He was 51 years old.
Orci is best known for his work with fellow writer and creator Alex Kurtzman.
But even with their own newer, individual successes, their names will forever be connected.
Roberto Orci behind the scenes of Star Trek Into Darkness.Image: Paramount
Orci and his partner basically defined an era when nerdy wasnt quite that cool yet.
That started in the late 1990s with jobs writing onHercules: The Legendary JourneysandXena: Warrior Princess.
Not the crappy sequels eitherthough they had smaller parts to play in those toobut the really good originals.
For about 10 years or so it was almost like Orci and his friends could do no wrong.
You expected it to be amazing because everyone involved was amazing.
And, at only 51, one would imagine there were several more decades of noteworthy projects to come.
Orci had a dream career that ended way too soon.
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