William Shatner spoke with Space.com and local Indiana media about the Total Solar Eclipse and his performance at Indiana University's Hoosier Cosmic Celebration.
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00:00 - Well, the sun is gonna be eclipsed.
00:04 That alone is a monumental event.
00:06 And, you know, I mean, it happens every year.
00:11 The sun gets in the way of the sun every year,
00:13 but it affects some narrow part of the earth.
00:18 So that the next one over Indiana
00:23 will be like a hundred years from now.
00:25 We'll all be dead.
00:26 I might not be, but you guys are gonna be dead
00:29 the next time.
00:30 So it's an event.
00:33 But when you ponder the mystery,
00:36 if you ponder what's taking place in the heavens,
00:40 it's gargantuan.
00:43 It's perfectly probable
00:46 that there'll be an enormous thunderstorm
00:50 the instant the sun is eclipsed.
00:53 It's also perfectly possible
00:55 that it'll be a clear, bright, lovely, warm spring day.
01:00 And we will all enjoy the benefits of the Hoosier weather.
01:06 What happens if it's cloudy?
01:08 I don't know.
01:11 It's like looking into the pit of a volcano saying,
01:16 what do we do about that thing?
01:19 And there's nothing can be done.
01:22 There's nothing can be done.
01:23 I've devised 15 minutes of me talking to the audience,
01:28 15 minutes before the actual eclipse.
01:32 And because my last words,
01:35 I'm sure will be, and now the eclipse.
01:38 And the eclipse happens.
01:41 (upbeat music)
01:44 (upbeat music)