Katee Sackhoff wants to joinStar Trek, and she should to complete her perfect sci-fi hat trick.Sackhoff became a sci-fi iconwhen she was cast as Kara “Starbuck” Thrace in Sci-Fi Channel’s 2003 reboot ofBattlestar Galactica, which was created bylegendaryStar TrekwriterRonald D. Moore. In 2012, Katee jumped the galaxy far, far away when she voiced Bo-Katan Kryze inStar Wars: The Clone Warsbefore embodying Bo-Katan in live-action inThe Mandalorianseason 2. Incredibly, Sackhoff has not been inStar Trek… yet.
SinceStar Trek’s rebirth on Paramount+, the variousStar Trekseries have scored multiple casting coups, starting with Jason Isaacs and Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh headliningStar Trek: Discoveryseason 1. Michelle Hurd and Allison Pill joined the cast ofStar Trek: Picardwhile Jack Quaid became one of the leads ofStar Trek: Lower Decks, and even played Ensign Brad Boimler in live-action onStar Trek: Strange New Worlds.Star Trek: Starfleet Academyboasts another Oscar winner, Holly Hunter, and Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti, as its headliners.
Katee Sackhoff Wants To Join Star Trek, And She Should
Sackhoff makes her pitch to Jonathan Frakes to join Star Trek
On her podcast,The Sackhoff Show,Katee Sackhoff heroically decided to shoot her shot about joiningStar Trekwith her guest, iconicStar Trekactor and director Jonathan Frakes. Sackhoff and Jonathan are longtime friends since Frakes was a producer onRoswell,a series Katee auditioned for but didn’t get. Frakes remains one of the most belovedStar Trekdirectors, and he is all forSackhoff entering the final frontier to complete her sci-fi"hat trick.“Check out their quotes below:
Katie Sackhoff: I wanna know what I have to do to be in Star Trek. Because I need a hat trick, and I’ve never even auditioned for Star Trek. And I feel like maybe they think it’s a little too on the nose.
Jonathan Frakes: Well, what about the new one? What about Starfleet Academy? Paul Giamatti’s in it. It takes place 900 years into the future. They could probably use a guest instructor, not unlike Starbuck. I mean, I’ll pitch you.
Katee Sackhoff is sincere about wanting to joinStar Trek, and she is an admirer of the franchise after growing up a fan of Captain Kirk (William Shatner) inStar Trek: The Original Seriesand Jonathan Frakes asCommander Riker onStar Trek: The Next Generation.Sackhoff’s sci-fi pedigree is already impressivethanks toBattlestar GalacticaandStar Wars, but Katee has also made her mark in the DC Universe, appearing inThe Flash,and lending her voice toBatman: Year One, andWatchmen: Chapter I and II. Sackhoff’s other sci-fi roles includeBionic Woman, Riddick,andFuturama.
Katee Sackoff Has Excelled In Star Wars & Battlestar Galactica
Sackoff played Starbuck and Bo-Katan Kryze
Katee Sackhoff’s performance as Starbuck inBattlestar Galacticais a standout. As the deeply troubled, Kara Thrace,Sackhoff brought raw emotion with a steely core of heroismto her role asBattlestar Galactica’s hotshot Viper pilot. Starbuck was brave, rebellious, tormented, and ferocious. Kara Thrace is a dream breakout role for Sackhoff since Starbuck got to defy every stereotype of a female character. Kara drank, swore, fought, had sex, got in trouble, but never stopped being compelling. Everything Katee brought toBattlestar Galacticacould benefitStar Trek.
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Playing Bo-Katan Kryze inStar Warscemented Katee Sackhoff as one of the great icons of sci-fi.The Mandalorian’sBo-Katan draws upon Katee’s other strengths as an actor. Bo-Katan is a fallen Mandalorian leader who rejects"The Way"after the Great Purge of Mandalore. Along withKoska Reeves (Mercedes Varnado)and Axe Woves (Simon Kassianides), Bo-Katan seeks the Dark Saber from Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito). Sackhoff imbues Bo-Katan with regret and a fierce desire to right the wrongs inflicted on Mandalore. Bo-Katan has a strength of purpose and honor that Katee could adapt to shine as a new character inStar Trek.
What Star Trek Show Could Katee Sackhoff Appear In?
Only 2 live-action Star Trek shows remain on Paramount+
Jonathan Frakes' instinct when Katee Sackhoff said she wanted to joinStar Trekwas to suggestStar Trek: Starfleet Academy. Currently in production for a targeted 2026 release,Starfleet Academyis executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, and it stars Holly Hunter, Paul Giamatti, and an up-and-coming young cast, as well asStar Treklegends like The Doctor (Robert Picardo) fromStar Trek: Voyager.PerhapsStarfleet Academycan find a role for Katee Sackhoff.Not only could Katee work with Oscar-caliber actors, but she would also get to film on thelargest set ever built forStar Trek.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3is in post-production for a 2025 release, butStrange New Worlds season 4 is still in the writing stage.Strange New Worldsmay more easily find a role for Katee Sackhoff since filming begins in early 2025 for a targeted 2026 release. JoiningStrange New WorldsmeansKatee Sackhoff would get to board the iconic Starship Enterpriseand work with Anson Mount’s Captain Pike, Rebecca Romijn’s Number One, Ethan Peck’s Lt. Spock, and the rest ofStrange New Worlds' dynamic cast. Katee Sackhoff has a sci-fi hat trick of starring in sci-fi’s greatest franchises to complete, and hopefully,Star Trekwants Katee as much as she wantsStar Trek.
