Starc will play in the BBL for the first time in 11 years, returning to the SCG on Friday against the Sydney Thunder - just a little more than a week after Australia wrapped up a 4-1 Ashes victory over England.
His first BBL match since December 2014 comes after the 35-year-old was crowned player of the Ashes series for his devastating performances across the five Tests.
Undoubtedly the best bowler on either side, the left-arm quick took 31 wickets at 19.93 - the most scalps he has claimed in a Test series in his career.
Starc also maintained an average pace above 140kph across 153.1 overs in seven weeks, while notching two half-centuries and top-scoring in the second Test with 77.
But the star bowler still has more to give, saying it was always his intention to return to the Sixers, body willing, after the five Tests.
Starc, who retired from international T20s last year, said his rest would come during the T20 World Cup starting in February.
"I've got two months to rest after the Big Bash," Starc said on Wednesday.
"There's still enough in the tank to get through T20 cricket for another couple of weeks, and then I can put my feet up."
While saying he still has to "dust the cobwebs off" with the white ball, Starc hoped to help guide the Sixers to their fourth BBL title.
The Sixers are fourth ahead of Friday's clash against the Thunder, and will face the Brisbane Heat in their final home-and-away fixture on Sunday.
With Starc's durability in the spotlight, fellow Sixers paceman Sean Abbott joked Starc's summer bucket list - which includes pulling off a hole-in-one in the aftermath of the Ashes - wouldn't be complete without BBL silverware.
"I said, 'mate, Ashes into a hole-in-one. You've just ticked off everything on the bucket list, like, you can probably retire now'," Abbott told AAP.
"And all he sent back was, 'BBL title dot'."
Starc said he wasn't sure if he would return to the BBL in future summers.
Australia's next Test series is not until August against Bangladesh in Mackay and Darwin, with those two matches kicking off the busiest 12 months in the team's  history.
"Cricket for Australia is still my priority. Test matches are still my priority," Starc said.
"If you look down the road, post-IPL if you like ... there's no shortage of cricket for Australia, and that's certainly my priority.
"I haven't played a lot of franchise cricket throughout my career, so I don't think that's going to change much."
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