Screen Rant interviews Walter Koenig about his joining The 7th Rule podcast to review Star Trek: The Original Series, his Trek memories, and more.
Summary Star Trek legend Walter Koenig is joining The 7th Rule podcast with Cirroc Lofton and Ryan T. Husk to review episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series. Koenig joined Star Trek in season 2 as Ensign Pavel Chekov, a role he continued in season 3, and reprised in 7 feature films including Star Trek Generations.
Now you joined Star Trek as Mr. Chekov in season 2. So you're not in the first 20 or 30 episodes. Will you be rewatching and reviewing season 1 as well? Walter Koenig: No, no, I was. I'm sorry, John. I was in Star Trek its first season. Chekov was working in the boiler room. And he was so sick with a condition called malapropski's malady. He was hidden in the bathroom and there for hours and hours. Where Poor Mr.
Walter Koenig: I met him. I met Anton. Anton Yelchin. Very bright, delightful young man. Very talented. My God, in the short time he had, he did several folds as many jobs as I ever had. So you've got to applaud his talent. Very, very sad. I went to the editor, I don't know what self-destructive impulse captured me, but I went to the editor and I said, "You guys know, that Chekov can come back from the dead because he didn't know that it was an illusion." And I waited for them to give me some explanation that would appease me. would not offend my sense of logic and story structure, but at the same time, be acceptable so that I could come back the next week and say, "Warp factor two, Captain.
Walter Koenig: It was my best film that I enjoyed the most. I thought it was also the best ensemble work. Nick Meyer made a concerted effort to involve everybody. Unfortunately, George got screwed because the sun went down. and we had a very recalcitrant little kid who wouldn't play opposite him the way he was supposed to. George had a lovely scene, one by the way that I invented for him and told him how it should work.
Pavel Chekov's story was never really finished. I know you played Chekov in fan projects like Star Trek: Renegades. But in terms of the official canon. Star Trek Generations was the last time you played Pavel in a film. So I know you're also a writer. How do you end Chekov's story? Have you ever thought about what really happened to him? How his life turned out?
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