Katee Sackhoff has gained a huge fan following in recent times after her appearance as Bo-Katan in Disney+’s The Mandalorian. The actress is associated with Bo-Katan for a long time since she voiced the character in Star Wars: Clone Wars and Rebels animated shows. But in recent years, her live-action appearance in the Pedro Pascal series helped her in boosting her popularity.
The 43-year-old actress currently has a net worth of $4 million. But things were not the same always. At some point in time, the whole family of Katee Sackhoff was forced to solely depend on her mother’s salary. The Battlestar Galactica fame revealed it during a live interaction with her fans and the story’s sure to inspire many.
Katee Sackhoff knows about life’s struggles
The Star Wars shows have helped a lot of names to make it big in the industry. The Bo-Katan fame is also one of them. But Katee Sackhoff also had her struggles. During a live Q&A session on her YouTube channel, the star shared a precious moment of her life when she and her own family were forced to live on her mother’s salary of $2500 per month.
“I absolutely know what it looks like to stick with something because of finances. My mom was a teacher. She made — with a Master’s degree — $30,000 a year. She taught for 34 years, and she supported our entire family with that money until my dad started building more houses.”
The conversation rose when the Riddick actress started discussing on dream job and the one that we have to do. She took the real-life example of her mom and stated that she and her family is proud of her mother who took the right decision of taking a path that was more stable than the other.
“So had my mom decided to reinvent herself, we would have been up sh*t creek. So I do understand that. And we are so blessed that my mother stayed that course because it provided us with the stability for my father to follow his dream and to do what he wanted to do.”
You can watch the full Q&A here:
Born to a teacher and a land developer, it can’t be denied that the actress has learned some of life’s greatest lessons. Presently, her popularity doesn’t seem to fade soon, especially after how her role played out in the latest season of The Mandalorian.
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Will Bo-Katan get more prominence in The Mandalorian universe?
Recently, all the episodes of the latest and the third season of The Mandalorian premiered on Disney+. Although this season created quite a mixed reception among the fans, season 3 showed another character getting even more spotlight than the main cast.
Katee Sackhoff’s Bo-Katan Kryze was a major character in this season of the Pedro Pascal series. While the rising prominence of Sackhoff over Pascal’s Din Djarin divided the fan base, it sealed an important future for the character. Interestingly, the ending of season 3 also felt like a concluding series finale to many fans. This factor summed up with Pascal leaving The Mandalorian series might also lead to Katee Sackhoff taking over the captain’s seat for the fourth season.
Although it’s very early to believe the theories, Dave Filoni also announced a movie that will lead all the Disney+ series namely The Mandalorian, The Book of Bobba Fett, the upcoming Ashoka, and Skeleton Crew. This electrifying crossover event is reportedly set to conclude the Disney+ universe that’s also known to many as the “Mandoverse”. While primary information about this project is also yet to be revealed, it can be hoped that the heads at Lucasfilm might have thought something big for Bo-Katan Kryze.
All the seasons of The Mandalorian can be streamed on Disney+.
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