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Star Wars’ Katee Sackhoff Is Officially Ready for Her Own Spin-Off, But There’s a Catch [Exclusive]
The future of The Mandalorian is shrouded in mystery, but at least one star of the show is ready for her own solo spotlight. Katee Sackhoff is ready to bring the Mandalorian warrior Bo-Katan Kryze back to life, but it might not mean donning her armor. Sackhoff commented on the possibility of a spin-off at a panel at last weekend’s Tampa Bay Comic Con hosted by Collider’s Maggie Lovitt.
Sackhoff, a veteran of science fiction movies and films like Battlestar Galactica and Riddick, first voiced Bo-Katan on the animated series The Clone Wars. The sister of Duchess Satine, ruler of the planet Mandalore, Bo-Katan joined with the insurgent Death Watch faction to overthrow her sister, only to be horrified as they and their ally, Darth Maul, executed her. Sackhoff returned to the character in the animated series Rebels, having been dethroned by the Empire. Sackhoff then portrayed the character in live-action for the first time on The Mandalorian, where Bo-Katan allied with Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) to reclaim the devastated planet Mandalore and rule the remaining Mandalorians.
Sackhoff wants to explore the character again: not in the form of a follow-up to her character’s arc on The Mandalorian, but a prequel that would examine the dynamic between her and Satine. While Satine was always destined for the throne, Bo-Katan was simply a spare. She doesn’t think live-action would be the best medium for it, either:
…so I’ve always wanted to see what that life was like for them growing up, and who Bo was when she was little…I always saw her as like this spitfire, like this kid who just ran around and did whatever she wanted because nobody paid attention to her because all the focus was on her sister, and I just really want to see that…I think animation would be a beautiful way to be able to see that story play out.
If fans want to see the spin-off come to fruition, Sackhoff jokingly recommends that they stalk newly-minted Star Wars head honcho Dave Filoni, who created Bo-Katan as the writer of her debut Clone Wars episode.
What Star Wars Animated Projects Are in the Works?
One animated Star Wars project was just released last week: Lego Star Wars: The Mandalorian, a humorous retelling of The Mandalorian TV series, in which Sackhoff reprised her role as Bo-Katan. Coming up next year is the second season of Maul: Shadow Lord, the tale of onetime Sith Lord Maul (Sam Witwer), who is now building a criminal empire in the wake of the rise of the Empire.
Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
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2008 – 2020-00-00
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Cartoon Network, Netflix, Disney+
- Directors
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Brian Kalin O’Connell, Steward Lee, Giancarlo Volpe, Bosco Ng, Danny Keller, Rob Coleman, Justin Ridge, Nathaniel Villanueva, Saul Ruiz, Jesse Yeh, Duwayne Dunham, Atsushi Takeuchi, Robert Dalva, Walter Murch
- Writers
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Katie Lucas, Christian Taylor, Brent V. Friedman, Matt Michnovetz, Drew Z. Greenberg, Steven Melching, Chris Collins, Charles Murray, Eoghan Mahony, Bonnie Mark, Craig W. Van Sickle, Daniel Arkin, Jose Molina, Steven Long Mitchell, Cameron Litvack, George Krstic, Carl Ellsworth, Craig Titley, Julie Siege, Jonathan W. Rinzler, Ben Edlund, Douglas Petrie, Kevin D. Campbell, Kevin Rubio
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Tom Kane
Narrator / Yoda / Medical Droid / Yularen / Kraken (voice)
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Matt Lanter
Anakin Skywalker (voice)
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