From: v075q5fr@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Scott J Gorcey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Re: ro's gone??? (was re: new
Date: 11 Oct 92 08:18:00 GMT
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In article <1992Oct10.3244.3113@dosgate>, "bernie wong" <bernie.wong@canrem.com> writes...
>TO: wildcard@nevada.edu

>>What ?!!?!?   They're taking my favorite character on TNG and putting her
>>out to pasture, doomed to do occasional guest-shots and be refered to
>>nostalgically?

>>Does anyone know why? And who I can write to complain?

     The actress, Michelle Forbes.  It was her decision.

>Word is that SHE left.  She was offered to be switiched over to Deep
>Space Nine but she told Paramount that she wanted to pursue a film
>career.

>A few months back, the joke was that Paramount said just two words:
>TASHA YAR.  And that kept Ro in.

     That's cute.  Forbes was offered a lead role on DS9, as Sisco's
     first officer, signed to a five year contract.  Her current deal
     on TNG is on an episode-to-episode basis, leaving her free to
     take a career-making film opportunity should one present itself.
     So Forbes asked if it was DS9 or nothing, Rick Berman said she
     could remain on TNG if she wanted, and Forbes agreed.
     She isn't in the first few episodes this season, but she may
     be in later ones.  In the meantime, a new recurring character,
     Ensign Rager, was introduced this week in "Man of the People." 
     Rager also appears in "Relics."

>Apparently not...  He character of Ro on DSN will be replaced by a new
>character name-wise but personality wise, it's the same old Ro...
>Hopefully the actress for Ro (forget her name right now) will come back,
>I thought she was great too!

     Ro's replacement as Sisco's first officer is an abrasive woman,
     but Mike Piller expanded Ro's stature considerably with the
     new character, while retaining the basic feel of Ro's life.
     The new character, Major Somebody (forgot the name), was one
     of the main guerilla terrorist leaders on Bejor, fighting 
     against the Cardassian occupation.
     When the Federation agreed to come in and oversee the 
     transition from satellite to free state, this Major took
     a job in the fledgling Bejoran government - and this
     got her assigned to Sisco, when he arrived, as a first
     officer/liason.  

     Like Ro, this character feels torn between duty to her
     people and duty to government - and this is most dramatic
     when the needs of one clash with the needs of the others.
     If Starfleet people generally don't like Ro because of some
     away team incident involving deaths, Major Whatshername's
     PEOPLE oust her because she's siding with the Federation.

     Unlike Ro, this woman isn't Starfleet.  Her loyalty to
     Sisco is uncertain - they don't get along - and sometimes,
     so is her mission on DS9.  

     I heard Forbes was asked to participate in the DS9 pilot -
     creating a relationship between Ro and her replacement -
     but Forbes was conflicted with another job and couldn't
     do it.

                 Shortly  thereafter, the health of  Annie
                 Blackburn still in question, the behavior
                 of Special Agent  Dale Cooper was noticed
                 __________________________to have changed.
                                              Scott Gorcey.            
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