Star Wars: The Bad Batch's Ming-Na Wen on the return of bounty hunter Fennec Shand

In The Clone Wars follow-up – set in the early days of the Galactic Empire – she’s a rookie bounty hunter on the trail of Omega, a young female clone under the protection of a team of uniquely skilled Clone Troopers who defied the Emperor’s Jedi-exterminating Order 66.“This is Fennec Shand, like, 20 years younger,” Ming-Na Wen tells us over Zoom. Despite Shand’s questionable motives, however, she’s eager to make Omega, her young target, believe she’s on her side.“I think ultimately, Fennec is quite the mercenary character,” Ming-Na explains. I don't know if it was very altruistic what she was doing with Omega – I’m glad if you thought she was because then she’s doing a good job!”Anyone familiar with Star Wars lore will have noticed the links between Omega and Boba Fett – Shand’s future savior and partner in crime – seeing as both are clones created on the world of Kamino. It’s really amazing how much our technology has advanced to where you could take a major project like this and still get high quality audio from inside my closet!”Another advantage of working in animation is that there’s almost no limit to the iconic characters Fennec Shand could meet as she makes her way through the galaxy – pretty much anyone who’s alive at the end of Revenge of the Sith could find themselves in her sights.“Oh my goodness, can you imagine if Fennec meets up with Han Solo,” says Ming-Na, activating fan mode for a moment.