Roger Lay, Jr.
Roger Lay, Jr. is a Blu-ray special features producer and director. As such, he has on behalf of the franchise contributed to the Blu-ray releases of (remasterd) , and  in the era 2009-2014. It was he, together with colleague Robert Meyer Burnett for these two productions, who introduced the terminology "Value Added Material (VAM)" as a new alternative one for the Star Trek home video format's "special features". References to Roger Lay and Roger Lay Raymond were retconned into remastered The Next Generation, in recognition of his work. Lay has also participated in the audio commentary for the Blu-ray special release of "".

In  Lay accepted on behalf of the franchise the Saturn Award for Best DVD/Blu-ray TV Series won for the TNG Blu-ray releases of Seasons 1 and 2. He did so again the next year for the same award for Best Television Release (Home Entertainment), which was won for the same series releases of Seasons 3, 4, and 5. In 2016, Lay went solo when he produced the special features for the Star Trek: The Original Series - The Roddenberry Vault Blu-ray release, alongside brand new ones for the in the same year released  and  Blu-ray sets. The five new 30-minutes each special features were included on a separate bonus disc in the 50th anniversary set under the collective title, Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen.

Lifelong "Trekkie" Lay has been on record as being less than enamored with the alternate reality films as envisioned by J.J. Abrams, having stated, "Well, it’s not my Star Trek. It’s definitely not my Star Trek, it’s very different. What I love about Star Trek, sometimes it’s not really there, you know? I think they’re fun, popcorn movies..." , echoing similar sentiments as voiced by not only his former "VAM" colleague Burnett, but by former production staffer Doug Drexler as well, like Lay lifelong "Trekkies" themselves.

Lay is the founder of the entertainment production company Urban Archipelago Films, credited as such on the Blu-ray releases for the VAMs.

Star Trek credits 
 
 
 Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen (2016) – Director, Writer, Producer, Film Editor
 
 The Genesis Effect: Engineering The Wrath of Khan (2016) – Director, Writer, Producer, Film Editor
 
 Energized! Taking The Next Generation to the Next Level () – Director, Producer
 Stardate Revisited: The Origin of Star Trek - The Next Generation (2012) – Director, Writer, Producer
 Reunification: 25 Years After Star Trek - The Next Generation (2012) – Director, Writer, Producer
 Making It So: Continuing Star Trek - The Next Generation (2012) – Director, Writer, Producer
 Star Trek: The Next Generation - Regeneration: Engaging the Borg () – Director, Writer, Producer
 Star Trek: The Next Generation - Inside the Writer's Room (2013) – Director, Writer, Producer
 Resistance Is Futile: Assimilating Star Trek - The Next Generation (2013) – Director, Writer, Producer
 Star Trek: The Next Generation - Survive and Succeed: An Empire at War (2013) – Director, Writer, Producer
 Relativity: The Family Saga of Star Trek - The Next Generation (2013) – Director, Writer, Producer
 In Conversation: The Star Trek Art Department (2013) – Director, Writer, Producer
 In Conversation: The Music of Star Trek - The Next Generation (2013) – Director, Writer, Producer
 Requiem - A Remembrance of Star Trek: The Next Generation (2013) – Director, Writer, Producer
 The Privilege of Rank: Making Chain of Command () – Director, Writer, Producer
 Beyond the Five Year Mission: The Evolution of Star Trek - The Next Generation (2014) – Director, Writer, Producer
 The Unknown Possibilities of Existence: Making "All Good Things" (2014) – Director, Writer, Producer
 Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Sky's the Limit - The Eclipse of Star Trek: The Next Generation (2014) – Director, Writer, Producer
 In Conversation: Lensing Star Trek - The Next Generation (2014) – Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematographer
 
 To Boldly Go: Launching Enterprise (2013) – Director, Writer, Producer, Film Editor
 In Conversation: Rick Berman and Brannon Braga (2013) – Director, Writer, Producer
 Star Trek: Enterprise - Uncharted Territory (2013) – Director, Writer, Producer, Film Editor
 Star Trek: Enterprise - In Conversation - The First Crew (2013) – Director, Writer, Producer
 Star Trek: Enterprise - Temporal Cold War: Declassified (2014) – Director, Writer, Producer, Film Editor
 Star Trek: Enterprise - In a Time of War (2014) – Director, Writer, Producer, Film Editor
 In Conversation: Writing Star Trek: Enterprise (2014) – Director, Writer, Producer
 Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise (2014) – Director, Writer, Producer, Film Editor

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