Star Trek veteran William Shatner walked back on his iconic line from the franchise in a new interview. His character, Captain Kirk, always described space as the Final Frontier, but the 95-year-old actor seems to disagree with this take, 60 years after the USS Enterprise embarked on its voyage.

William Shatner no longer believes space is the final frontier

The iconic Captain Kirk of the Star Trek franchise, recently spoke about his iconic line from the series. In the beginning of each episode, he is heard saying, “Space: the final frontier.”

But at 95, nearly 60 years after the series kicked off, William Shatner seems to have developed a different viewpoint. “It’s not final,” he said in a recent interview with E! News, “Death is the final frontier, and maybe even not that.”

The Golden Globe winner added, “If you look at quantum physics, you may have reason to hope that when we die, we don’t disappear. Our energy goes back home.”

Shatner’s take on the line reflects the long journey the actor has had since the time the series first premiered. In the interview, he also acknowledged the amount of work it took for Star Trek to succeed in the way it did.

“We have a great cast, great writers,” the Boston Legal star further said. “We have the best plots, we have the best sets. We are telling human stories, and the future exists.”

Speaking about the series, William Shatner continued, “Star Trek takes place 400 years from now…Humankind is still there. We’ve got futuristic things that we fly to the planets and the stars. Nobody dies, and everybody’s happy.”

Now 95, Shatner still feels “alive” the same way he did decades back. “I feel energized, and I’m focused, and I feel great,” he stated. “I don’t know what 95 feels like. Every time I hear the number 95, I go, ‘Who? Who? Who’s 95 here?”

Unsurprisingly, Star Trek remains one of the most popular sci-fi franchises in the world.