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The Star Trek Character You Likely Didn't Realize Jeff Bezos Played

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Story by staff@slashfilm.com (Witney Seibold)
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Billionaire Jeff Bezos' surprise Star Trek cameo reveals the ultimate cosmic plot twist: he's conquered the final frontier of Hollywood.
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  • Bezos played an unnamed Starfleet officer in a brief background appearance on Star Trek: The Next Generation, proving he's a secret Trekkie with out-of-this-world ambitions.
  • The cameo is a winking nod to Star Trek's post-scarcity, anti-capitalist vision - something Bezos, as Amazon's founder, seems to have missed the memo on.
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