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Star Trek loves prequels, and Captain Kathryn Janeway explained why on Star Trek: Voyager 28 years ago. Since 1966, the Star Trek franchise has spanned a dozen TV series and 13 movies, with more on the way. While Star Trek is forward-looking and forward-thinking, with its adventures spanning a thousand years of the Star Trek timeline, and branching beyond into a multiverse, Star Trek is also very nostalgic about its own past.
It was a very different time, Mr. Kim. Captain Sulu, Captain Kirk, Dr. McCoy – they all belonged to a different breed of Starfleet officer. Imagine the era they lived in. The Alpha Quadrant was still largely unexplored, humanity on verge of war with Klingons, Romulans hiding behind every nebula. Even the technology we take for granted was still in its early stages. No plasa weapons, no multiphasic shields. Their ships were half as fast… Space must have seemed a whole lot bigger back then.
Star Trek Has Had Multiple Prequels Since Voyager The past has a certain allure for Star Trek Close Star Trek: Enterprise was the first Star Trek prequel series. Although it only lasted four seasons, ending in 2005, Enterprise was the beginning of Star Trek halting its forward momentum. Instead, Star Trek cycled backward and became about its past for the next 15 years. In 2009, director J.J.
Star Trek on Paramount+'s various TV series and upcoming streaming movie, Star Trek: Section 31, take place at various points in Star Trek's timeline. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is another prequel set in the mid-23rd century between Star Trek: Discovery season 2 and Star Trek: The Original Series. Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy both take place in the 2380s after Star Trek: The Next Generation and before Star Trek: Picard.
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