William Shatner Re-Ignites Intergalactic Rivalry, Pans Star Wars

Jessica Lachenal

Published: Oct 29, 2015 11:34 am

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Those that can; do Star Trek. Those that can’t; do SWs 😘 https://t.co/6UqpNBgtwo

— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) October 20, 2015

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William Shatner decided to take to Twitter to re-ignite decades of intergalactic rivalry, throwing some serious star-shade at Star Wars. In response to Adam Horowitz’s tweet about a Star Wars commercial airing during his show, Shatner posted a photo of himself all but eye-rolling.

@AdamHorowitzLA pic.twitter.com/blqKocqCZP

— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) October 19, 2015

It escalated from there, as Shatner started laying it all down.

And everyone knows SWs is a derivative of @StarTrek

— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) October 20, 2015

Folks tried to play peacemakers, saying there’s nothing wrong with liking either (or both!), but the Shat was having none of that.

Those that can; do Star Trek. Those that can’t; do SWs 😘 https://t.co/6UqpNBgtwo

— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) October 20, 2015

Plenty of folks took to announcing their displeasure with the former Captain James Tiberius Kirk. But one reaction in particular to the last tweet kind of really nails it.

@WilliamShatner Those who can do both are J.J. Abrams.

— Jon (@LamestTurtle77) October 20, 2015

Absolutely nobody can argue with that.

(via Uproxx, featured image via Paramount)

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Jessica Lachenal

Jessica Lachenal is a writer who doesn’t talk about herself a lot, so she isn’t quite sure how biographical info panels should work. But here we go anyway. She's the Weekend Editor for The Mary Sue, a Contributing Writer for The Bold Italic (thebolditalic.com), and a Staff Writer for Spinning Platters (spinningplatters.com). She's also been featured in Model View Culture and Frontiers LA magazine, and on Autostraddle. She hopes this has been as awkward for you as it has been for her.