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I'm sitting there during "Star Trek: Nemesis," the 10th " Star Trek " movie, and I'm smiling like a good sport and trying to get with the dialogue about the isotronic Ruritronic signature from planet Kolarus III, or whatever the hell they were saying, maybe it was "positronic," and gradually it occurs to me that "Star Trek" is over for me. I've been looking at these stories for half a lifetime, and, let's face it, they're out of gas.

There might have been a time when the command deck of Starship Enterprise looked exciting and futuristic, but these days it looks like a communications center for security guards. Starships rocket at light speeds halfway across the universe, but when they get into battles the effect is roughly the same as on board a World War II bomber. Fearsome death rays strike the Enterprise, and what happens? Sparks fly out from the ceiling and the crew gets bounced around in their seats like passengers on the No. 36 bus. This far in the future they wouldn't have sparks because they wouldn't have electricity, because in a world where you can beam matter--beam it, mind you--from here to there, power obviously no longer lives in the wall and travels through wires.

I've also had it with the force shield that protects the Enterprise. The power on this thing is always going down. In movie after movie after movie I have to sit through sequences during which the captain is tersely informed that the front shield is down to 60 percent, or the back shield is down to 10 percent, or the side shield is leaking energy, and the captain tersely orders that power be shifted from the back to the sides or all put in the front, or whatever, and I'm thinking, life is too short to sit through 10 movies in which the power is shifted around on these shields. The shields have been losing power for decades now, and here it is the Second Generation of Star Trek, and they still haven't fixed them. Maybe they should get new batteries.

I tried to focus on the actors. Patrick Stewart , as Capt. Picard, is a wonderful actor. I know because I have seen him elsewhere. It is always said of Stewart that his strength as an actor is his ability to deliver bad dialogue with utter conviction. I say it is time to stop encouraging him. Here's an idea: Instead of giving him bad dialogue, why not give him good dialogue, and see what he can do with that? Here is a man who has played Shakespeare.

The plot of "Star Trek: Nemesis" involves a couple of strands, one involving a clone of Data ( Brent Spiner ), which somehow seems redundant, and another involving what seems to be a peace feeler from the Romulan empire. In the course of the movie the Romulan Senate is wiped out by a deadly blue powder and the sister planet of Remus stages an uprising, or something, against being made to work as slaves in the mines. Surely slavery is not an efficient economic system in a world of hyperdrives, but never mind: Turns out that Picard shares something unexpected with his rival commander, although once I tell you that you can no doubt guess what it is, since the movie doesn't work you very hard.

There is a scene in the movie in which one starship rams another one. You would think this would destroy them both, and there are a lot of sparks and everybody has to hold onto their seats, but the "Star Trek" world involves physical laws which reflect only the needs of the plot. If one ship rammed another and they were both destroyed and everyone died, and the movie ended with a lot of junk floating around in space, imagine the faces of the people in the audience.

I think it is time for "Star Trek" to make a mighty leap forward another 1,000 years into the future, to a time when starships do not look like rides in a 1970s amusement arcade, when aliens do not look like humans with funny foreheads, and when wonder, astonishment and literacy are permitted back into the series. Star Trek was kind of terrific once, but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy.

Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.

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Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

Rated PG-13 For Sci-Fi Action Violence and Peril and A Scene Of Sexual Content

116 minutes

Patrick Stewart as Capt. Picard

Jonathan Frakes as Commander Riker

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LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge

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• Gene Roddenberry
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The Star Trek movie franchise has featured a plethora of compelling, engaging villains over 13 films, featuring everything from conspiracy-minded Klingons to time-displaced augmented supermen. More than most franchises, Star Trek is defined by its heroes, the Starfleet crews who boldly go where no one has gone before. Many of the best Star Trek stories on the small screen don't even feature a traditional antagonist, instead focusing on the conflicts and contradictions inherent in even the best people striving for empathy and understanding.

The Star Trek movies have taken a more traditional narrative path, however, almost always featuring a clear-cut bad guy that Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) or Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) must overcome to save millions of innocent lives. For a film franchise that currently has 13 entries, the success rate of the portrayal of the big screen villains is impressively high. Even in some of the lesser Star Trek movies, the villains tend to be at least watchable and interesting with a somewhat understandable point of view.

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13 V'ger - Star Trek: The Motion Picture

The first big-screen Star Trek villain is one of the most mysterious and complicated. In Star Trek: The Motion Picture , Admiral Kirk and the Enterprise are called back into action to investigate a massive cloud of energy that is absorbing everything in its path and is on a collision course with Earth. At the heart of that cloud was V'ger, formerly the Voyager 6 probe sent into space by Earth centuries earlier. The probe fell through a black hole and emerged on a planet of living machines, where it rapidly evolved and gained sentience.

