By Chris Snellgrove | Published
While all the characters of Ronald D. Moore Battlestar Galactica The restart is great, none has made as much impression as Starbuck, the Hotshot driver whose life is a full mess except when it is in a viper cockpit. Although the character is well written, it is just to say that most of the reasons why Starbuck is so popular is the charismatic performance of the woman behind the flight stick. Katee Sackhoff gave better career performance in this program, but most fans do not realize that she probably did her behind the scenes by designing a set for the episode “Valley of Darkness”.
How Katee Sackhoff gave life to Starbuck without acting
In this episode of the start of season 2, Starbuck returned to his birthplace in Caprica with Helo. There, the Hosthot driver descends in the past, listening to his father’s former records and remembering their time together. As for Katee Sackhoff, she transformed the same set into a form of intimate action by helping to paint a large part of the works of art that we see on the screen, moving effectively on her personality and her relationship with her father and her commander Adama.
Part of what makes the Battlestar Galactica Remake so big is the effective narration, with scenes that sometimes tell us everything before anyone speaks. For example, in “Valley of Darkness”, we learn a lot about Starbuck’s relationship with her father thanks to the conversations she has with Helo. But we no doubt learn much more about Starbuck herself through works of art at home, and Katee Sackhoff has proven that she was good to act by painting on the walls and canvases that are scattered throughout the room.
Of course, you may have missed part of the work of art because your attention has been drawn to an oversized painting that looks a bit like a giant portal. We later discover that Starbuck scribbles this particular image since she was a child, and that prefigures (among others) the subsequent death of Starbuck (spoilers, my darling!) In “Maelstrom”. Accompanying the poem is a simple and moving love poem that the pilot wrote, probably, his fiancée, Zak Adama.
If you are a fan of Starbuck, “Valley of Darkness” is an out -of -competition episode because it sets up the fate of the character even if it is etolating its history and its relationships with other characters. Honestly, the fact that Katee Sackhoff personally painted the walls and the canvas of the old apartment of her character shows how seriously she took her acting for the show which would later make her a familiar name.
In addition, the very first episode of Battlestar Galactica The mini-series clearly shows that Starbuck has a very narrow relationship with Commander Adama, who treats her more like a girl than a subordinate. Part of this proximity comes from the fact that the pilot was engaged to the late son of Adama Zak and is also a friend (sometimes with attractive advantages) with the surviving son, Lee. But “Valley of Darkness” makes his dad’s programs quite explicit by bringing how Starbuck admired the father who finally left, later leading to a closer link with Adama.
Katee Sackhoff’s game remains one of the best reasons to watch (or rewatch) Battlestar GalacticaAnd her performance is even more impressive when you consider that she continued to develop her off screen character by decorating the old apartment of Starbuck. Now hope that the actor will make requests. Ms. Sackhoff, could you like it, please Paint us like one of your space portals?
