William Shatner bemoans 'Starfleet Academy' end, mocks 'woke' backlash
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William Shatner wishes the latest "Star Trek" show had been given the chance to live long and prosper.
The "Star Trek" actor, 95, took to X on March 23 to bemoan news that the sci-fi franchise's newest series, "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy," will end after its upcoming second season.
"It's with sorrow that I hear about the cancellation of the new 'Star Trek' series," he wrote.
In a follow-up post, Shatner mocked critics who celebrated the show's cancellation because they claimed it was "woke." He argued that the original "Star Trek," which famously featured an interracial kiss between Shatner's character, Captain Kirk, and Nichelle Nichols' Uhura in a 1968 episode, would be considered "woke" today.
"During the first airing of my 'Star Trek' series where a kiss was objectionable; many southern stations pulled the episode & condemned the show," he wrote. "Using today's vernacular it would absolutely be called 'woke DEI crap' because it went against 'norms' of society for its time. Not a lot seems to have changed."
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