Katee Sackhoff wants to join Star Trek, and she should to complete her perfect sci-fi hat trick. Sackhoff became a sci-fi icon when she was cast as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace in Sci-Fi Channel's 2003 reboot of Battlestar Galactica, which was created by legendary Star Trek writer Ronald D. Moore. In 2012, Katee jumped the galaxy far, far away when she voiced Bo-Katan Kryze in Star Wars: The Clone Wars before embodying Bo-Katan in live-action in The Mandalorian season 2. Incredibly, Sackhoff has not been in Star Trek... yet.
Since Star Trek's rebirth on Paramount+, the various Star Trek series have scored multiple casting coups, starting with Jason Isaacs and Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh headlining Star Trek: Discovery season 1. Michelle Hurd and Allison Pill joined the cast of Star Trek: Picard while Jack Quaid became one of the leads of Star Trek: Lower Decks, and even played Ensign Brad Boimler in live-action on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy boasts 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 Sackoff heroically decided to shoot her shot about joining Star Trek with her guest, iconic Star Trek actor and director Jonathan Frakes. Sackhoff and Jonathan are longtime friends since Frakes was a producer on Roswell, a series Katee auditioned for but didn't get. Frakes remains one of the most beloved Star Trek directors, and he is all for Sackhoff entering the final frontier to complete her sci-fi "hat trick." Check out their quotes below:
Katie Sackoff: 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 join Star Trek, and she is an admirer of the franchise after growing up a fan of Captain Kirk (William Shatner) in Star Trek: The Original Series and Jonathan Frakes as Commander Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Sackhoff's sci-fi pedigree is already impressive thanks to Battlestar Galactica and Star Wars, but Katee has also made her mark in the DC Universe, appearing in The Flash, and lending her voice to Batman: Year One, and Watchmen: Chapter I and II. Sackhoff's other sci-fi roles include Bionic Woman, Riddick, and Futurama.
Katee Sackoff Has Excelled In Star Wars & Battlestar Galactica
Sackoff played Starbuck and Bo-Katan Kryze
Katee Sackhoff's performance as Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica is a standout. As the deeply troubled, Kara Thrace, Sackhoff brought raw emotion with a steely core of heroism to her role as Battlestar 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 to Battlestar Galactica could benefit Star Trek.
Playing Bo-Katan Kryze in Star Wars cemented Katee Sackhoff as one of the great icons of sci-fi. The Mandalorian's Bo-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 with Koska 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 in Star 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 join Star Trek was to suggest Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Currently in production for a targeted 2026 release, Starfleet Academy is executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, and it stars Holly Hunter, Paul Giamatti, and an up-and-coming young cast, as well as Star Trek legends like The Doctor (Robert Picardo) from Star Trek: Voyager.Perhaps Starfleet Academy can find a role for Katee Sackhoff. Not only could Katee work with Oscar-caliber actors, but she would also get to film on the largest set ever built for Star Trek.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 is in post-production for a 2025 release, but Strange New Worlds season 4 is still in the writing stage. Strange New Worlds may more easily find a role for Katee Sackhoff since filming begins in early 2025 for a targeted 2026 release. Joining Strange New Worlds means Katee Sackhoff would get to board the iconic Starship Enterprise and work with Anson Mount's Captain Pike, Rebecca Romijn's Number One, Ethan Peck's Lt. Spock, and the rest of Strange 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 Trek wants Katee as much as she wants Star Trek.
