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In one of the most notorious cancellations in television story , Star Trek : The Original Seriesunceremoniously terminate in 1969 after only three season . give out - laborious fans felt shop as the show ’s opening had foretell a “ five year military mission . ” That have in mind there were two full twelvemonth of exploring strange new worlds and seeking out new life that firm viewer would never get to see . Until now . With 2008’sStar Trek : Year Fourand the ongoingStar Trek : Year Five , IDW Publishing has begun the oeuvre of close a legendary journey too long left in limbo . As the terminal twelve issues are unloosen , what previously unexplained variety take place in the last few month of the five year mission ? And will the event of the first feature film , Star Trek : The Motion Picture , eventually make more mother wit ?
Star Trek : Year Five # 13and#14findKirk , Spock , McCoy and crewarriving to a hero ’s welcome at Starbase 212 . Having literally saved the world on more than one social occasion , the Enterprise prepares to enter on the final stage of its historical mission . As is usually the case , however , there is short time to relax . A varlet Klingon bird - of - prey decloaks and demands James T. Kirk be immediately cede or it will ego - destruct and take Starfleet ’s armada with it . of course , Kirk gives himself up .
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Meanwhile , Spock and McCoy discover that a treasonous full admiral is conducting medical experiments on injured Starfleet crewman . The mismatched duo must uncover the conspiracy before the admiral kills them both and fault it on the Klingons . The comics show like a lose episode ofThe Original Series . However , the artistic creation reveals sleek new starships man by crewmen in modernistic whitened uniforms , and portrays an aging enterprisingness and crew . While the foundation is being put down , there are still a host of questions to be answered in the remaining issue extend up toStar Trek : The Motion Picture .
Fans have speculated about the stopping point of the five year mission since The Original Serieswas cancelled in 1969 . Some consider the two seasons of ’ 73-‘74’sStar Trek : The alive Seriesto be the final two yr , while many Trekkies deny it being canyon entirely . Other dissatisfied followers have taken matters into their own manpower and produced devotee - fiction series such asStar Trek ContinuesandStar Trek New Voyages . But the IDW creative squad of writer , Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly , and creative person , Kieran McKeown , Sivlia Califano , and Stephen Thompson have rendered what feels like the most accurate spiritualcontinuation of the darling sci - fi television show .
Star Trek : The Motion Picturewas released in 1979 and let out a myriad of changes to theStar Trekuniverse and its characters . The endeavour returns from deep infinite and begins an thoroughgoing refit . Kirk is promoted to admiral , and the untested Will Decker ( son of Matt Decker from “ The Doomsday Machine ” ) is promoted to captain of the Enterprise . Benjamin Spock tax return to Vulcan to further act on logic , and McCoy retire . But how willYear Fiveprogress to that point ? Will Spock and McCoy stop the traitorous admiral ’s vicious experimentation , but become so wearied with Starfleet ’s sins that they are compelled to leave ? Perhaps Kirk is promoted to supplant the aforesaid traitor , and Will Decker inherit Kirk ’s sometime job . However IDW decides to do it , Star Trek : Year Fiveis a worthy debut into theStar Trekmythos and will finally make good sense of long time of persistence confusion .
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