The Mandalorian and Toro eventually charge toward her position on speeder bikes and use flash charges to temporarily blind and distract her. While they investigate, Fennec opens fire on them with a long-ranged blaster rifle, keeping them pinned down from a high vantage point. They track Fennec to a part of the planet known as the Dune Sea, where they discover the dead body of another bounty hunter she had previously killed. Toro recruits the show's protagonist, a bounty hunter known as " The Mandalorian", to help him find and capture her.
Toro Calican, an aspiring bounty hunter, takes the bounty on Fennec as his first assignment, believing capturing such a notorious target would bring him prestige and allow him to join the Bounty Hunters' Guild. She appears in the Mandalorian episode " Chapter 5: The Gunslinger", starting the episode in hiding on the desert planet Tatooine, because a large bounty has been placed upon her. Little else about her backstory is revealed. In The Mandalorian, Fennec Shand is presented as an elite mercenary and assassin who developed a significant reputation committing murders for the galaxy's top crime syndicates, including the Hutts, before their leaders were imprisoned by the New Republic. Costume designer Joseph Porro incorporated orange accents into Fennec's black costume, and Wen recommended the character's hair include braids inspired by the fennec fox.įennec Shand has been received positively by reviewers and fans alike and the character has been described as a fan favorite.Īppearances The Mandalorian The fox also influenced the design of Fennec's costume and hairstyle. Portrayed by actress Ming-Na Wen, elements of the character's personality were inspired by the fennec fox, including its trickiness, stealthiness, maneuverability, and ability to survive. Once their mission is completed, the two conquer Tatooine and the remnants of the Hutt cartels. She serves as Fett's new partner and assists him in his mission to recover his old armor from the Mandalorian, and later to rescue Grogu in order to honor an agreement made with the latter.
In " Chapter 14: The Tragedy", it was established that Fennec was saved by the bounty hunter Boba Fett, and had parts of her body replaced with cybernetics. An elite mercenary and assassin, she was introduced in " Chapter 5: The Gunslinger" of The Mandalorian, in which she is sought by the title character and another bounty hunter, Toro Calican, the latter of whom seemingly kills her.
" Chapter 5: The Gunslinger" (2019) ( The Mandalorian)įennec Shand is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise who appears in Disney+ television series The Mandalorian, The Bad Batch, and The Book of Boba Fett.