of Boba Fett, her response was: “Huh, you like this. Why?”

Wen attends the Game Awards in the Microsoft Theatre, Los Angeles, California, in December, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE

It’s pretty clear why Wen would be excited about continuing her long and prosperous journey with Disney, which has included voicing the princess in 1998’s Mulan and playing Agent Melinda May on ABC’s Marvel series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.