Star Wars may be a galaxy where no one has ever actually gone, but Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen’s journey to Books by Boba Fett still defying the most unpredictable odds. Their characters, Boba Fett and Fennec Shand, were both left to die on the treacherous sands of Tatooine and were eventually resurrected by Jon Favreau’s Mandalorian, the franchise’s first live-action series. In Wen’s case, her master assassin character was brought back to life by Fett herself after she died in Mandalorian season of a “The Gunslinger.” With Shand now indebted to Fett, the duo commanding Jabba’s Palace in Mandalorian season two coda, already set Books by Boba Fett and their reign atop the throne that once belonged to the Tatooine crime lord, Jabba the Hutt.
As actors who have worked since the mid-’80s, Morrison and Wen are still shocked that they are now at the center of their own. Star Wars story.
“It means if you have a dream and a desire to be something now or later in your life, dream it, make it come true, because if it happens to me, It can happen to anyone,” said Wen The Hollywood Reporter. “This is what I imagined as a kid, 10 or 11 years old… I would be in my own living room, imagining myself as a Jedi or a female Han Solo. And now it happened. So I hope I am an example so that you can make your dreams come true.”
After playing Boba Fett’s father and genetic clone, Jango Fett, in 2002 Star Wars: Attack of the ClonesMorrison reckons fate played a big part in introducing him to Boba, and the road to this moment began when he first met Favreau on set in 2009. Retreat for couples.
“Sometimes, life is about relationships, and while I don’t do much Retreat for couples, I have to see Jon. And at that time, he was preparing to direct Iron Man,” recalls Morrison. “So obviously he was sitting around a table where they said, ‘Well, Boba must look like Jango. [Fett], so let’s see what Stamp is doing. ‘ So I had this wonderful opportunity to go back to this journey, this train, this walker, and it was so exciting and thrilling. ”
At 61, Morrison also knows that Books by Boba Fett added some longevity to his career.
“What does it mean to me when you go to the store and check the use-by date of the yogurt? I’m getting close to my use-by date,” Morrisson said. “So now it makes sense to me that my used days might have moved forward a little bit.”
After Luke Skywalker’s shocking appearance in MandalorianThe final season of season two, Wen and Morrison have revealed the upcoming surprises on Books by Boba Fett. Wen even had to stop Morrison from talking too much about episode seven, Books by Boba Fett final’s night.
“Yes, full of surprises. The Boba’s Book the series is ‘full of surprises,’ Morrison said with a laugh. “Yes, we are about to have some good stuff. Ooh, wait until episode seven, wow! ”
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Books by Boba Fett Currently streaming on Disney+.
