{"id":412899,"date":"2026-07-26T14:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/412899\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T14:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T14:55:38","slug":"this-show-was-about-us-stars-align-to-celebrate-60-years-of-star-trek-at-sdcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/412899\/","title":{"rendered":"‘This show was about us’: Stars align to celebrate 60 years of ‘Star Trek’ at SDCC"},"content":{"rendered":"

After 11 television series, 14 films and over 900 episodes, \u201cStar Trek\u201d celebrated a legacy of optimism and inclusion with a Saturday spotlight panel at San Diego Comic-Con.<\/p>\n

Trekkies gathered at Hall H, the biggest room int the San Diego Convention Center, to celebrate the franchise\u2019s 60th anniversary as well as the start of the fourth season of \u201cStrange New Worlds,\u201d a prequel to the original series that follows the voyages of Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the starship Enterprise.<\/p>\n

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The anniversary celebration also included remembrances of the franchise\u2019s creator, Gene Roddenberry, who died in 1991.<\/p>\n

Gene\u2019s son Rod Roddenberry opened the event to speak about his father and how the show was a reflection of who we are as people and who we strive to be.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis show wasn\u2019t about science fiction,\u201d Roddenberry said. \u201cThis show was about us.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was also a montage that showcased the evolution of \u201cStar Trek\u201d over the years and a trailer for the show\u2019s new season, which premiered on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Anson Mount, who plays Pike, explained how he wants his character to stand apart from the others viewers have seen in the captain\u2019s chair.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf [James] Kirk represented the machismo and [Jean-Luc] Picard represented the intellect, then I want Pike to represent the heart,\u201d Mount said.<\/p>\n

Mount said that he is proud of \u201cStrange New Worlds\u201d because it is an ensemble show. He argues that the Enterprise is the lead, not him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not in the opening credits,\u201d said Mount. \u201cThe ship is the opening credits.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his speech, Roddenberry also brought up the acronym I.D.I.C., which stands for \u201cInfinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations.\u201d The phrase, which is the in-canon<\/a> root of the Vulcan philosophy, teaches individuals to embrace perspectives and ideas different from their own.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be 100% clear about this, I.D.I.C. never meant you had to drop your own views and blindly embrace someone else\u2019s,\u201d Roddenberry said. \u201cIt just meant keeping an open mind to new ideas and new points of view.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roddenberry then proceeded to thank the actors, writers, crew members, producers and creators for keeping \u2018Trek\u2019 alive. He also gave a shoutout to the fans, who he described as the \u201clifeblood of Star Trek.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve been \u2018Star Trek\u2019s\u2019 compass. You\u2019ve kept it true,\u201d Roddenberry said. \u201cAnd please, don\u2019t ever stop reminding all of us why \u2018Star Trek\u2019s\u2019 important.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the 60th anniversary panel, George Takei, who played Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu and is one of the last surviving members of the Original Series main cast, said that \u201cTrek\u201d was an extraordinary television phenomenon.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of all the people like you, and your parents, and your grandparents, because of their intelligence, and their sensitivity, and their vision, supported \u2018Star Trek\u2019 to the extent that we have lived long and endured for 60 years and going,\u201d Takei said.<\/p>\n

Michelle Hurd, who played Rafaella \u201cRaffi\u201d<\/a> Musiker on the series \u201cStar Trek: Picard,\u201d said that the Original Series had an impact on her because she was able to see herself represented in Uhura.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe watched those reruns,\u201d Hurd said, \u201cto see Uhura on the bridge. To see this strong, beautiful, chocolate brown woman with urgency, with purpose, with intelligence, with grace, leading the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a final message, Takei emphasized the importance of I.D.I.C.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s what the strength of \u2018Star Trek\u2019 is: infinite diversity in infinite combinations,\u201d Takei said. \u201cAnd then you\u2019ll live long and prosper.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After 11 television series, 14 films and over 900 episodes, \u201cStar Trek\u201d celebrated a legacy of optimism and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,27970,76,75,45192],"class_list":["post-412899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-comic-con","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-star-trek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}