Thanks to series like Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks, the Star Trek franchise is again thriving on TV. However, the rebooted film series that began in 2009 is all but forgotten. With seven years between today and Star Trek: Beyond, a fourth film in the series seems unlikely. However, if Star Trek does want to revisit the so-called Kelvin Timeline, they should do it by telling a story in The Next Generation era.The continuity that began with J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek has its name from the film’s inciting incident. With the help of some sci-fi technology, the destruction of the planet Romulus sends a gigantic mining vessel back in time to the day of James T. Kirk’s birth. His father served on the USS Kelvin, dying on the bridge while keeping the vindictive Romulan villains at bay. This means the bulk of the film occurs earlier in the characters’ lives than in Star Trek: The Original Series. However, the last mention of the Kelvin Timeline in canon came from the franchise’s far future. In Season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery, viewers see a Starfleet officer who crosses from the Kelvin Timeline into the Prime Universe. This alien character is wearing a Starfleet uniform of the kind seen in the early seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation. If the franchise ever revisits this corner of its multiverse, the 24th century is the perfect way to do it.One thing the Kelvin Timeline has in common with The Next Generation crew is neither group’s final film was supposed to be their last movie. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country was the perfect send-off for the original Kirk, Spock and company. Yet, both Beyond and Star Trek: Nemesis served as appropriate finales for the characters. Luckily, the USS Enterprise-D crew had Star Trek: Picard Season 3 to round out their stories. That crew might also be the perfect one to revisit the Kelvin Timeline and show how closely it came to becoming the utopia franchise creator Gene Roddenberry envisioned.RELATED: How Star Trek Connected the Kelvin Timeline to the Prime Universe
Thanks to series like Strange New Worlds and Lower Decks, the Star Trek franchise is again thriving on TV. However, the rebooted film series that began in 2009 is all but forgotten. With seven years between today and Star Trek: Beyond, a fourth film in the series seems unlikely. However, if Star Trek does want to revisit the so-called Kelvin Timeline, they should do it by telling a story in The Next Generation era.
The continuity that began with J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek has its name from the film’s inciting incident. With the help of some sci-fi technology, the destruction of the planet Romulus sends a gigantic mining vessel back in time to the day of James T. Kirk’s birth. His father served on the USS Kelvin, dying on the bridge while keeping the vindictive Romulan villains at bay. This means the bulk of the film occurs earlier in the characters’ lives than in Star Trek: The Original Series. However, the last mention of the Kelvin Timeline in canon came from the franchise’s far future. In Season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery, viewers see a Starfleet officer who crosses from the Kelvin Timeline into the Prime Universe. This alien character is wearing a Starfleet uniform of the kind seen in the early seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation. If the franchise ever revisits this corner of its multiverse, the 24th century is the perfect way to do it.
One thing the Kelvin Timeline has in common with The Next Generation crew is neither group’s final film was supposed to be their last movie. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country was the perfect send-off for the original Kirk, Spock and company. Yet, both Beyond and Star Trek: Nemesis served as appropriate finales for the characters. Luckily, the USS Enterprise-D crew had Star Trek: Picard Season 3 to round out their stories. That crew might also be the perfect one to revisit the Kelvin Timeline and show how closely it came to becoming the utopia franchise creator Gene Roddenberry envisioned.
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