William Shatner wants to be in "Star Wars Episode VII."
According to Comicbook.com, Shatner told reporters that he should replace Harrison Ford in the upcoming installment in the franchise. When asked what role he would give himself in the new "Star Wars" film, Shatner responded, "The lead! Harrison Ford, progressed!" The audience reacted with laughs.
The veteran actor appeared at Comic Con International's TV Land Legends of Comedy panel where he also had the chance to speak about the "Star Trek" novels and animal rights. When asked if he was thinking about doing any more "Star Trek" novels or if fans would see a director's cut of "Star Trek V," he said, "I haven't been asked to do [the director's cut]."
"There hasn't been a demand. You and I lead that group of people," he added. "My one-line idea was 'Star Trek' goes in search of God.' Then I ran into flak: 'Whose God? What God? We're not going to alienate people.' Somebody came up with the idea, 'Well, what happens if it's an alien who thinks he's God? And then an alien who thinks that he's the Devil by projection that there's a God? And in order to get that movie made, I agreed to it, and that was a compromise."
"The difference between making a compromise and being political or standing on your standards? Where do you do that? The editor says, 'Cut that line,' and you say, 'That's my whole story!' do you say, 'No, I'm not going to do it,' do you say 'Okay, I'll do it?' So we're making political judgments or standing on our standards all our life-everything we do is that How do you make those decisions? That's what I had to learn on "Star Trek V."
"Star Wars Episode VII" is currently in pre-preproduction with J.J Abrams slated to direct and Kathleen Kennedy producing. The movie's cast is rumored to be announced at the D23 expo. The movie will go into production in 2014 with Disney releasing it 2015.
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