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Star Trek Continues

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Continues  (Footnotes and other annotations in the source material)

I usually volunteer for Salt Lake's Comic Con (now called FanX).  However, the first year the event was held, I paid to attend as a guest and it was amazing!

Among the special guests that week were Vic Mignogna and Grant Imahara talking about their new, fanfic (fan fiction), not-for-profit project, Star Trek Continues.  They even brought along their first episode to show.  They returned to show us more in subsequent conventions. 

In the years since, they have finished the project – completing the 5-year mission of the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) in eleven epic episodes!  This was necessary because NBC killed the series after only three seasons back in 1969!  (In keeping with the 1960s production timeline of TOS, they use – for example – an old news clip from 1968 of Apollo 8 in the first episode.)

This is an outstanding series that has won many accolades and awards.  The care, attention to detail, and dedication of this team is truly remarkable! They even got an enthusiastic endorsement from Gene Roddenberry's son!  

Our pandemic isolation has allowed me to catch up with Vic's TOS project and he and his team did not disappoint.  I highly recommend watching the series, now available on YouTube for FREE! (Links below)

In case you are a lifelong trekker like I am and are feeling like this is may be a form of disrespect, please read from the Wikipedia article about the project. 

Wikipedia says:

Star Trek Continues is an American fan-created web series set in the Star Trek universe. Produced by the non-profit charity Trek Continues, Inc. and Dracogen, and initially co-produced by Far from Home LLC and Farragut Films, the series consists of eleven episodes released between 2013 and 2017. The series is an unofficial direct continuation of Star Trek: The Original Series and emulates its visual and storytelling features to achieve the same look and feel. Those who made the show have said in interviews that the intent was to finish the original five year mission of the show, and this is borne out in the plot lines of the final two episodes.

As with all such Star Trek fan productions, use of copyrighted and trademarked properties from the original series was allowed so long as the production was non-commercial.  A portion of the funds necessary to produce the episodes was raised through successful Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns, to which thousands of backers contributed.

Star Trek Continues won a Webby Award for "People's Choice – Long Form Drama" in 2016, a Geekie Award for "Best Web Series" in 2014, and numerous Telly and Accolade awards. The series was very positively received by critics, who praised the quality of the production and stated that the show set a new standard for Star Trek fan films.

After the 11th episode was released in late 2017, the Star Trek Continues series ended.

On July 31, 2014, Rod Roddenberry attended an official screening of "Fairest of Them All" (Episode 3) in Las Vegas and endorsed the project stating: "I do have to say, and I said this after 'Lolani', I'm pretty damn sure my dad would consider this canon. The fact that you do stories that mean something, that have depth, that make us all think a little bit, I really think he would applaud you guys, and I applaud you guys, and as far as I am concerned, it is canon. So thank you." Seen at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Continues on 30 April 2020 (Footnotes and other annotations in the source material)

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBfJMOAgxpLooYH0WkLpmw

Teaser Reel: https://youtu.be/eLNgNsoZgrE

Official Website: https://www.startrekcontinues.com/

Cast: Vic Mignogna – CAPT James T. Kirk & Executive Producer Todd Haberkorn – CMDR Spock Larry Nemecek (Episodes 1 – 2) – Dr. Leonard H. McCoy, MD, LCDR Chuck Huber (Episodes 3 – 11) – Dr. Leonard H. McCoy, MD, LCDR Chris Doohan – LCDR Montgomery Scott ("Scotty") Grant Imahara – LT Hikaru Sulu Kim Stinger – LT Nyota Uhura Wyatt Lenhart – ENS Pavel A. Chekov Michele Specht – Counselor Elise McKennah, PhD, LT Steven Dengler – LT William C. Drake (Chief of Security) Cat Roberts – LT Elizabeth Palmer Kipleigh Brown – LTJG (formerly Yeoman) Barbara Smith

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The triumvirate XD <3