Ming-Na Wen is set to become part of yet another major Disney franchise. At D23 today, Disney CEO Bob Iger just revealed that Wen has joined the cast of the upcoming Disney+ series The Mandalorian.

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Wen's character wasn't revealed. Her previous Disney history includes voicing the title character in 1998's Mulan and Agent Melinda May in the long-running Marvel's Agents of SHIELD. With a Star Wars role now under her belt, Wen has basically scored the Disney hat trick.Way acknowledged the news during her acceptance speech at the Disney Legends awards ceremony, noting how glad she is that Disney keeps acquiring major properties in which she can star, saying she "hit every bucket list" thanks to the studio."I used to pray to God, Buddha and the Force when I was a little girl. It's astounding to me, Disney has offered me so much more," said Wen.The cast of The Mandalorian also includes Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Swallow, Carl Weathers, Omid Abtahi, Werner Herzog, and Nick Nolte.Jon Favreau is executive producer on The Mandalorian, and revealed during an interview with Jimmy Kimmel Live last month that he is already working on the script for Season 2 of the series.Disney revealed the first poster for The Mandalorian this morning, with more news expected to come at the Disney+ panel this afternoon. To help tide you over until the panel, find out more about the planet Mandalore and learn about Disney's new Star Wars-themed resort, Galactic Starcruiser

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