(McClatchy) Once only a lieutenant on the fabled Starship Enterprise, George Takei has become a captain in pop culture and the most visible alum of that 1960s sci-fi television show, “Star Trek.”
Takei will appear at 5 p.m. Saturday at Emerald City Comicon. Some of Takei’s young fans have never seen an episode of “Star Trek” or the six subsequent motion pictures based on it. But they’ve gotten to know the 74-year-old Takei as he continues to act, works as an activist and, until recently, was a contestant on Donald Trump’s “The Celebrity Apprentice,” and has become a titan of social media.
Takei has 1.3 million followers on Facebook where he posts humorous captioned photos and the occasional shoutout to his two favorite issues: the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II and LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) equality.