Star Trek's Sir Patrick Stewart at Twitter IPO to 'Make It So' [VIDEO]

Twitter shares are tipped to soar by over 80% from the upper range of its initial public offering price on the New York Stock Exchange.

To mark the occasion, while also somewhat stealing the limelight, Star Trek captain and X-men star Sir Patrick Stewart rang the opening bell to get traders fully engaged with the highly anticipated floatation.

The social media giant's stock is forecasted to hit $46 per share on market open, which is over 80% up from its $23 to $25 IPO valuation.

Stewart also went on financial news channel CNBC and declared that "Twitter is a significant aspect of my career".

Twitter may be setting the markets alight today but Stewart is also causing a flutter on micro blogging site.

Who rang the opening bell on the day of Twitter's IPO? Twitter's users. pic.twitter.com/b34BSWwmAU (via @NYSEEuronext) $TWTR
— CNBC (@CNBC) November 7, 2013

Screw Twitter, Captain Jean-Luc Picard just rang bell at NYSE pic.twitter.com/Etk5Vpdv44 — Paul Kedrosky (@pkedrosky) November 7, 2013

That's Bluefin's job MT @kajawhitehouse: Patrick Stewart rings opening bell on #twitteripo day. Where's Data? pic.twitter.com/J20e0FSuG9
— Nicholas Carlson (@nichcarlson) November 7, 2013

Patrick Stewart: Phasers set on buy. (throws self down a well) — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) November 7, 2013

"I have one rule never tweet while drinking" says @sirpatstew http://t.co/HSfAOlgjiT
— Arash Massoudi (@ArashMassoudi) November 7, 2013