Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor, blogger, voice actor, and writer.
 He is known for his portrayals of Wesley Crusher on the television series "", Gordie Lachance in the film "Stand by Me", Joey Trotta in "Toy Soldiers" as well as Bennett Hoenicker in "Flubber".
 Wheaton has also appeared in recurring roles as Aqualad in Teen Titans, Cosmic Boy on the "Legion of Super Heroes" and Mike Morningstar/Darkstar in the Ben 10 universe.
 He has as well regularly appeared as a fictionalized version of himself on the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" and in the roles of Colin Mason on "Leverage" and Dr. Isaac Parrish on "Eureka".
 Wheaton is also the host and co-creator of the YouTube board game show "TableTop".
Empire of Ash III is a post-apocalyptic science fiction movie from 1989.
 It is a sequel to the movie known as "Empire of Ash" or "Empire of Ash II".
Kenneth George Baker (24 August 1934 – 13 August 2016) was an English actor and musician.
 He is best remembered for portraying the character R2-D2 in the "Star Wars" science fiction movie franchise.
Hiram Gilmore "Harry" Bates III (October 9, 1900 – September 1981) was an American science fiction editor and writer.
 His short story "Farewell to the Master" (1940) was the basis of the well-known science fiction movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951).
Moona Lisa was the local science fiction movie host during the 1960s in San Diego, California.
 The show, "Science Fiction Theatre", first aired in 1963 on Saturdays at 3:00 pm on KOGO, Channel 10.
 The character was played by Lisa Clark, who was a newscaster for the channel.
Empire of Ash (also known as Empire of Ash II) is a post-apocalyptic science fiction movie from 1988.
 The movie was re-released in 1989 as "Empire of Ash II".
 It was followed by one sequel: "Empire of Ash III".
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet is a 1965 American science fiction film, one of two versions adapted for Roger Corman from the Soviet science fiction movie "Planeta Bur" ("Planet of the Storms"), scripted by Aleksandr Kazantsev from his novel and directed by Pavel Klushantsev.
 Curtis Harrington oversaw the editing and dubbing of principal portions of the source film, and directed new principal scenes featuring Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue.
 The resulting new film was then syndicated to television by American-International Television Inc.
Flubber is a 1997 American science fiction comedy film directed by Les Mayfield (who had previously directed another John Hughes scripted remake, "Miracle on 34th Street") and written by Hughes and Bill Walsh.
 A remake of "The Absent-Minded Professor" (1961), the film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Great Oaks Productions and stars Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Ted Levine, Raymond J. Barry, Julie Morrison and Clancy Brown.
 The film grossed $178 million worldwide.
 In selected theatres, the "Pepper Ann" episode "Old Best Friend" was featured before the film.
Redshirts (originally titled "Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas") is a science fiction novel by John Scalzi.
 The book was published by Tor Books in June 2012.
 The audiobook of the novel is narrated by Wil Wheaton.
 The book won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel and Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
Invasion Iowa is a television series that aired on Spike TV beginning on March 29, 2005, on ITV4 beginning on 3 November 2005 and The Comedy Channel in April 2007.
 The series depicts events from September 2004, in which William Shatner played a hoax on the small town of Riverside, Iowa by claiming to film a science fiction movie there.
 Unbeknownst to the residents of Riverside, the movie was in fact fake, a satire on the genre.
 In front of and behind the cameras, Shatner and his purported entourage performed a living, breathing parody of Hollywood.
 Producers designed the various plots and gags to elicit reactions from the townspeople.
 Shatner played the part of the eccentric star.
 Improvisational actors pretended to be members of his entourage.
 Residents of Riverside were encouraged to audition for parts in the movie and take jobs on its crew, only to bear witness, firsthand, to an elaborate send-up of tinseltown.

Question: In what  year did actor William "Wil" Wheaton III star as Bennett Hoenicker in the science fiction movie "Flubber"?
Answer: 1997