Warning: This story contains spoilers fromThe Mandalorianseason 3, episode 2: “The Mines of Mandalore.”
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You spend a lot of this episode exploring Mandalore with Grogu.
What’s it like to film these big scenes with a puppet as your scene partner?
Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze in ‘The Mandalorian’ season 3.Lucasfilm Ltd.
KATEE SACKHOFF:You know, it truly feels like just another scene partner.
So, I actually find him quite easy and enjoyable to work with.
It’s gotta be fun to be poking around these dark ruins and exploring Mandalore with him.
And Bo-Katan, she doesn’t really look at her feet that much.
She sort of instinctively always knows where she’s walking.
[Laughs] I’m quite clumsy.
I imagine that’s especially tricky when you’ve got the helmet on.
I’m really lucky, because the owl eyes of my helmet sort of slant down a little bit.
So, I actually have a little bit more peripheral vision than the guys do.
But it definitely takes away focus.
She’s usually so intense and driven, and here she’s very disillusioned and kind of exhausted.
What interested you about how she starts this season?
I think it has finally wore her down, and I think that she gave up.
She’s sitting there, reevaluating every single thing that she’s done in her life.
All of that is going through her head.
She’s lost everything.
She’s lost her home world.
She’s lost her family.
She’s lost her team.
She’s lost Mandalore.
She’s lost the Darksaber.
Everything she thought she needed is gone, so that’s a pretty devastating place to start.
She’s alone on this enormous throne.
You know, I really wanted to embody the throne with disrespect.
And not just disrespectful, but also bored.
We settled on that [pose] partially because I’m so dinky compared to the actual throne.
When they built this throne, I don’t know who they thought was going to sit on it.
Chris Hemsworth I am not.
She’s little."
I sawthis fantastic TikTokwhere this woman dressed in Bo cosplay is sort of hanging out, bored.
All of a sudden, she hears a ship, and she’s like, “Oh no!”
That’s the humorous side of things, for sure.
What’s that journey been like for you?
It was such an exciting moment for me, growing up as aStar Warsfan.
And to be a female Mandalorian warrior?
I was like, “Oh my God, of course I’ll do this!”
Every episode I got asked to come back was icing on the cake.
It was a really profound moment in my career.
Voicing Bo is one thing, but being able to play her in live-action…
I think it made sense.
With the benefit of hindsight, it’s kind of awesome.
So, we have to talk about the Darksaber.
What did you make of that moment?
I think that is the thing that has finally shifted in Bo-Katan: She doesn’t want it anymore.
I don’t really think it ever occurred to her that she had it in her hand.
She removed her ego long enough to save Din and Grogu.
And that is the way.
Did you learn any new skills or stunts this season that you’re particularly excited about?
This season, four other women wore this suit, all for different reasons and purposes.
It would be incredibly narcissistic to believe that I could actually do what they do.
[Laughs]
That being said, any time they let me do something, I absolutely do it.
There’s definitely some swordplay that I had a hand in.
When that episode airs, I’m going to post that picture on Instagram.
I was so happy!
I got home from work that day covered in bruises.
I love the scene with Bo when she’s making the pog soup.
We see a different side of Bo, and we see a humorous side of her.
She’s finding humor in the irony of their differences.
You’re on your own!
Don’t get kidnapped by a giant cyborg!"
“I’m just going to sit on my throne!
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
