- This week Ming-Na Wen stops by to talk Fennec Shand.
We surf the next wave of the High Republic and more.
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- Meat.
Meat.
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- That.
- Meat.
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All right, we're back, and we are ready to defend
the office from the Drengir.
And it turns out you just don't water your plant for a year,
they're defeated. Perfect.
All right.
Let's go to the news.
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The wait is finally over for the next wave of stories in "Star
Wars, The High Republic."
This week, we got our hands on "Race to Crashpoint Tower"
by Daniel Jose Older and "The Rising Storm" by Cavan Scott.
One is a rollicking good time with two pals and their power
droid, the other will shatter your heart
and leave you sobbing.
Cav knows what he did.
We also got our first look at this beautiful cover art
for the audio drama original "Tempest Runner"
by artist Katerina Belikova.
And over on StarsWars.com, you can read brand-new interviews
with both Daniel Jose Older and Cavan Scott by heading
to StarsWars.com/ThisWeek now.
The nefarious Emperor Palpatine is back,
and he's ready to dish.
Today, we're taking our first look
inside the pages of the new Illustrated book
"Secrets of the Sith," written from the perspective
of the Sith Lord himself.
Over on StarsWars.com, you can take a closer
look at these two spreads--
always two there are, no more, no less-- featuring the tragedy
of the chosen one, Anakin Skywalker,
and more of Palpatine's personal musings on the dark side.
And "Star Wars, The Bad Batch" returned
last Friday with "Bounty Lost."
Kidnapped by Cad Bane, Omega found herself alone
and imprisoned in the bounty hunter's ship
until she outsmarted the blaster slinger's little droid Todo
and made her escape into an abandoned cloning facility.
There we got to witness a showdown
between Fennec Shand and Bane.
These two may have just met their matches.
And ultimately, we learned exactly why
the Kaminoan are sending all these mercenaries
after poor Omega.
- I further analyzed Omega's genetic
profile and discovered she has pure first-generation DNA.
- But in the end, it's OK the Dad Batch--
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The Bad Batch is on it.
Don't forget to tune in for the next episode
tomorrow, streaming only on Disney Plus.
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Spoiler alert!
We hear "This Week in Star Wars" loved the
badass mercenary Fennec Shand.
OK, maybe it's not much of a spoiler,
but we were so excited to sit down and talk all things
Fennec with the one and only Ming-Na Wen, fresh off the news
that she's been awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Check it out.
- When I was able to take a live action character that I've
already created, and I know how she moves and how she feels,
it really helps to make the voice acting so much easier.
- You of all people know it's all about the price.
- The only changes that we did was figuring out
who a young Fennec would be and her abilities to manipulate
or be more cunning and yet more raw,
less experienced but more ambitious,
willing to take more risks.
I think those were some of the energy that we infused in her.
- The only person you can rely on is yourself.
- As a woman in "Star Wars," you want
to be able to just give them that sort
of female empowerment.
- Thanks, Ming-Na!
That's it for this week.
But for more on these stories and other news
from around the galaxy, check out StarsWars.com.
And be sure to join us right here for "This Week
in Star Wars" every Thursday.
But not next Thursday-- because next Thursday we're off--
then every Thursday after that.
Thanks for watching, and may the force be with you.
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