R2-D2's Star Trek Cameos Are More Than A Simple Star Wars Homage
Star Trek features more than one instance where Star Wars character R2-D2 makes an appearance. Here's why.
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars' Controversial Change To Order 66 Explained
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Doctor Who Just Invented An Absurd New Type Of Time Lord Regeneration
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The Exact Moment Star Trek's Walter Koenig Knew The Original Series Was Done For
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How Futurama Got Back At Leonardo DiCaprio For Turning Down A Titanic Cameo
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Simon Pegg Turned To Two Diehard Fans For Help Writing Star Trek Beyond
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A Simpsons Joke No One Was Meant To See Helped Build Futurama's Fanbase
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How Chewbacca Changed The Way Star Wars Rebels Wrote Zeb
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Star Trek: The Next Generation's Greatest Two-Parter Has An Essential Third Episode
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Five Cut Lines Completely Changed The Ending Of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
A cut line from Saavik in Star Trek VI: The Voyage Home would have changed Spock's story forever. -
Will There Be A Foundation Season 3 On Apple TV+?
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Futurama Combined Two Classic Star Trek Plots For One Of Bender's Best Episodes
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How Carol Kane Crafted Pelia's Accent For Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
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The History Of Star Trek's Rachel Garrett, The Enterprise's First Female Captain
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Justin Lin's First Idea For Star Trek Beyond Nearly Sent Simon Pegg Packing
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One Futurama Plot Was So Complicated It Created A New Kind Of Math
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Katherine Heigl Tried To Kill Baby Hitler In The Twilight Zone
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The Most Important Lesson Star Trek's Patrick Stewart Learned From Playing Picard
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Leonard Nimoy Comically Calmed Yvonne Craig After A Star Trek Makeup Mishap
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars Created Huyang To Solve A Looming Yoda Problem
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How The Twilight Zone Used TV To Mourn The Death Of Radio
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How Futurama Pulled Off Raiders Of The Lost Arcade (And Avoided Getting Sued)
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Rod Serling Turned A Newspaper's Typo Into A Brand-New Twilight Zone Character
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One Star Trek Explosion Plagued William Shatner With A Lifelong Hearing Issue
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How David Tennant Ended Up Playing Huyang In Star Wars
David Tennant voices the droid Huyang in Star Wars, and Dave Filoni cast him after his wife made him watch a certain show.
