![]() ![]() After William Shatner, the role was recently reprised by Chris Pine from 2009 to the present. Star Trek: Picard season 3 revealed Kirk's corpse was taken from his gravesite on Veridian III and is being stored in a top-secret Daystrom Station installation under "Project Phoenix." While it's unlikely WIlliam Shatner will embody Captain Kirk again, his context helps give Kirk's death a greater meaning in Star Trek. When the original Captain James T Kirk breathes his last, he says, Oh my, an expression which says how he feels about passing away from this world to another. In 2022, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1 cast Paul Wesley as Kirk, and he reprises the role in season 2. In 2009's Star Trek movie reboot, Chris Pine became Captain Kirk in J.J. William Shatner has not played Captain Kirk in live-action since Star Trek Generations, although he voiced Kirk in the 2002 Futurama episode, "Where No Fan Has Gone Before." Instead, the role of Captain Kirk passed to younger actors. Shatner had no say in Kirk's death, but he tried to infuse as much drama and poignance as he could into the Captain's final moments. Kirk's demise was intended to be a capstone to Star Trek Generations, which passed the torch from the crew of Star Trek: The Original Series to the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation taking over the movie franchise. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), whose Star Trek deaths were immediately reversed, Captain Kirk's death stood the test of time. As performed by Shatner, Kirk's 'Oh my' powerfully and evocatively added an ineffable quality to what was, otherwise, an unceremonious way to bump off arguably the greatest Captain of the Enterprise, and it made Kirk's grand finale truly memorable. I don't know whether I would do anything different now, looking at it. 'Oh my' also encompasses how Kirk never wavered from facing the unknown. And say, "Oh my!" Is the way I wanted to say it. So they wrote, "It was fun!" And lying there, I thought, "It's better than that." And I tried to see whatever it was. I wonder what's going to happen now?" With courage and bravery, and he's not afraid. ![]() So Captain Kirk, I imagined that he'd die, that he would die with awe and wonder. 15 Hollywood icon, social media star and activist George Takei will be going where he has gone before during a lecture on his life behind-the-scenes at California State University, Northridge on Nov. I'd like to think we die the way we live. Star Trek Legend George Takei Beaming Up To CSUN, Nov. Shatner explained his thought process behind Kirk's famous last words, "Oh my!" Read his quote and watch the video below. OTOY's YouTube released a 3-minute clip titled The Roddenberry Archive: William Shatner (4K) where the legendary actor mused on Kirk's controversial death in 1994's Star Trek Generations. Takei has been with his husband, Brad Altman, since 1988, having met at a gay and lesbian running and walking club. ![]()
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