V'ger was on a course for Earth because it was desperate to meet its creator. Commander Will Decker (Stephen Collins) merged with V'ger, and the being evolved to a higher plane of existence. V'ger brought up questions about the nature of artificial life that the franchise would continue to touch upon in the years to come through Lieutenant Commander Data (Brent Spiner), the Borg, and Soji (Isa Briones) in Star Trek: Picard .

12 Khan - Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan

Introduced in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Space Seed," Khan (Ricardo Montalbán) was a genetically augmented tyrant from the late 20th century who once conquered much of Earth. He and his followers were awakened by the Enterprise crew, and Khan quickly attempted to commandeer the ship. When his plot failed, Kirk marooned Khan and his followers on the uninhabited planet Ceti Alpha V. Khan and his followers escaped the desolate planet 15 years later, bent on revenge against Kirk.

Khan is, in many ways, the quintessential Star Trek villain. Montalbán's gonzo energy in the role paired perfectly with Shatner's famously hammy Kirk, and the tension in their cat-and-mouse space battles resulted in some of the most satisfying action sequences in all of Star Trek . Often imitated but rarely equaled, Khan remains the greatest of Star Trek villains .

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11 Kruge - Star Trek III: The Search For Spock

The Klingon mercenary Kruge (Christopher Lloyd) looked to exploit the power of the Genesis Device, the dangerous terraforming technology introduced in The Wrath Of Khan . A ruthless warlord, Kruge would let nothing get in his way, even murdering Kirk's son David. He was eventually outsmarted and outfought by Kirk, meeting his end on the Genesis planet.

While the Klingons had been around since TOS and made a brief appearance in The Motion Picture , Kruge was a crucial evolution of the warrior race. The leather and chain-heavy apparel, the guttural language, and the unique system of honor and death all took root in Kruge. With the exception of Star Trek: The Next Generation 's Worf (Michael Dorn) , there may be no more pivotal Klingon character.

10 The Whale Probe - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is a decidedly lighter affair than the previous films. A mysterious probe begins disabling infrastructure on Earth, causing massive storms as it probes Earth's oceans. Kirk and Spock are eventually able to determine the probe is attempting to make contact with humpback whales, which by the 23rd century were long extinct. The crew time travels to the late 20th century in their stolen Klingon Bird Of Prey to obtain a pair of whales.

The Voyage Home is one of the most beloved entries in the Star Trek franchise exactly because of its breezy, funny take on the final frontier. Director Leonard Nimoy notably wanted to make a Star Trek film where no one died and violence was at a minimum. He succeeded, and then some. The whale probe is an obvious throwback to the sort of Star Trek television episodes where there are no bad guys, just people trying to understand each other in good faith.

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9 Sybok - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill) was Spock's half-brother who rejected the traditional Vulcan teachings in order to embrace emotion. He possessed telepathic abilities he used to recruit followers to his cause, as he sought the God of Sha Ka Ree. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) harbored deeply conflicted feelings about his rebellious brother, who he never mentioned before the events of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

While Star Trek V was something of a disaster , that had little to do with Sybok. Luckinbill gives a compelling performance, and the character's dynamic with Spock is memorable and affecting. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is poised to explore a younger version of Sybok, who was briefly seen in episode 7, "The Serene Squall."

8 General Chang - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

General Chang (Christopher Plummer) was a Klingon official who was resistant to the peace being negotiated between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. With the assistance of high-ranking Starfleet personnel, he initiated a conspiracy to frame Kirk for the murder of the Klingon Chancellor Gorkon (David Warner), which he believed would thwart the peace talks. He was also, weirdly, a very big fan of Shakespeare.

Chang was the last gasp for the traditional villainous TOS Klingon archetype, as they had become Federation allies by the time of Star Trek: The Next Generation . Plummer imbues Chang with a vicious charisma as he belts Shakespeare quotes while firing photon torpedoes. It looks to be a family tradition, as Plummer's daughter Amanda is set to play the villain Vadic in Star Trek: Picard season 3.

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7 Dr. Tolian Soran - Star Trek Generations

The first Star Trek film to primarily feature the cast of TNG saw Captain Picard square off against Dr. Tolian Soran (Malcolm McDowell), who was an El-Aurian refugee like the Enterprise-D's bartender, Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg). Soran was obsessed with getting back to the Nexus, an energy ribbon that served as a gateway to a paradise dimension. He was willing to kill untold millions to get back to his own version of heaven.

Soran himself was not an especially compelling villain, though McDowell does what he can with the role. That said, Soran initiates a couple of momentous events in Star Trek canon, as he gives the villainous Klingon Duras sisters the means to destroy the USS Enterprise-D , and he indirectly brings about the death of a time-displaced Captain Kirk. It's an impressively destructive run for the villain.

