‘The Mandalorian’ brought Bo-Katan back and made her a key character, and also ‘broke’ something within Sackhoff in the process.<\/b>
\nBattlestar Galacta alum Katee Sackhoff has been in genre TV for years. After voicing cultist turned mercenary\/freedom fighter Bo-Katan Kryze for Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Rebels, she reprised the role in the live-action series The Mandalorian. She\u2019s gotten to play Bo several times since then, but as the actor herself tells it, coming back to that role hasn\u2019t been without its challenges.
In the latest episode of her podcast, Sackhoff told her Battlestar co-worker Tahmoh Penikett how she lost \u201call of my confidence\u201d after filming The Mandalorian. \u201cI\u2019ve always played two steps removed from myself, [and] it always felt grounded in some part of my belly, of who I was,\u201d she explained. Her usual acting method has been to go with her \u201cfirst instinct, play the reality of the situation,\u201d but that wasn\u2019t the case with Bo-Katan. Playing the character in live-action made her realize how much Bo is \u201cnowhere near who I am as a human being. As much as I stood her, I never identified with her, and I didn\u2019t know how to find her.\u201d
Sackhoff went on to say Bo-Katan \u201cbroke\u201d her, enough to keep her from further acting in the past three years. She credits an acting coach and a new manager with helping her turn things around; the former reaffirmed her talent and said she just \u201cneed to get you back in your belly. You just need to find your confidence again.\u201d As of this year, Sackhoff\u2019s done voice work for Warner Bros.\u2019 animated Watchmen duology and showed up in this year\u2019s Fight or Flight, and she\u2019s also in Prime Video\u2019s upcoming Carrie series.
Star Wars-wise, it\u2019s unclear whether she\u2019ll appear in The Mandalorian & Grogu or the second season of Ahsoka, both of which Bo-Katan is some connections to. The show is currently in production, while the film is due May 22, 2026.<\/p>\n