5 Captains Return for Star Trek Legacy

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Betheseda sends along a Press Release announcing that all five Star Trek Captains will lend their voices to the upcoming Xbox 360 and PC title, Star Trek: Legacy.

The five actors will reprise their roles from their respective series as follows:

William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk from the STAR TREK: The Original Series – 1966-1969
Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard from STAR TREK: The Next Generation – 1987-1994
Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Lafayette Sisko from STAR TREK: Deep Space Nine –1993-1999
Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway from STAR TREK: Voyager – 1995-2001
Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer in STAR TREK: Enterprise – 2001-2005

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Surrounding the 40th Anniversary of STAR TREK, William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Scott Bakula, Avery Brooks, and Kate Mulgrew to Reprise Captain Roles for STAR TREK: Legacy

Rockville, MD – August 14, 2006 – Bethesda Softworks announced today that all five actors who portrayed the STAR TREK series captains -- William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Scott Bakula, Avery Brooks, and Kate Mulgrew -- will provide voiceovers in the STAR TREK: Legacy video game. The collaboration marks the first time the five actors have participated in a single STAR TREK project together.

“I am delighted to have the chance to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Trek with my fellow captains by providing our voices to STAR TREK: Legacy,” said Shatner. “Bethesda Softworks has done an excellent job in creating an exciting game that stays true to Star Trek’s roots and accurately incorporates elements from each series.”

STAR TREK: Legacy is in development for both the Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC. STAR TREK: Legacy is scheduled to launch this fall under license from CBS Consumer Products. The STAR TREK franchise, which debuted with the Original Series in 1966, will celebrate its 40th anniversary this fall.

“We are absolutely thrilled to have the five actors who portrayed the STAR TREK captains take part in this project,” said Todd Vaughn, vice president of development, Bethesda Softworks. “Their participation, especially since it takes place during the series’ 40th anniversary, will add to the fun and excitement of the game and emphasizes our commitment to provide fans with the most authentic STAR TREK experience possible.”

The five actors will reprise their roles from their respective series as follows:


William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk from the STAR TREK: The Original Series – 1966-1969P
Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard from STAR TREK: The Next Generation – 1987-1994
Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Lafayette Sisko from STAR TREK: Deep Space Nine –1993-1999
Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway from STAR TREK: Voyager – 1995-2001
Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer in STAR TREK: Enterprise – 2001-2005
STAR TREK: Legacy places you in the role of the Admiral of a task force of warships, which you control in small and large-scale battles. Test your strategic and tactical skills in real-time combat featuring over 60 authentic spaceships, full damage modeling, and spectacular visual effects. Play through the single-player campaign or in the extensive multiplayer mode with a group of friends online.

The compelling storyline in Legacy spans the entire STAR TREK Universe, including the Original Series, STAR TREK: The Next Generation, STAR TREK: Deep Space Nine, STAR TREK: Voyager, and STAR TREK: Enterprise eras. STAR TREK: Legacy is being developed under the direction of Bethesda Softworks at the studios of Mad Doc Software, creators of the highly successful and critically acclaimed STAR TREK Armada II.

Celebrity acquisition and voice production services provided by Blindlight LLC.

STAR TREK: Legacy has not yet been rated by the ESRB. For more information on the title, visit the official Web site at http://startrek.bethsoft.com.

[Kagger]

SPOILER FOR ONE OF THE MOVIES



Now...I have never seen any Star Trek movie, but I saw the end of one...and I think Kirk died didn't he?

And....random cool thing. My mom loved William Shatner as a child...and my name is Kirk. Coincidence? She denied it for 16 years....but she finally admitted it probably influenced my name..

[Draft]

Yes Kirk died at the end of one of the TNG movies. Of course, he would have been long dead by then anyway, as would that Archer guy. So I would assume this game will allow you to play in any of the 3 eras the TV shows takes place in.

/picard is the best
/followed by sisko

/i like star trek

[bKangy]

Hah! Kagger's a born Trekky!

Nah, I think the idea is that you can take up ships from different eras of the show, so it makes sense to have all the Captains in it. As for my favourite captain... I'm not an enormous fan of the show (I usually watch reruns while I'm sitting in my underwear eating my breakfast yoghurt) but it's gotta be Picard. Followed by Sisko.

