# Shatner(Star Trek) vs. Fisher(Star Wars) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-star-trek-vs-fisher-star-wars/605988 "2011-12-13T03:16:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-star-trek-vs-fisher-star-wars/605988/1 "2011-12-13T03:16:12Z")
Yes, yes, this is all just in good fun, but I’m wondering if any of you have followed this fun little back-and-forth between Fisher and Shatner. For impatient ones, skip to George Takei. He steals the show, easily. [Shatner launches a bit of a critique of Star Wars](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BYNdTHjstI) [Fisher jokes back, requesting to see Shatner in his original costume.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU2jqIRjJVI) [Shatner responds to Fisher.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPiWm4mGgyg) And finally: [George Takei points out that a greater villain exists out there for sci-fi fans.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvTCr5Z-0lA) Takei wins the exchange easily. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-star-trek-vs-fisher-star-wars/605988/2 "2011-12-13T05:37:30Z")
Thing I noticed most was a comment somebody made on how Carrie Fisher is turning into Emperor Palpatine! Eek! ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-star-trek-vs-fisher-star-wars/605988/3 "2011-12-13T06:27:21Z")
> [@Hail\_Ants](#): > > Thing I noticed most was a comment somebody made on how Carrie Fisher is turning into Emperor Palpatine! Eek! Better than the [Jabba the Hut look](http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee154/A03540imardi-gras-/340x_Carrie_Fisher2_flv.jpg) she was going for a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-star-trek-vs-fisher-star-wars/605988/4 "2011-12-13T15:44:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Fisher jokes back, requesting to see Shatner in his original costume.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU2jqIRjJVI) What’s with the eye glitter? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-star-trek-vs-fisher-star-wars/605988/5 "2011-12-13T16:01:13Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Takei wins the exchange easily. As he does with any exchange of which he’s part. Seriously, that man is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-star-trek-vs-fisher-star-wars/605988/6 "2011-12-13T21:06:37Z")
I’m wildly in love with George Takei. The way he flinches over the word _‘sparkle’_ in his monologue is priceless! ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-star-trek-vs-fisher-star-wars/605988/7 "2011-12-13T23:29:55Z")
i’m still amazed that Shatner is 80 freakin years old. What is he, part elf? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-star-trek-vs-fisher-star-wars/605988/8 "2011-12-13T23:41:22Z")
> [@simster](#): > > i’m still amazed that Shatner is 80 freakin years old. > > What is he, part elf? Holy crap; he does not at all look it. I guess it makes sense considering he was in several Twilight Zones circa 1963, as an adult in his 30s…even before color TV was mainstream. But jesus… ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-star-trek-vs-fisher-star-wars/605988/9 "2011-12-13T23:48:31Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > Holy crap; he does not at all look it. > > I guess it makes sense considering he was in several Twilight Zones circa 1963, as an adult in his 30s…even before color TV was mainstream. But jesus… I was lucky enough to watch him and Nimoy sparring back and forth at Dragon\*con year before last - OMG the visual contrast between them is incredible. And I believe that Shatner is actually the elder of the two. Nearly indescribably freaky to see that in person. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-star-trek-vs-fisher-star-wars/605988/10 "2011-12-14T00:38:28Z")
> [@simster](#): > > i’m still amazed that Shatner is 80 freakin years old. > > What is he, part elf? Judging by how red his face was in the second video, I’m guessing he’s at least one quarter tomato. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-star-trek-vs-fisher-star-wars/605988/11 "2011-12-14T01:20:25Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > I was lucky enough to watch him and Nimoy sparring back and forth at Dragon\*con year before last - OMG the visual contrast between them is incredible. And I believe that Shatner is actually the elder of the two. Nearly indescribably freaky to see that in person. They’re almost exactly the same age. Shatner is four days older than Nimoy. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-star-trek-vs-fisher-star-wars/605988/12 "2011-12-15T19:21:03Z")
> [@Lasciel](#): > > I was lucky enough to watch him and Nimoy sparring back and forth at Dragon\*con year before last - OMG the visual contrast between them is incredible. And I believe that Shatner is actually the elder of the two. Nearly indescribably freaky to see that in person. So we can put Nimoy firmly in the camp of [actors/actresses who have not aged well](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=634583)? Along with Anjelica Huston, who looks like Leonard Nimoy wearing a wig? Nimoy does the voiceovers for the technology tree advances in _Civilization IV_, my favourite computer game. I’ve looked up many famous speakers and quotes because of him. Now all Chuck Lorre needs to do is get him on _Big Bang Theory_. There ought to be fun explaining why he took out a restraining order against Sheldon.