When Waker Texas Ranger signed off the air, it was always the intension of Chuck Norris and CBS to bring back the Charcahter.Walker was a tremendous ratings booster for CBS, and they did not want to see the charchter leave.Chuck Norris decided to end the series in 2001.

The movie "Trial by fire" was not bad, considering that the entire project was produced by the Norris Bros.It was worth watching.
Clarence Gilyard(who played long-time Walker partner James Trivete) makes only a cameo apperance in the movie.Gilyard, who is a devout Catholic, refused to cancel a family vacation to the Vatican in Rome, so he could not partcipate in the filming of the movie.He will appear in the next walker "Movie of the Week.production on the movie should begin sometime next year, and premire next fall.