“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” actress Ming-Na Wen has confirmed she will reprise her “The Mandalorian” role of Fennec Shand in the new “Star Wars” animated series “The Bad Batch”.
The character, a female assassin and mercenary, guest starred in the first season’s fifth episode and has appeared in several episodes in the current season. Fans recently spotted the animated version of her character in the first trailer for the upcoming series, the clip was released at Disney’s Investor Day last week.
Speaking with StarWars.com, the actress revealed she couldn’t discuss her involvement until that trailer spoiled it:
“Do you know how long I’ve had to keep silent about Fennec coming back? This is the first time I’ve been able to talk about it! Dave [Filoni], if you wanted to keep it a secret you shouldn’t have put me in the trailer.
Everybody is saying they just want the confirmation. So, yes, it is Fennec! It’s a younger Fennec and she is voiced by me and I’m thrilled and beyond happy that Dave wanted to create more of a backstory for her.
She’s cutting her teeth as a bounty hunter in The Bad Batch…She’s still a loner, a drifter…. There’s just a sense of more recklessness about her, just bravado. You know, a young punk. She’s more adventurous and willing to take greater risks because she doesn’t know what the consequences are.”
The series will follow the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone War.
