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Walter Koenig Says NEW VOYAGES Wraps His Career

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By GustavoLeao / 04:18, 8 December 2005 / General Star Trek

STAR TREK actor Walter Koenig talks to Wired Magazine about his return to the role of Pavel Chekov in an upcoming episode of STAR TREK NEW VOYAGES online series. In "To Serve All My Days", written by D.C. Fontana, the younger Chekov is suddenly aged and has to deal with living out his twilight years.



"This was the episode I never got to play and never would get to play," Koenig says. "I've never had the opportunity to do something that required more than reading off Warp Factor numbers on the navigation console."

"I don't mean to be morbid, but I did have a quadruple bypass 13 years ago," Koenig says. "This might be a really good wrap for my career."

Since Paramount is not producing new STAR TREK at the moment, Koenig said "Paramount is licking its wounds. But that doesn't mean the people can't rise up and defend STAR TREK. In the absence of the ruling class, the peasantry has picked up their pitchforks and shovels and gone into battle."

"To Serve All My Days" will likely be released in January

The full article, which contains quotes from the NEW VOYAGES team and spoilers for "To Serve All My Days" and the first photo of Koenig as Chekov in the episode, can be found here.



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By: mustangman289 (Odo's file, contact) @ 05:26:54 on Dec 10, 2005

Shatner's ego is so over-the-top that he has learned it is profitable for him to poke fun at it himself. He uses it to his own advantage, which I think is brilliant. He plays to his ego on film and stage--he parodies himself. Maybe you misunderstood parts of my original post--I am not critcizing Shatner for what he is. He is who he is. I am actually a fan of his. My gripe is with most of the other actors on Star Trek who, it seems to me, can't grant or conduct an interview without spewing their resentment and hatred of Shatner. They also, for the most part, whine that they didn't get enough screen time or the best lines. They forget that they were not the primary stars. They should be forever grateful that they were in some way associated with Star Trek--not behind the scenes but actually on screen for an amount of time.
I for one am glad to see that Shatner is still a visible, viable and yes, marketable product still after all these years.


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