"And then 25 years later, as my father had aged 25 years, we had the diplomat Picard who was much more interested in coming to a peaceful resolution and talking things through." "I remember realizing that Kirk was sort of the young version of my father, a little bit more of a swashbuckler and a ladies' man, maybe might throw a punch," Roddenberry says. Now he sees his father in the leading men Gene created to command the USS Enterprise. He chronicled that journey in the 2010 documentary Trek Nation. But I do look back on that moment as a holy crap moment, just sort of like, 'What am I missing?' That that was an incredibly powerful one."Īfter his father's death, Rod made a point of trying to connect with his father through Star Trek. I had seen some Star Trek, but I might've been more of a Star Wars guy. And wheeling him out to this room, filled with people who just stood up instantly and gave him a standing ovation, was just a very shocking moment to me. He was in a wheelchair and I'm the one who actually wheeled him out," Roddenberry says. "I remember they brought my father out on stage. The reach and power of Star Trek didn't dawn on Rod until he went with his father to a convention appearance in Pasadena in 1991, not long before Gene's death. (Photo: Gene Roddenberry, courtesy of Roddenberry Entertainment)
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