William Shatner Wants the Lead in Star Wars Episode VII

After appearing at San Diego Comic Con International’s TV Land Legends of Comedy panel yesterday, science fiction icon and Big Giant Head William Shatner held court with reporters, telling a roomful of journalists about his animal rights work, Star Trek novels and Star Wars Episode VII, in which he says that director J.J. Abrams ought to let him replace Harrison Ford.”The lead!” Shatner answered enthusiastically when asked what role he would give himself in the new Star Wars movie if he could cast himself as anybody, setting off a round of laughs in the room. “Harrison Ford, progressed!”Asked whether he foresaw doing any more Star Trek novels, though, or whether we might eventually see a director’s cut of Star Trek V, which changed radically throughout production, he said that it seems those ships have sailed.