Katee Sackhoff wants to be in a galaxy far, far away from “The Mandalorian.”
The actress, 45, voiced Bo-Katan Kryze for years in the “Star Wars” animated shows “The Clone Wars” and “Rebels,” before she made her live-action debut as the character in the second season of “The Mandalorian” in 2020.
But playing Bo-Katan herself ended up not being a good experience for Sackhoff.
“I lost all of my confidence after ‘Mandalorian’ — all of it,” Sackhoff said during the Aug. 12 episode of her YouTube channel.
“My style of acting has always just been your first instinct is the right instinct. Do that. Play the reality of the situation,” she explained. “And I’ve never really played a character. I’ve always played two steps removed from myself, in a sense. It aways felt grounded in some part of my belly of who I was.”
“Bo-Katan is nowhere near who I am as a human being,” Sackoff stated. “Her life, what she wants — like, I didn’t understand her. As much as I understood her, I never felt her in my stomach. I never identified with her. I didn’t know how to find her.”
The “Battlestar Galactica” alum said her inability to connect with her “Star Wars” character was “very scary.”
“It broke me. It just broke me, where I started doubting everything about myself,” she shared.
“I’m not a strong auditioner on tape, and I was having to put myself on tape,” Sackoff continued. “I wasn’t booking anything. And for three years, I basically didn’t work. And it just destroyed my confidence.”
Sackoff recalled that she was “broken” and felt “lost” at the time, which led to her getting into a “screaming” match with her manager who was “dismissive” of her concerns.
So, Sackoff hired a new manger who introduced her to an acting coach, and eventually, that person helped the “24” star gain her confidence again.
Sackoff appeared in ten episodes of “The Mandalorian” from 2020 to 2023. The Disney+ series stars Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin, a lone Mandalorian bounty hunter, and is set after the events of “Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi” (1983).
It’s unclear if Sackoff will be in the 2026 movie “The Mandalorian & Grogu.”
As for her next role, Sackoff will be in Mike Flanagan’s upcoming “Carrie” series for Prime Video. The show is based on Stephen King’s iconic 1974 horror novel.
