Dirk Benedict Panel Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest BSG Starbuck A-Team

[@chrisd2170]

I could listen to him ALL DAY LONG!!!

[@mirandakathrein7679]

I love Dirk Benedict. He was my first celeb crush at 10 years old. I met him in 2001 and will be meeting him again next week. I can't wait! 😍

[@lakecountynaturalist7617]

Dirk, you are a beautiful person. Keep speaking your mind!

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

You are awesome Dirk Benedict!!! Thnx so much for uploading this!! God bless you Dirk Benedict 🙂

[@brownholecharles]

Total Legend .. wow what a storyteller !

[@rachelclaredavies7241]

I am a big big fan of Dirk Benedict .xxxxxxxx.

[@thefurrybastard1964]

He is so definitely on my wish I could meet list.

[@shaitarn1869]

Thank goodness Dirk was eventually given the role of Face; nothing against Tim Dunigan, but he just didn't have the same charisma Dirk had.

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

What do Sci Fi soldiers Starbuck+ Captain Power have in common? They both played Face!

[@dirkstarbuck6126]

14:47 Dirk, I’m sure you’ll never read this, but I too am so happy you got that part. A lot of people are. Starbuck inserted a lot of happiness into people’s’ lives.

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

Yes, he sure did. Love healthy+ prosper Dirk

[@astridrodriguez9731]

Still the most unforgetable character I ever met.Lifechanging.Dirk, you are the same great guy I remember:handsome smart intelligent funny and just plain nice!

[@thefurrybastard1964]

+Astrid Rodriguez I envy you. The man is a legend and quite the character.

[@memphisflashfan1]

Marvelous interview! Thanks for posting this!!

[@mirandakathrein7679]

That was the best ending to his panel. It was perfect! Thanks for recording this. ❤

[@lregwoc2]

Thanks for the video! I wish he had more time!

[@nicholasjanke3476]

I LOVE both the original Battlestar Galactica and the A-Team! I loved the A-Team movie also!!!! (when are we getting an A-Team 2???) Dirk had a cameo in the very last scene after the end credits in the movie.

[@moviewatcher1968]

"Fuck, Faceman is my father?" LOL

[@collegeman1988]

There is only ONE Starbuck -- Dirk Benedict!

[@pferreira1983]

Thank you!

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

FOREVER

[@pjgathergood6987]

47:57 - All my years since original broadcast as a hardcore A-Team fan, and I never knew this great snippet. The early working title for 'The A-Team' was 'The Jazz'. (If of course lived on into the series, as "On the Jazz" became a phrase relating to Hannibal, especially in the earlier seasons).

[@mirandakathrein7679]

Really? I never knew that either.

[@allenjones3130]

ABC's decision to cancel Galactica proved a blessing in disguise for Dirk. If BSG hadn't gotten cancelled, Dirk wouldn't have been able to accept his A-Team role!

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

"Oh man..., he's on the jazz"

[@Frostie3672]

I'm so bummed the network treated their top rated show like that, nbc clearly couldn't tell an awesome show when they saw it!

[@breesco]

Nice! Thanks for posting!

[@Ukeepthelies8471]

Dirk Benedict, not sexy enough? What planet did those people come from? He was always sexy. Good looking and a good actor too.

[@markboekraad7525]

this went a long way like all intended wows happy tymez :D

[@xanseviera]

He's not good looking enough for the A-Team?? Are you kidding me?XD

[@mirandakathrein7679]

I know. There's nobody as good looking as him. 😍

[@joechevy2035]

Fron certain angles, Dirk looks kinda like Scott Bakula.

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

@36:55 Kate Mulgrew really proved that point too, Dirk is right. And she had to give up her kid to adoption for her career but thankfully she was reunited.

[@loreyslair8358]

You can find his website at dirkbenedictcentral.com.

[@eastlynburkholder3559]

So his acting career begins with two friends' making a $5 bet. Ha

[@PhilDrury]

Starbuck is a Time Lord. Why? because "The Face" changed. :p

[@lizzychrome7630]

So was the "off the record" comment he made related to women? I want to like both versions of Starbuck, and I want to be onboard with liking this actor, but god in heaven his asinine rants against female Starbuck on his site and the evils of feminism just make him appear to be an aggressive, bigoted, insecure, brute. (Men who are actually confident about their own masculinity aren't threatened by women smoking cigars or piloting Vipers.)

[@galaxies101]

lol. Triggered much? It's just criticism. Take it with stride and have class.

[@tarn1135]

Then you didn’t listen to his comments, imo. He was pissed that the character he originated and helped create was turned into something the character wasn’t. I mean if you actually watched to og series what made that character enjoyable was he was card playing gambler, cigar smoking, womanizing, ace fighter pilot. Yes it’s cliche now? Yes, but then it wasn’t. Then fast forward to the 2000’s and character was changed to something that it wasn’t. The character of Kara Thrace was fine but it wasn’t Starbuck.

[@lizzychrome7630]

@@tarn1135 By now I have seen the original BSG. I went in expecting Starbuck to be this masculine, Han Solo type of character. I was surprised to see that his character was treated far more like Apollo's cute baby brother, and in one episode Starbuck is literally mistaken for a girl. Suddenly the decision to make reboot Starbuck female made far more sense--and so did the original actor's insecurities. It seems Starbuck was always a character that wasn't entirely masculine, and Dirk did *not* like having that rubbed in his face by the reboot series. It's definitely not a coincidence that Harrison Ford, and William Shatner, and the original Apollo's actor never acted so threatened by gender equality, but this guy is.

[@paulpolpiboon9535]

@@lizzychrome7630 : You're observation is stupid; when did Shatner, Harrison Ford have their iconic Sci Fi characters played by a girl?? Yet that's how you wanted to make the comparison. 😜 Yeah that was a taste of basic logic for your brain.