![Bob Galbraith FILE - Members of the "Star Trek" crew, from left, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, William Shatner, George Takei, Leonard Nimoy and Nichelle Nichols, toast the newest "Star Trek" film during a news conference at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, Dec. 28, 1988. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/aa539a5b0dcb46058b37e710b82bec50/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Members of the "Star Trek" crew, from left, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, William Shatner, George Takei, Leonard Nimoy and Nichelle Nichols, toast the newest "Star Trek" film during a news conference at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, Dec. 28, 1988. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith, File)
![Hiro Komae A copy of "My Lost Freedom," a children's book by George Takei, is displayed at the section featuring in the "Being Asian in America" at a Kinokuniya bookstore specializing in selling books and magazines written in foreign languages in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f0ae579f7eb04973954042e5717d0cb7/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A copy of "My Lost Freedom," a children's book by George Takei, is displayed at the section featuring in the "Being Asian in America" at a Kinokuniya bookstore specializing in selling books and magazines written in foreign languages in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
![Evan Agostini FILE - George Takei arrives at the 75th annual Tony Awards on June 12, 2022, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/89c65e909ffc4957bf6d7bd991ca60ad/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - George Takei arrives at the 75th annual Tony Awards on June 12, 2022, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
![Richard Shotwell FILE - George Takei arrives at the Star Trek Day celebration in Los Angeles on Sept. 8, 2021. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4d3f87625cb8474daefde4a20ffac48b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - George Takei arrives at the Star Trek Day celebration in Los Angeles on Sept. 8, 2021. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
![Paul Sakuma FILE - Actor George Takei, who played the role of helm officer Sulu in the original television series, "Star Trek," gives a "live long and prosper" gesture in front of a model of the U.S.S. Enterprise space ship at an exhibit at the Tech Museum in San Jose, Calif., on Oct. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/179a05b5c52f4d03a6f1fe1075022a44/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Actor George Takei, who played the role of helm officer Sulu in the original television series, "Star Trek," gives a "live long and prosper" gesture in front of a model of the U.S.S. Enterprise space ship at an exhibit at the Tech Museum in San Jose, Calif., on Oct. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
![Hiro Komae A copy of "My Lost Freedom," a children's book by George Takei, is displayed at the section featuring in the "Being Asian in America" at a Kinokuniya bookstore specializing in selling books and magazines written in foreign languages in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cb1a76c8ac5d4da982af2d43ffa5b15c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A copy of "My Lost Freedom," a children's book by George Takei, is displayed at the section featuring in the "Being Asian in America" at a Kinokuniya bookstore specializing in selling books and magazines written in foreign languages in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)