It seems that the Carrie Fisher/William Shatner beef that played out on YouTube last fall might be reignited at Comic-Con.
In an interview last September, Shatner dismissed “Star Wars” as derivative of “Star Trek.” Fisher fired back with her own video claiming that Shatner had borrowed her metal bikini from “Return of the Jedi.”
William shatner is about to start an intergalactic nerd war.
— Kenny (@KennyStigma) July 13, 2012
Shatner was first to refer to the feud, responding to a fan’s tweeted photo of a convention-goer dressed as Obi-Wan Kenobi being led away from the convention by police.
“@ChaseMasterson: Breaking: Obi-Wan arrested at #SDCC. pic.twitter.com/6z3v1iBd” Proof that Star Trek has better (and more law abiding) fans!
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) July 13, 2012
Fisher tweeted she was horrified to learn that Shatner was in attendance.
I'm horrified to hear that intergalactic fraud Bill Shatner will also be at Comic Con. If you see us near each… http://t.co/17sQnuHO
— Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) July 13, 2012
It’s on!
https://twitter.com/yodakillzspock/status/223895185090818048
Of course, this is Comic-Con, so it didn’t take long for things to get geeky.
@CarrieFFisher Just remind him that the Death Star could take out the Enterprise with one shot. @5_25_77_Movie @DorkHeart
— Patrick Read Johnson (@moonwatcher1) July 13, 2012
https://twitter.com/CBugger/status/223890299720712192
https://twitter.com/et11robot/status/223887574043856896
@CarrieFFisher Stay away from the hairpiece – actually made from dead Tribbles.
— John A Rivett (@johnrivett) July 13, 2012
@CarrieFFisher You could trade hair with him– you with his tribble on your head, and him with your Cinnabons on his. @WilliamShatner
— Scott Jordan (@scottcjordan) July 13, 2012
We admit that, like the fans, we’re just not sure how genuine this beef really is — and so far, neither party is saying. Why ruin the fun?
Getting the feeling that neither @CarrieFFisher nor @WilliamShatner is 100% certain if their Trek/Wars Twitter feud is in jest or not
— Bitter Script Reader (@BittrScrptReadr) July 13, 2012
https://twitter.com/klausfuture/status/223882963790725123
@CarrieFFisher Just sleep with him, already! 😉
— The Path of the White Rose (@Eileen__Smith) July 13, 2012
Can’t we all just get along?
https://twitter.com/Fknichel/status/223891588970057729
Update: Escalation! Set phasers to kill!
There's been another @CarrieFFisher sighting @ SDCC and it's not a pretty sight. pic.twitter.com/UwKqJajo
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) July 13, 2012
Why is that I go into outer space; she goes into outer space, I on tour; she goes on tour, I write a book; she writes a book…
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) July 13, 2012
Can you feel the love tonight?
@WilliamShatner @CarrieFFisher You two just get a room already …
— Catherine (@RoxieKat) July 13, 2012
https://twitter.com/RyanPom/status/223919661018923008
@WilliamShatner Could it be @CarrieFFisher secretly likes you?? pic.twitter.com/YVvbzNo1
— Fashions End (@FashionsEnd) July 13, 2012
@WilliamShatner Admit it, Bill, it's your raw animal magnetism that draws all the sci-fi vixens like @carrieffisher to you.
— Gawain the Stout (@gawainthestout) July 13, 2012
https://twitter.com/melvinlikechris/status/223885995504959489
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Update: It’s Saturday afternoon and Shatner’s not done teasing just yet.
Ms. Fisher caught trying to jump the lines for my #SDCC session today. Could we beef up security, please? pic.twitter.com/nBh1bGIG
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) July 14, 2012
So, exactly how many men have arrived at Comic-Con dressed as Princess Leia? Wait, don’t answer that.
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