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“Gene wanted to throw the script out”: Gene Roddenberry Wanted Star Trek: The Next Generation to Give Up on a Beloved Character Worshipped by Tng Fans
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As fans of the sci-fi space opera would agree, The Next Generation would unarguably go down as one of the best series from the Star Trek universe created to date. Helmed under the supervision of the late mastermind Gene Roddenberry, the show has received tremendous acclaim from fans and critics alike over the years.

Star Trek: The Next Generation. | Credit: Paramount Domestic Television.

But while the show is as perfect as it could be and fans wouldn’t want it any other way, it was originally intended to take a different turn. As it turns out, showrunner Roddenberry originally wanted to give up on one massively fan-beloved character just because he thought he wasn’t “a major character on the show”: Michael Dorn’s Worf!

Gene Roddenberry Didn’t Find Worf All That Important in Tng

Besides Patrick Stewart‘s iconic Jean-Luc Picard and Jonathan Frakes‘ fan-favorite William T.
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  • 7/28/2024
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