Author: Chris Snelgrove Published
Beyond debating which shows and movies are the best, Star Wars fans can easily agree on one thing: the ’90s were the series’ golden era. This is when new generation Strides, a fan-favorite spin-off deep space nine and Voyager was pushed out, original series By the end of the movie, even the smallest towns have their own routines. However, Star Wars: Voyager Actor Garrett Wang’s latest comments about being snubbed by producers are a cruel reminder that the franchise’s “golden” era was very dark.
Recently, the StarCraft veteran sat down with CinemaBlend to discuss his joy of returning to the StarCraft franchise. lowe deckbut Garrett Wang bluntly said what a long road this is. He described how his partners Jeri Ryan and Robert Duncan McNeill were offered the chance to return to the franchise, and counted at least seven times he wasted his role haha A chance for Harry Kim to return. Interestingly, he would have returned to the team sooner had the opportunity not been taken away from him, but he remains tight-lipped on the details.
Apparently, there’s some kind of unnamed Star Wars project in the works that would bring King Garrett’s character back to Star Wars in some way. Voyager Even more so than he recently appeared in lower deck. According to the actor, “Something happened, but then something happened that was out of my control…and the offer was kind of rescinded.” Maybe because of the confidentiality agreement, or maybe because he didn’t want to Spilling the replica tea, the Harry Kim actor ended the train of thought with a simple line: “That’s all I can say.”
As long-time Star Wars fans know, Garrett Wang has previously spoken out without hesitation about how he was mistreated by Star Trek. Voyager‘s producer. For example, he claims he’s never been banned from directing an episode, something the other Star Wars stars have always been able to do upon request. He was also angry that his character never got a promotion, telling CinemaBlend a sob story that he was so desperate about it that he once appeared outside a Kate Mulgrew trailer begging her to help. Leigh King eventually got promoted.
Perhaps the ugliest Star Trek story Garrett Wong told was when he and Robert Duncan McNeil were singled out and ridiculed for gaining weight during the show’s production. Eventually, one day, the two actors spotted the belt in the trailer, and their characters even mocked each other for being out of shape in dialogue.
When Wang retorted to the insulting exchange, executive producer Brannon Braga allegedly told him in front of the cast and crew: “If you and your fellow cast members were to go over the past two years, diet, we would have to change the name of the show to “StarCraft: Voyager – Pigs in Space.” This horrific body shaming is an example of how disturbingly dark and grim the golden age of Star Wars was.
As much as Garrett Wong loved his time on Star Wars, he was never afraid to name names when it came to those who wronged him. This included body shaming by Brannon Braga and another alleged incident in which Braga explained King would never be promoted with a light-hearted “Well, someone’s gotta be a second lieutenant.” He had a particular feud with notorious executive producer Rick Berman, who claimed he told the actors to “downplay our human characters” (i.e. act boring) so that the aliens would will appear more real.
Now, it’s worth mentioning that these guys are basically Star Wars royalty: as writer-producer Braga works new generation, Voyagerand enterprise At the same time, he also helped carry pens StarCraft: Generations and Star Wars: First Contact. Producer and frequent writing partner Rick Berman has taken a larger role in the series, serving as executive producer on TNG before co-creating DS9, Voyagerand enterprise. Berman is also a very controversial figure, with veteran Star Trek writer David Gerrold accusing him of being an “angry homophobe” and actor Jadzia Dax Terry Farrell accused him of being “very misogynistic” towards women and their appearance.
Fans who know this often debate who is the “real” Braga or Berman. After all, they’ve created some of the best Trek content ever (including the epic TNG finale “All Good Things”), but they also seem to be doing a disservice to some of our favorite actors. Among them is Star Wars’ beloved King Garrett, whose own stories about these producers remind us that these people can be both talented and flawed, capable of both immense creativity and immense suffering. .
There’s a hidden dark side to StarCraft’s golden age, but the men allegedly responsible for it have given us a perfect way to look at their creative legacy. exist first contact (co-written by Braga and produced by Berman), Commander Riker gave Zefram Cochrane some advice to his future self: “Don’t try to be a great man, just be a man… Let history make its own course. Judgment. Trek’s golden age is history, and only time will tell how future fans and creators remember its greatest and most flawed architects.