6 The Borg Queen - Star Trek: First Contact

The Borg were the signature villains during Star Trek: The Next Generation 's seven-year run, so it was no surprise when they became the primary antagonists of the second TNG film, Star Trek: First Contact. What was surprising was the introduction of the Borg Queen (Alice Krige). The Borg had always been portrayed as a faceless collective with no individuals, but First Contact established the Queen as something akin to a leader of an insect hive.

The introduction of the Borg Queen would radically alter how the cyborg zombie race would be portrayed in other Star Trek projects. Star Trek: Voyager would see Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and former Borg drone Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) face off with the Borg Queen on multiple occasions. The Borg Queen has returned multiple times with different actresses portraying the role, including Annie Wersching and Allison Pill in Star Trek: Picard .

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5 Ru'afo & Admiral Dougherty - Star Trek Insurrection

The Son'a leader Ru'afo (F. Murray Abraham) conspired with Starfleet Vice Admiral Dougherty (Anthony Zerbe) to remove the Ba'ku colonists from the Briar Patch, a region of space with healing and restorative powers, which was essentially a fountain of youth. Unknown to Dougherty, who was mostly operating in good faith to mitigate the fallout from the Dominion War, Ru'afo had an ulterior motive, as the Son'a and Ba'ku were once the same people. Picard disobeyed Dougherty's orders to protect the Ba'ku colonists.

Dougherty is one in a long line of Starfleet admirals who are either morally compromised or simply manipulated by smarter, nefarious entities. Ru'afo is a bit of a one-note villain, largely remembered for his grotesquely stretched skin from plastic surgery to keep him young. The Son'a are one of the bigger misfires in the pantheon of Star Trek villains, despite a solid performance by Abraham as Ru'afo.

4 Shinzon - Star Trek: Nemesis

One of the most controversial villains in all of Star Trek , Shinzon (Tom Hardy) is a young clone of Jean-Luc Picard who allies himself with the slave race the Remans to overthrow the Romulan government. Having lived most of his life in a Reman slave mine, Shinzon is a dark reflection of Picard, leading the captain to question what his life could have been under different circumstances. A dying Shinzon ultimately sets his sights on wiping out both Captain Picard and Earth.

The failure of Shinzon to be a compelling villain is one of the main reasons Star Trek: Nemesis was a critical and box office disaster. While Tom Hardy's talent was plenty evident, Nemesis borrows too much from other, better Star Trek stories, making Shinzon seem like a pale imitation of Khan at times. Any empathy for the character is wiped away by his psychic assaults on Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) and his late story turn toward cartoonish villainy.

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3 Nero - Star Trek 2009

Star Trek 2009, the J.J. Abrams-directed alternate timeline reboot, honors what came before. In an effort to save a large portion of the galaxy from a supernova, Leonard Nimoy's Ambassador Spock and a Romulan mining ship are pulled from the late 24th century to the mid-23rd century, on the day of Jim Kirk's (Chris Pine) birth. This event creates a new Star Trek reality known as the Kelvin timeline . Mourning the destruction of Romulus in the 24th century, the mining ship's Romulan commander Nero (Eric Bana) seeks vengeance against both the old and young versions of Spock in the 23rd century.

Nero could have very easily been a forgettable, minor villain, but Bana imbues him with such a strange, seething personality that he's incredibly memorable. His initial conversation with Captain Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood) is one of the movie's weirder, funnier moments. Nero does the unthinkable and destroys the planet Vulcan in Star Trek 2009, but defeating the villain ultimately cements the bond between Kirk and Spock and seals their shared destiny.

2 Khan & Admiral Marcus - Star Trek Into Darkness

In Star Trek Into Darkness ' Kelvin timeline, Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his followers are not found by the Enterprise, but by a vessel under the purview of Section 31, the shadowy black ops Starfleet organization. Admiral Marcus (Peter Weller) held Khan's followers hostage in suspended animation and made the 20th century superman do Section 31's bidding. Khan would manipulate Kirk and the Enterprise crew to get his revenge against Marcus.

Cumberbatch's version of Khan is right up there with Shinzon as one of the Star Trek franchise's most controversial villains. It's a compelling performance, but Cumberbatch's Khan is wildly different from Montalban's, lacking much of the original's theatrical charisma. It's also an unfortunate case of casting a white man to play a role originated by a man of Spanish descent.

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1 Krall - Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Beyond 's villain was once known as Captain Balthazar M. Edison, Krall (Idris Elba) was the commanding officer of the USS Franklin until the ship crashed on the planet Altamid in 2164. The planet heavily mutated Krall and his crew, who would remain on the planet for nearly a century before encountering and destroying the USS Enterprise, as his years of isolation soured him on the Federation and its ideals.

