Katee Sackhoff Made Her Own Contribution to Bo-Katan’s Journey in ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3
Bo-Katan was introduced to live-action audiences in The Mandalorian season 2, with Katee Sackhoff reprising the role she first voiced in animation across several seasons of The Clone Wars and later Rebels. After the season 2 finale, it was clear that she and Mando would be seeing each other again very soon and exchange a few words — and possibly a few punches — over the ownership of the Darksaber.
In an interview with Empire Magazine, Sackhoff explained that, because she knows the character so well by now, showrunner Jon Favreau and the entire team behind the series allowed a lot of input from her while making season 3:
“I’ve lived in this woman’s skin for a long time now. One of the things that Jon and I focus on is where she is in the moment, what peppers her experience. Jon [Favreau] and Rick [Famuyiwa], every single day, defer to me, which is a crazy experience, to have these masters asking me what I feel.
It respects the craft, and the years that I have put in. I really do know her – her pain is my pain. When she experiences something, I really feel it.”
The actress also revealed that, while up to five different women donned the suit on the set of the third season, she still left some signature moves across a few sequences:
“If one person has a better skill-set than the other, well, that person needs to put the suit on that day. That being said, I have a wicked knee-slide. I’ve been practicing my knee-slides on my mum’s kitchen with dish rags since I was five years old, so when that knee-slide comes up, you’ll know: that’s me. There are holes in my suit because I had to do that so many times. I came home with so many bruises on my knees. But I love that. If I came home with bruises, it was a good day!”
Bo-Katan is on a quest to retake the Darksaber so she can take over Mandalore and unite her people. But she will face harsh opposition from Din Djarin, who seeks forgiveness for his transgressions — removing his helmet and breaking the strict code of his clan.
The Mandalorian returns with new adventures on March 1. Stay tuned for more on the new episodes!
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as movies from Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.