[Kish]

What no Cpt Pike, that guy in the wheel chair that talked using the ultra high tech yes and no light?

[SexualChoc]

I am not a Star Trek fan, but I can appreciate how cool this. Shit, Shatner in a game is awesome.

[JazGalaxy]

Deep Space 9 was freaking awesome. Hands down the best Star Trek show ever.

[StoneGut]

Well I hope this lends to how great this game will be.

[Draft]

Deep Space 9 was freaking awesome. Hands down the best Star Trek show ever.Fuck yeah, man. Like, how about the best sci-fi show ever? Babylon 5? Battlestar: Galactica? Firefly? Pretenders to the crown.

DS9 forever.

[bean19]

I honestly really like Voyager the most. . . well after the first 2 seasons. . . those were kind of rough.

Firefly is definitely my favorite sci-fi series ever - even though it is so short. I actually rewatch those 12 episodes whereas the others I might or might now watch while playing PC games if they are being rerun somewhere.

[Zanzibar]

If I hear Janeway's and/or Archer's voice coming from one of my ships from ST:Legacy, I will cut them loose from my fleet and open fire on them.

Then I will pillage Seven of Nine and T'Pol from their respective wreckages as my personal love slaves.

[Deathbane27]

Do we get Michael Dorn? Screw Picard and Sisko, it's all about Worf. :p

But seriously, Bethesda must have done something right to have the budget for this.

[AversionFX]

I am not a Star Trek fan, but I can appreciate how cool this. Shit, Shatner in a game is awesome.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/william-shatners-tekwar

;)

[Kagger]

What no Cpt Pike, that guy in the wheel chair that talked using the ultra high tech yes and no light?

Gah...I've seen less than like 12 episodes of all Star Trek...and I know what you are talking about. That is from the pilot. I thought he was encased in something...

[Johan]

I'm officially much more interested in this title with this crew on board. Patrick Stewart and Scott Bakula are both awesome...I'm looking forward to hearing more about this title now.

Cool!

[Orphiuchus]

Didn't patrick stewart already do a voice for a bethesdia game(oblivion)? I wonder if his involvement in that wasn't to soften him up to the idea of doing a whole star trek game...

[Eran Hawke]

What better way for it to feel like a Star Trek game than to sound like a Star Trek game.

This seriously increases the appeal of the title to me. It seems much more "serious" now.

[ArchVile]

Voyager was by far the worst, Janeway was such a poor captain, i only watched the first season though (i got bored of it), so it might have got better. DS9 & Sisko was okay, but nowhere near the best (the ending to DS9 was a let down too). It's a battle between Kirk & Picard for the best captain, i'd have to say that Kirk just edges it over Picard though. TNG had the best Series Finale though, it was quite bittersweet the way it finished. I also loved Enterprise, i've always liked Scott Bakula since he was in Quantum Leap, so i liked him as a captain, but again, the ending was poor and rushed to coincide with the series getting cancelled.

So considering that this game has all those voices in it i'm quite interested in it now.

[Achilles]

First of all, Sisko rocks, just to get that out of the way.Fuck yeah, man. Like, how about the best sci-fi show ever? Babylon 5? Battlestar: Galactica? Firefly? Pretenders to the crown.

DS9 forever.My favorite Sci-fi show ever would be Farscape, but the last few seasons of DS9 would be a close runner-up.

[ArchVile]

My favorite Sci-fi show ever would be Farscape

Yeah, Farscape was excellent, when the last ever episode aired (Not including Peacekeeper Wars) and we were left with that 'gooey' mess in the boat i was in complete shock, one of the best cliffhangers ever (beaten only by 24 Season 1, and the Mulders dead ending to Season 5 of The X Files)

[Zanzibar]

I think this game would have a lot more appeal to me if it were in the Mirror universe.

Imagine assembling a fleet of pirate vessels looking to overthrow the Empire.

[DeadPixel]

I never got into DS9, but I watched every epsisode of Voyager. TNG was my 2nd favorite.

[mille.mots]

Star Trek: Legacy FTW only if Shatner does the 'KAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNN' thing, and/or performs his spoken-word version of 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.' Otherwise...meh.

