#GEORGE TAKEI OH MY STAR TREK HOW TO#

At the end, as all classic Star Trek episodes end, on the bridge of the Enterprise, Captain Kirk looks at the view screen ahead of him, and the giant image of Captain Sulu. He says, вЂњTarget that explosion and fire,вЂќ and then blows the Klingons to smithereens, thus saving the life and career of Captain Kirk. That's a nuclear explosion on the Klingon nuclear planet.ДЄt the critical point when we're at the peak of drama, and Kirk is about to be blown up by the Klingons, to the rescue comes Captain Sulu with his Excelsior. There's this huge explosion in the galaxy, and the sound waves come rippling over and turn the ship into turmoil, and I shoot shields and the drama begins. The first scene is a shot of this huge, magnificent starship called the Excelsior, and then it zooms in on the bridge, and there's a brand new Captain seated confidently at that center chair, elegantly sipping his cup of green tea: Captain Sulu. As a matter of fact, in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Sulu got his own captaincy. Star Trek: Picard has been a big success for Amazon. that is fitting, isn't it? We have an International Space Station and astronauts funded by the private sectorвЂ¦ and there are even plans to have tourists going out in space. The human spirit is still hungry to boldly go where no one has gone before. GT: I think it's thrilling it's exciting. To change topics a bit, what do you think about America going into space again, with the recent SpaceX mission? I am an actor of integrity, preparing for the scene, and those nosey ones got in my way! I still think they put themselves in harm's way. So he puts me down in the report for that day, writing вЂGeorge is assaulting people.вЂ™ I was not assaulting these people! Nosey people who walked all the way across the soundstage to check out what I was doing. He appears as I lunge and I almost stab him. Again, he also had a great sense of timing. GT: Yes! And so the Assistant Director came shuffling over.

He complained to the Assistant Director about you? He was shocked and startled, and went rushing back to the set, complaining to the Assistant Director, вЂњGeorge just assaulted me with his fencing foil!вЂќ

Just as I'm lunging, he appears behind the flat, and I miss him, literally by inches, from his nose. He heard the sound of my stamping and panting, and huffing and puffing, and walked all the way from the opposite end of the soundstage, over to the far end of the soundstage where I was. Jimmy Doohan, who played Scotty, was a very perceptive person. I was there fencing, and shouting вЂњAha!вЂќ to myself on each one. So, I found a space behind that flat, where I could practice my lunges. When it came to shooting, they were filming on this particular part of the soundstage, and there were flats all over it, and at the far end, there was a big flat. I had to take formal fencing lessons a couple of weeks before we were to shoot that.

#GEORGE TAKEI OH MY STAR TREK HOW TO#

GT: Well, the fencing was an important scene, and I didn't know how to fence, either. Of course! What sort of prep did you have to do for it? WhatвЂ™s your favorite memory from filming вЂThe Naked TimeвЂ™? aye, sir, warp three!вЂќ Well, at least in that episode, I showed them that I had a life beyond just вЂњAye. They may have given me promotions, from the Lieutenant, to becoming the Lieutenant Commander, and then Commander, but I'm still there at that same console, saying вЂњAye. GT: I loved being unchained from that damn console.

What did you love most about that episode? I whip my shirt off, get my fencing foil and terrorize the Enterprise with it! And as for Sulu - deep down inside, he fancies himself as D'Artagnan, one of the Three Musketeers. Spock actually falls in love, and McCoy becomes lachrymose. It's the best one! It's вЂThe Naked Time,вЂ™ the episode where a virus attacks the crew of the Enterprise through the palm of our hands, and destroys all inhibitions. George Takei: Oh, well that's an easy one. Looking back, what's your favorite episode from The Original Series?

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