Now that Pedro Pascal confirmed he’s hardly on set anymore and its mainly just voice work, it makes total sense how easy it was to sideline his character in season 3 when the actor doesn’t have to be there/doesn’t care anymore and can’t approve or disapprove of his character’s arc in person.
Interesting that he isn’t always there. I watched a lengthy interview with Katee Sackhoff and she has a totally different process for it. There are occasionally times when it’s not her in the suit but she stays on the set and watches it real-time through monitors. She gives direction to the extra in the suit about how Bo would react, walk, carry her weapon, stand, etc all based on the emotion of the scene. She’s very involved with the character.