[Achilles]

Voyager was by far the worst, Janeway was such a poor captain, i only watched the first season though (i got bored of it), so it might have got better.In my opinion there were a couple really great episodes of Voyager. All of them except for one that I can recall (the first Flash Gordon-esque holodeck episode) focused on the doctor, Seven of Nine, or both. The rest of the cast was either boring or annoying, but the doc and seven were great and their characters evolved as the series went on.

[The Bashar]

TNG for life man. The first two seasons of DS9 weren't all that good but then it picked up and turned out pretty well. Hated Voyager. Just didn't like Janeway at all. I just couldn't get into Enterprise.

For the game I hope the ships handle like Cap Ships not like Tie Fighters or something. A giant ship shouldn't be able to turn on a dime. It would also be cool if you could split the Enterprise D into the hull and saucer section.

[Banacek]

Anything with Avery Brooks in it I have to buy. But it's a shame that all this is just for a acrade-type Starship battle game. It's so not what I want. I can't remember who said it(Perigon maybe?), but all I want is Oblivion-esque game set in the Star Trek Universe. Please someone give me that game.

And DS9 rules above all else. If you haven't seen it, please do so.

[Banacek]

I never got into DS9, but I watched every epsisode of Voyager. TNG was my 2nd favorite.

I can't type right now, my head just exploded...

[Xerxes]

Sisko > Picard > Kirk > Janeway > Archer...

I watched Voyager enough not to hate but enough to find it not right. Yes, that's every episode. I kept asking, how the hell did she become admiral? Just cause she was forced to see alot of shit in a section on the galaxy no one else dabbled in?

[Kamalot]

Sorry kids. I still enjoy watching the original series. Never got into DS9 too much, I like me some exploration, not stationary drama.

[aversion2k]

Shatner is pretty old now.
Anyone remember Tekwar?

[Watership]

Sorry kids. I still enjoy watching the original series. Never got into DS9 too much, I like me some exploration, not stationary drama.

You know, they were off the station sometimes. And TNG's drama didn't come from going places, it came from good writing. I still think TOS is a fav, but DS9 to me is the height of Modern Trek. Simply the best written, acted and produced modern Star Trek series.

[Reanimated]

w00t Avery Brooks!

[Vandabo]

I am pleased at this.

Pleased are I.

Seriously though, the benefit the actors will have for the game is limited more by the way their voices are used than by their qualities as actors. I look forward to the game, but this doesn't really sway my opinion of it that much.

[captainstrombosis]

But it's a shame that all this is just for a acrade-type Starship battle game.

You're thinking of the wrong one.

Check here (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/startreklegacy/index.html?q=star%20trek%20legacy) watch some of the movies there. It's more like a small fleet based Real time tactical game.

[Kamalot]

You know, they were off the station sometimes. And TNG's drama didn't come from going places, it came from good writing. I still think TOS is a fav, but DS9 to me is the height of Modern Trek. Simply the best written, acted and produced modern Star Trek series.
That's cool. Glad you like it. I didn't say it was bad, but I don't care for it. It felt more like a daytime soap than the exploration of space. It isn't better or worse, just different.

It was obviously a good choice to make DS9 the way they did, cause it attracted an audience that cared more for interpersonal drama than exploration.

[Kamalot]

You're thinking of the wrong one.

Check here (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/startreklegacy/index.html?q=star%20trek%20legacy) watch some of the movies there. It's more like a small fleet based Real time tactical game.
Ack! You sent me to Gamespot!

Here is the trailer page you want...

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?fs=1&id=2701

[captainstrombosis]

Muahahahaha!

[Wasson_]

...The Next Generation was / is the best series. Star Trek was never meant to be static. DS9 is nothing more than a basic character drama set in the Star Trek universe....it has never really had any of the cool sciency stuff that makes Star Trek...Star Trek. Also...Odo was an extremely poor substituion for Data...

Picard is the best captain though, hands down.

[RandomViolence]

You know, they were off the station sometimes. And TNG's drama didn't come from going places, it came from good writing. I still think TOS is a fav, but DS9 to me is the height of Modern Trek. Simply the best written, acted and produced modern Star Trek series.

I completely agree with you. The character evolution and conflicts on display in that show were actually pretty fucking intense. Not always consistent, but my favorite Trek now, followed closely by TNG.

