Five Years Later, Star Wars Icon Won’t Give Up on Getting Lucasfilm to Revive Its Most Divisive Series
Five years on, a Star Wars headliner is still pushing Lucasfilm to resurrect a divisive series — reigniting debate in a galaxy where The Mandalorian and Andor soar while The Book of Boba Fett and The Acolyte split the fanbase.
Star Wars TV has had a real mixed bag run on Disney+. The Mandalorian and Andor? Great. The Book of Boba Fett and The Acolyte? A lot louder grumbling. That Boba Fett stumble still stings, mostly because a show about one of the franchise 's most beloved characters sounded like a layup. It was not. And yet, years later, one of its stars is still pushing for a second shot.
Ming-Na Wen wants back in
Ming-Na Wen, who played sharpshooter-for-hire Fennec Shand in the 2021 series, told The Sackhoff Show (yes, Katee Sackhoff's show) that she is absolutely game for The Book of Boba Fett Season 2 — and she is not shy about it.
'I think the fans and Tem and I should all do Book of Boba Fett Season 2. I think there's a lot more stories to be told and it hasn't really quite finished and evolved. There's more.'
She is talking about coming back alongside Boba himself, Temuera Morrison, and she even floated the idea of a full-on Fennec Shand spinoff. There is definitely a chunk of the fanbase that would show up for either.
Context check: The Book of Boba Fett never got a Season 2 order after its divisive run, which sparked a lot of debate about how the series handled Boba as a character. Pulling back the mask on a mystery man is always tricky — and, frankly, kind of unavoidable if Lucasfilm wants to keep telling stories with him. But that was not the show's biggest problem.
If it returns, fix the actual issue
The thing that really kneecapped Season 1 was how hard it leaned on The Mandalorian. Whole chunks of the show drifted away from Boba and Fennec to focus on Din and Grogu, which made it feel like a Mandalorian detour rather than Boba's own story. If Lucasfilm ever does a Season 2, that has to change.
- Keep the spotlight on Boba Fett and Fennec Shand — not as guest stars in their own series.
- Let Mando and Grogu stay in their lane; cameos are fine, but not at the expense of the leads.
- Give Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen the time to make these characters stick — that investment is what sets up more stories down the road.
There is potential here. The premise and the cast were never the problem; the execution was. If they actually center the show on its title character and his right hand, that second season could be the one that finally justifies the first.