Yes and No is the answer to this question as it is the voice of Mr Sulu from the galaxy of Star Trek that has transferred to the galaxy of Star Wars. Fresh from his ‘adventures’ in the jungle, George Takei has taken on the role of voicing the obese Neimoidian from the army of the Confederacy of Independant Systems, General Lok Durd, in the upcoming episode “Defenders of Peace”.
For an insight as to how Mr Takei approached this task check out the interview after the jump.
Also, this is not the first “Hero” to contribute to the world of Star Wars, as the actor portraying Hiro Nakamura, Masi Oka used to be a digital effects artist at ILM. Here he developed software that appeared in all three of the prequel episodes, with the most notable being in Episode II during the asteroid chase scene; Masi wrote the software to blow apart the asteroids.