[RandomViolence]

...The Next Generation was / is the best series. Star Trek was never meant to be static. DS9 is nothing more than a basic character drama set in the Star Trek universe....it has never really had any of the cool sciency stuff that makes Star Trek...Star Trek. Also...Odo was an extremely poor substituion for Data...

Picard is the best captain though, hands down.

First of all, there were a lot of fake-science plot hacks in DS9, just like in TNG. Second, are you seriously arguing that character-driven drama is A.) not part of the Trek universe and B.) a bad thing?

I'll probably agree with you on Picard, though.

P.S: No universe is 'never meant to be static' in your sense of it. DS9's universe was the opposite. And, really, having to really deal with the consequences of previous episodes' actions is one of the most interesting challenges a series can regularly confront. You can say you like TNG better due to more 'static' (ha) characters or universe, but that's not because DS9 was fundamentally flawed in some way.

[motor]

...The Next Generation was / is the best series. Star Trek was never meant to be static. DS9 is nothing more than a basic character drama set in the Star Trek universe....it has never really had any of the cool sciency stuff that makes Star Trek...Star Trek. Also...Odo was an extremely poor substituion for Data...

Picard is the best captain though, hands down.

DS9 was much more political and after the first two seasons they went off the station as often as TNG (remember how many holodeck/anomaly in space episodes there were). They were different kinds of shows and I think both excellent. I really liked the season long war arc, it was just my kind of thing, so I think on balance I would go toward DS9, but TNG had some fantastic episodes. Before the borg were neutered they were one of the greatest villians in sci-fi. And I think the two part best of both worlds episodes is one of the best sci-fi movies ever made.

It's a damn shame what happened next.

Frankly, I think star trek has really started to outlive it's universe. At this point, a good 75% of the galazy has been explored. A real threat to the federation is starting to become unrealistic. And the tech is so advanced that they are almost gods. I think it's time for some really smart people to sit down and make a new universe for a new series and start again. I think battlestar galatica is doing a good job, but I'd like to see something more earth-centric. Really very much like star trek, but without the huge amount of cannon to worry about. Set it a hundred years in the future at the first discovery of faster than light travel and have another go!

[niakori]

I'm more of an TNG and Voyager trekkie myself. and deeply in love with the Akira class ship. It's "Teh Sex"*

*The above reference is to a Venture Bros. episode.

[Savok]

About 4 years ago, I got so sick of writing out why Voyager sucked that I just made a text document going through each character.

Janeway, worst captain in Star Trek, even extras are better then her, her voice, her command style, Kate Mulgrew's inability to act, her intelligence (lacking), her common sense (lacking), also her character is all over the place, one episode she might be a genius, the next she's as stupid as a drunken 2 year old Klingon. And the way she handles the Prime Directive, one episode it's sacred, the next it's trash, the writers couldn't decide.

Chakotay's lines were always one of five things, 'I agree with the Captain', 'I disagree with the Captain', 'I'm going to talk about the Marquis', 'I'm going to talk about my people' and 'Come on, we have to work together', 2D.

Tuvok, his only comparison is Spock, so it's unfair on him, for a Vulcan, he was fine, but Vulcans need a good crew to bounce off (the corny jokes at the end of the Originals for example), without that, Vulcans are pointless.

Paris, stereotyped loveable rogue, completely 2D, even has the token 'Bad Father', ugh. He even liked another stereotyped rogue, Captain Proton (must... kill... Proton... plots...)

Torres, stereotyped tomboy (why do you think Paris' first name was Tom), about as much depth as paper, and for a twist, she's with the rogue *gasp*.

Kim, he actually had depth, very little but it was there, he did his small parts well, and was interesting when he needed to be, just not very interesting as no one cared.

The Doctor, one of the only ones to have a character, and he's a bloody hologram, he was a good character, a proper Star Trek character, his tastes, his reactions to situations, his dialogue, they weren't all pressed from a master template.

Neelix, the single most annoyingly cheerful character in any Star Trek, and of course, predictably, the death of loved ones haunts his past, so sad and so plastic.

Kes, I can't make a comment on Kes, I haven't seen enough episodes with her concentrated on.

Seven of Nine, exactly what she was meant to be, almost emotionless and feeling very out of place, then slowly drifting towards normal, a good character, she actually had depth, because of that (along with her Talent and Ability), she was milked for everything she was worth, she got over-milked and people began to get sick of her, then it fell apart.

