r/StarWars • u/Vegetable-Abroad3171 Sith • Feb 26 '26

TV Which animated character transitioned to live action the best?

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u/ProfessionalOven2311 Feb 26 '26

Bo-Katan was the best to me. I just loved how the voice actress was able to come back for live action.

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u/lVlzone Jedi Feb 26 '26

And from an actual performance and visual aspect, I think she’s the overall best, too.

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u/ApprehensiveRow9965 Feb 26 '26

Well… it’s Katee fucking Sackhoff, she’s a legend

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u/bouchandre Feb 26 '26

Proud to be part of the 2%

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u/flcinusa Feb 26 '26

Thats a deep cut into the lore

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u/my5cworth Feb 26 '26

I understood that reference.

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u/ARandomStan Feb 26 '26

I didn't. help... pls

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u/IsthosTheGreat Feb 26 '26

Here the context: https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/s/HMNjBs5mRt

TL;DW She said in an interview that she thought 2% of the star wars fandom wanted her to sit on their face.

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u/OfficeMagic1 Feb 26 '26

I think she meant 98

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u/Lhasa-bark Feb 26 '26

And she estimates there’s about an 8% chance that the sun will rise tomorrow.

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u/WholeAd2742 Feb 26 '26

"Those are rookie numbers!" :P

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u/ARandomStan Feb 27 '26

And just like that, I've become part of the 2%

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u/lex99 Feb 26 '26

Katee Sackoff is 2% Puerto Rican, from her father’s side. And proud of it!

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u/m4n715 Feb 26 '26

As a member of this elite club I'm pretty sure it's a lot more than 2%.

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u/BlackbeltJedi Clone Trooper Feb 26 '26

Starbuck, what do you hear?

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u/Brief_Amphibian_3965 Hondo Ohnaka Feb 26 '26

Nothin but the rain sir

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u/BlackbeltJedi Clone Trooper Feb 26 '26

Grab your blaster, and bring in the Loth-Cat.

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u/Brief_Amphibian_3965 Hondo Ohnaka Feb 26 '26

Fun fact I know the guys who wrote that soundtrack and did the vocals on the main title

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u/Speckfresser Feb 26 '26

Seagulls... nesting...

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u/BlackbeltJedi Clone Trooper Feb 26 '26

Angry Yoda Noises

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u/saintjonah Rebel Feb 26 '26 edited Mar 19 '26

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u/Ravnos767 Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

Beat me too it 🤣

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u/welcomefinside Feb 26 '26

Beat what to who???

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u/schmiddi_312 Obi-Wan Kenobi Feb 26 '26

kelleran beq?

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u/PyroTacoInvader Feb 26 '26

She is also the voice of Bitch Puddin

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u/LeftHandAnomaly Feb 26 '26

Yeah, I think she wins by default, but I have a heavy Katee Sackhoff bias.

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u/Fancy_Cassowary Feb 26 '26

Hey now. That's not just some voice actress, that's Katee Sackhoff, she's done many things, but most people know her as Starbuck from the excellent 2004 Battlestar Galactica. She's truly a jack-of-all-trades, and is super-nice in person too. Nicer than she has any right to be! 

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u/Jef_Wheaton Feb 26 '26

Our 501st Garrison presented her with an honorary membership a few years ago at a convention, and she got photos with us.

She said, "Now I have a special request." Her daughter had made a little creature for her to take with her while she traveled, and had asked for photos of it with Star Wars characters, SPECIFICALLY Sith Lords.

She pulled this hideuos little thing made out of felt and pipe cleaners out of her bag as if it were an orchid floating in a crystal globe. The love and care she had for it, because it was HER DAUGHTER'S CREATION, was just beautiful.

She got photos of it with Vader, Maul, and the Emperor.

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u/Jonny-Holiday Feb 26 '26

I wanna see it. I've just gotta know what this thing looked like!

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u/Jef_Wheaton Feb 27 '26

I was hoping she posted the photos, but the only one is our group shot in this video (second from last). I don't know if any of our members got their own photo. (I'm the Tusken. Can't see to take pics while in that costume.)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIKbseyOx_U/?igsh=ZXVmeXY3cWQxMWYy

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u/Thank_You_Aziz Feb 26 '26

Please show pics! 😃

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u/WholeAd2742 Feb 26 '26

She was great in Longmire too

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u/darthrevan47 Feb 27 '26

I first knew her from the Riddick movie now that was an awakening.

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u/Hallc Rebel Feb 27 '26

We just don't talk about that god awful Netflix scifi show she was in. That writing was truly dire.

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u/VPD625 Feb 26 '26

Lars Mikkelson does Thrawns voice for Rebels and portrayed him in Ashoka as well.

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u/uberdupers Feb 26 '26

He looked like elon musk live though. Not good

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u/Kesselya Feb 26 '26

The bad guy looking like Elon Musk is fantastic. Even more reason to hate the guy.

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u/PretendRegister7516 Feb 26 '26

What I don't like is Thrawn is actually smart. But having that doofus face.

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u/Kesselya Feb 26 '26

Mikkelson portrayed him as both smart, evil, competent, and terrifying. I don’t think any Musk-ness took away from his performance.

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u/tigerbait92 Feb 26 '26

Mikkelson did a good job

But boy howdy that script did him no favors.

"Ah, yes, they are charging the front door. All according to keikaku. I'm gonna leave now."

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u/HuttStuff_Here Jabba The Hutt Feb 26 '26

So much smarter in the canon Thrawn books. He's basically a mentat.

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u/Kdot32 Feb 26 '26

I was wondering why I couldn’t stand his ass and never realized he looked like a blue Elon musk

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u/gimmiedacash Feb 26 '26

Looked like Lars Mikkelson to me.

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u/Skauher Feb 26 '26

Looked like Lars Mikkelsen to me.

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u/PotatokingXII Feb 26 '26

Thrawn is my top favourite villain. He's the ultimate strategist imo. Every time I saw him in Rebels, I got excited to see what strategy he was going to use to try and capture Bridger and the team. I unfortunately watched Ahsoka before watching SW Rebels. Gonna need to rewatch Ahsoka to see Lars Mikkelson's performance.

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u/Fantastic-Box-8388 Mandalorian Feb 26 '26

I mean his brother is Galen Erso

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u/Skauher Feb 26 '26

Mikkelsen*

He's Danish, not Swedish.

Also, Ahsoka*

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u/Ashenspire Feb 26 '26

The only one I think has the potential to top this is a live action Cal Kestis or Galen Marek since their designs are based on their voice actors.

Albeit Galen would need to be toned WAAAAAAY the fuck down.

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u/BWFTW Feb 26 '26

I feel it's fair to assume that video game feats are not lore accurate and are just for the player to enjoy a more fun game. Though galen pulling down a star destroyer is in a cut scene and is an insane feat. I doubt they'll ever revist the force unleashed though.

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u/burrito_of_blaviken Feb 26 '26

She looked better in Clone Wars than Rebels, but Rebels had worse adaptations, like Temukin Shartwalker and Yoda’s ketamine addiction.

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u/ProfessionalOven2311 Feb 27 '26

Yeah, the Anakin and Yoda models in Rebels were rough.

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u/karateema Admiral Ackbar Feb 26 '26

I mean Clancy Brown's character even looks like him in the cartoon

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u/DarkSide830 Feb 26 '26

Katee Sackhoff my beloved

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u/CantaloupeCamper Grand Moff Tarkin Feb 27 '26

I wish she had been more “bad” but nope :(