he had interesting qualities about him. his hobby was fencing of all things. initially, the script had me going crazy with a samurai sword, but i told the writer, "that's ethnically consistent "because i'm of japanese ancestry." but when i was a kid, i saw the adventures of robin hood starring errol flynn, and i was enamoured of swashbucklers. and i said, "why not put a fencing foil in sulu's hand?" and he said, "yeah, this is science fiction. why not?" and that was one of my most successful episodes. i remember that episode. i mean, you were a very prominent character, and so was lieutenant uhura, the black woman played by michelle nichols, who also had a key role on the starship, also did something which many viewers around the world and listeners will remember, that is, shared a kiss with william