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Long-time readers of this site know that there are a few series that I love with a fiery passion that knows no bounds: one is Lost and the other is Battlestar Galactica, one of the most thoughtful, thought-provoking and, well, all-around frakking great series on television today or any day.
With Season Four (the series' last) of BSG about to kick off, I was curious to see what Katee Sackhoff - who plays impulsive hothead pilot Kara "Starbuck" Thrace - had to say about the series coming to an end, that shocking reveal about her character coming back to life after, you know, exploding into a million pieces earlier that season, and about what to expect this season.
What sort of emotional or mental state do we find Kara in when Season Four begins? "She's very fragile," said Sackhoff. "She’s extremely lost... You’ve never seen Starbuck so alone. And she’s a little distraught. Not only because of the way people are treating her, but because of the questions that her coming back has raised in her own mind."
One of the shocking reveals of Kara's return from the dead (beside for, well, her return from the dead) was her insistence that she's been to Earth. What does finding Earth mean to Kara? "I think it is her resolution, it’s her end," said Sackhoff pensively. "She’s putting so much weight on this one task that she believes is her destiny. I think she won’t let anything stand in her way. If that is the case, then you’ve got a very scary person on your hands. When they’re willing to sacrifice everything to accomplish something, that’s scary. You’re gonna see a lot from her this season that is kind of like a shell of her former self."
