During a party, Wen’s friend introduced her to Deborah Chow. Meeting Deborah Chow at a party led to Ming-Na Wen being in The Mandalorianīefore meeting Dave Filoni, Ming-Na Wen connected with another director of The Mandalorian and this connection is how Wen first became Fennec Shand. This speaks even further to her dedication to playing Fennec and how she makes the character feel effortlessly authentic in all situations. The next time fans watch Fennec talking to Omega or Cad Bane in The Bad Batch, they can imagine Wen recording the lines in her closet.
Fellow Star Wars actor Kelly Marie Tran also recorded lines for Raya and the Last Dragon in her closet during lockdown. She is far from the only individual to record lines this way during the pandemic. With all the clothes, it kind of muffles everything. We set it up, the computer, the recording, everything, in my closet, because that had the best sound. What we were able to do is having very compact and expensive equipment sent to my house. In an interview with ASAM News, Wen explained why this was necessary and what the experience was like: During the COVID-19 lockdown, Ming-Na Wen had to record her lines for The Bad Batch in her closet. She recorded her Bad Batch lines in the closet during lockdownīeing a fan-favorite Star Wars character isn’t always glamorous. She recently posted about this on Twitter, showing how dreams can come true with hard work as she went from the extracurricular club to eventually starring in The Book of Boba Fett.ģ. Wen was also the president of her school’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Club. Wen has spoken about how they bonded over their Pittsburgh roots and were surprised to learn that they’d attended the same high school. Her first episode in The Mandalorian - “Chapter 5: The Gunslinger” - was directed by Filoni. Lebanon High School, with Wen graduating in 1981 and Filoni graduating in 1992. Not only are Ming-Na Wen and Dave Filoni both from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but they also attended the same high school. She and Dave Filoni went to the same high school These are five little-known facts about the fan-favorite who continues to become more prominent in a galaxy far, far away.
She also posts a great deal of fan art and interacts with fans. As a lifelong Star Wars fan, Wen expresses so much enthusiasm and gratitude at being a part of Star Wars and is clearly having so much fun. Fans already adored her as the voice of Mulan and as Melinda May in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and that adoration only increased through the palpable joy that she shares on social media and interviews. Ming-Na Wen is a big part of what makes Fennec such a popular character.