- "… and I had an incredible stunt double, Ming Qiu; she's a wushu master and I've been with her for over ten years now, and she's been my trainer, my confidante, my ball-buster. I love her to death and definitely, you know, she's my incredible mentor, my sensei."
- ―Ming-Na Wen
Ming Qiu is a Chinese wushu master and stuntwoman who served as a stunt double for Fennec Shand in Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett. She also appeared as Jedi Master Minas Velti in the Disney+ live-action TV series Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi. She was the stunt coordinator for the Star Wars: Ahsoka television series.
Biography[]
Ming Qiu was born in Nanjing, China,[1] and at nine years old, she was taken into a temple[4] where she practiced wushu[1] for ten years. She could only see her family once a year.[4] As a member of the Jianxu Wushu team, Qiu won several national and world-wide martial art competitions. After moving to the United States in 1995, she joined Hollywood when she doubled Nia Peeples in the television series Walker, Texas Ranger.[1]
Qiu was a stunt double for bounty hunter Fennec Shand in the Star Wars: The Mandalorian[2] and Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett.[5] She has known Ming-Na Wen,[3] the actress who plays Shand,[2] for over ten years. In addition to being Wen's stunt double, Qiu was also her trainer, confidante, "ball-buster," and mentor. Wen has said that she loves Qiu very strongly.[3]
Qiu played Jedi Master Minas Velti in "Part I" of the Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi television series[6] after being chosen by[7] director[6] Deborah Chow, which she was thankful for. On Instagram, Qiu thanked Chow, stunt coordinator Jonathan Eusebio, the actors who played the Jedi younglings, and the cast and crew.[7]
Qiu worked as the stunt coordinator for the Star Wars: Ahsoka television series. Rosario Dawson and Natasha Liu Bordizzo, the actresses who played Ahsoka Tano and Sabine Wren, respectively, received wushu training from Qiu. Dawson showed Qiu freeze frames and clips from animated shows and asked Qiu to train her to do Tano's stunts. Qiu would say the stunts are not possible, but she showed the actress what she could do instead.[4]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Series | Contribution(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger" | Star Wars: The Mandalorian | Fennec Shand | Stunt double[2] |
| 2020 | "Chapter 16: The Rescue" | The Mandalorian | Fennec Shand | Stunt double[8] |
| 2021 | "Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land" | Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett | Fennec Shand | Stunt double[5] |
| 2022 | "Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine" | The Book of Boba Fett | Fennec Shand | Stunt double[9] |
| 2022 | "Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm" | The Book of Boba Fett | Fennec Shand | Stunt double[10] |
| 2022 | "Part I" | Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi | Jedi Master Minas Velti[6] |
Sources[]
Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger"- Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 16: The Rescue"
- Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land"
- Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine"
- Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm"
- Rosario Dawson and Natasha Liu Bordizzo takes the stage at SWCA 2022 | Star Wars Celebration Live! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Star Wars Celebration LIVE! - DAY 3 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- "Star Wars: Ahsoka Season One Companion" — Star Wars Insider 225
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
About me on Stungming (backup link archived on January 25, 2022)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3
Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2
Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen Are a Dynamic Duo on 'The Book of Boba Fett' | Entertainment Weekly on the official Entertainment Weekly YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Rosario Dawson and Natasha Liu Bordizzo takes the stage at SWCA 2022 | Star Wars Celebration Live! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part I"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ming Qiu (@sunmoonl) on Instagram (post on June 25, 2022): "I'm grateful to have chance to play Jedi master Minas Veiti on Obi Wan. Thank you Deborah for choose me, our awesome cast and crew, our stunt coordinator Jonathan Eusebio, my jedi younglings!" (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 16: The Rescue"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm"
External links[]
- Ming Qiu (@sunmoonl) on Instagram (backup link needs confirmation)