[Knite]

The best captain was still Kirk. I mean let's face it, it took TNG 2 seperate characters to fill Kirk's shoes. Picard for intelligence, exploration, and command authoity, and Riker for his ability to blow s@#t up and get down and dirty with the natives. Kirk was able to do BOTH! (Although, Picard ware smarter and more diplomatic).

However, I enjoyed TNG series most. It just seemed the longer the ST universe went on (especially Voyager and Enterprise), it rehashed and regurgiated previous stories (often swiped from TOS and TNG). It became uninventive, and for god's sake, STOP WITH THE F@#$ING TIME TRAVEL! DS9 had potential, but I stopped watching it before it got real good apparently.

My captain status list?
Kirk > Picard / Riker > Sisko > Archer > > > > Janeway

[Savok]

This is true, no other captain was the pussy magnet (did DS9 even have one, everyone got laid in that).

Also, I don't care what people say about Enterprise, T'pol was fucking hot. And Tucker getting pregnant was hilarious purely on her reactions. That dog kicked ass as well.

[bean19]

Savok - I have to agree with you in hating Neelix and Chekotay. However, I found the other characters you despise to be okay. Tuvok and Paris were believable in their roles and while I also hated Captain Proton plots, I found the exploration of Paris' past as the son of an Admiral really interesting. Tuvok's Klingon nature has all been done before and better by Spock, but he played the role well.

Janeway never struck me as stupid, and I found that she did not flub with the prime directive that often, but when she did it was usually because they faced problems unique to their experience of being far from home.

Torres was very well developed. . . half-Klingon, former Maquis. Her responses to situations fit well with her chaotic good nature. She was extremely passionate about her ideals in a way and thus willing to break the rules in ways that normal Federation officers were not. Her relationship with Janeway and how she learned about the importance of following rules from her was quite interesting.

Anyway, I really enjoyed a lot of the shows in the Voyager series. Some of them were horrible crap, but a lot of them took the series to new places, and I liked many of the characters, especially The Doctor, Seven of Nine, and Kes (hated her backstory but liked her calm and giving demeanor - such an interesting different character for any show really).

[Savok]

Savok - I have to agree with you in hating Neelix and Chekotay. However, I found the other characters you despise to be okay. Tuvok and Paris were believable in their roles and while I also hated Captain Proton plots, I found the exploration of Paris' past as the son of an Admiral really interesting. Tuvok's Klingon nature has all been done before and better by Spock, but he played the role well.

Janeway never struck me as stupid, and I found that she did not flub with the prime directive that often, but when she did it was usually because they faced problems unique to their experience of being far from home.

Torres was very well developed. . . half-Klingon, former Maquis. Her responses to situations fit well with her chaotic good nature. She was extremely passionate about her ideals in a way and thus willing to break the rules in ways that normal Federation officers were not. Her relationship with Janeway and how she learned about the importance of following rules from her was quite interesting.

Anyway, I really enjoyed a lot of the shows in the Voyager series. Some of them were horrible crap, but a lot of them took the series to new places, and I liked many of the characters, especially The Doctor, Seven of Nine, and Kes (hated her backstory but liked her calm and giving demeanor - such an interesting different character for any show really).
Paris and Torres were still completely predictable though, not your typical "they're all gonna live it's a serial" thing, but "he's going to see her, have an emo moment, go back to his quarters to brood for a short while then steal a shuttle.... and there he goes right on que", they were so shallow they were on god damn rails you could see a mile off.

They lacked souls, what do I mean by that? Watch an episode of Firefly then watch an episode of Voyager (Warp 10? hehehe), you'll notice a gaping fucking hole.

And like I said back then, poor old Tuvok was just left flailing, I mean christ they stuck him with Neelix half the time, there's some serious splash damage coming off him.

[captainstrombosis]

I forgot to add that I liked DS9 more than the others. (Picard was still the best captain though.)

Up untill then the Star Trek universe was a bit too touchy feely. Then DS9 came around and you start to hear more about atrocities commited during the occupation of Bajor(sp?) and then the dominion war and such.

The other treks just didn't have that Doomsday feel, even when the Borg got involved. That is just my opinion.

[Xerxes]

Whatever. Sisko ftw...