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One of my favorite interviews on Stern was with William Shatner, who tried to explain why Sulu hated him. Sulu's -- let's call him Sulu; let's not pretend we know this failed actor from anything other than pushing some buttons on Star Trek -- main beef with Shatner was that Shatner thought he was the star of Star Trek, well, him and Nimoy and Kelley, and to a lesser extent Doohan. Which... well, Shatner was embarrassed at trying to defend himself against this charge, but ultimately his defense really consisted of: Well yes, Idiot, in fact I was the star.

The other thing Shatner talked about is how Sulu was always angry that Sulu was not promoted to Captain (until the last Star Trek movie). Sulu wanted to be promoted to captain ages ago. He wanted his own command.

Shatner tried to put this delicately to Stern: Did Sulu not understand that if he got his own command, on his own ship, he was off the show and out of the movies?

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Also, there is a star fleet regulation against promoting queers to captain

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I think it's kind of pathetic that Takei has made a "name" for himself by attacking Shatner.

It's his gig.

FWIW, Shatner never really has seemed to care. With good reason. Sulu was a minor character in a show made 50 years ago. He's gone on to bigger and better things. I'm sure Shatner doesn't remember or is buddies with every minor actor from everything he's done.

Takei is just an ass.