Elba gives an intimidating performance under heavy makeup, the rare instance of an A-list movie star in their prime taking on the role of a Star Trek antagonist. Krall comes to embody the cynicism and hatred that Kirk and his friends stand against, and Krall's ultimate defeat feels like a win not just for the crew of the Enterprise, but for the ideals they represent.

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Star Trek movies in order: Chronological and release

Untangle the different timelines and get the popcorn: Here are the Star Trek movies in order — both chronological and release.

• Chronological order
• Prime Timeline

The Original Series movies

The next generation movies.

• Kelvin Timeline
• Release order

Upcoming Star Trek movies

We've got a guide to watching the Star Trek movies in order, decloaking off our starboard side!

So long as movies stick numbers on the ends of their titles, it’s easy to watch them in order. Once they start branching out, however, things can get a little muddled, especially when reboots come along and start the whole process over from scratch. 

You may have heard that the even-numbered ones are good and the odd-numbered ones are not. That’s spot on for the films starring the cast of The Original Series (aka Kirk and friends) falls apart once you reach the tenth entry in the series. It would probably be worth your while to have this list of the Star Trek movies, ranked worst to best around to steer clear of the clunkers. Look, we’re not going to pretend everything here is worth two hours of your day, we’re just letting you know which came out after which.

Should your Trek appetite remain unsatiated after your movie watchathon, feel free to pull from either our list of the best Star Trek: The Original series episode s or best Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes . Either one will set you up for a weekend jam-packed with great Trek moments. Consult our Star Trek streaming guide for all the details on where to watch the movies and shows online 

Star Trek movies: Chronological order

Below is the quick version of our list if you just need to check something to win an argument, but it comes with a lot of in-universe time travel-related caveats that we'll explain below.

• Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
• Star Trek: Generations
• Star Trek: First Contact
• Star Trek: Insurrection
• Star Trek: Nemesis
• Star Trek Into Darkness
• Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek: Prime Timeline

The first thing you need to know about the Star Trek films is that while they travel back and forth in time, they also diverge into two (for now) different timelines. The films of the original crew (well, the first iteration of them, anyway – more on that later) are all in what is known as the Prime Timeline. 

Within the Prime Timeline, the movies are then split between The Original Series movies and The Next Generation movies.

1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture

• Release date: December 8, 1979
• Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley

This is the film that brought the voyages of the U.S.S. Enterprise to the big screen. An energy cloud is making its way toward Earth, destroying everything in its path. Kirk and crew intercept it and discover an ancient NASA probe at the heart of the cloud. Voyager – known as V’ger now – encountered a planet of living machines, learned all it could, and returned home to report its findings, only to find no one who knew how to answer. It’s a slow-paced film, and the costumes are about as 70s as they come, but there’s classic Star Trek at the heart of this film.

2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

• Release date: June 4, 1982
• Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban

Ask a Star Trek fan what the best Star Trek movie is and more often than not, you’ll get Khan as your answer. A sequel to the events of the “Space Seed” episode of The Original Series, Khan is a retelling of Moby Dick with Khan throwing reason to the wind as he hunts his nemesis, James T. Kirk. Montalban delivers a pitch-perfect performance, giving us a Khan with charisma and obsession in equal parts.

3. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

• Release date: June 1, 1984

Spock might have died in The Wrath of Khan, but this third entry set up the premise for his return, with the creation of the Genesis planet. Essentially a heist movie in reverse, Search for Spock has the crew defying orders from Starfleet in an attempt to reunite Spock’s consciousness with his newly-rejuvenated body. It’s not a great movie, but it does include two very important events: the rebirth of Spock and the death of Kirk’s son at the hands of the Klingons. That’ll be important a few flicks from now.   

4. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

• Release date: November 26, 1986
• Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Catherine Hicks

If Star Trek fans don’t say Khan is the best Star Trek movie, odds are very high they say Voyage Home is. It’s a funny film where the mission isn’t destruction, but creation – or more accurately, repairing the devastating effects of humankind’s ecological short-sightedness. 

A probe arrives at Earth, knocking out the power of everything in its path as it looks for someone to respond to its message (yeah, it happens a lot). This time, however, the intended recipient is the long-extinct blue whale. To save Earth, Kirk and co. go back in time to 1980s San Francisco to snag some blue whales. The eco-messaging isn’t exactly subtle, but it doesn’t get in the way of a highly enjoyable movie.

5. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

• Release date: June 9, 1989

A writers’ strike and Shatner’s directorial skills (or lack thereof) doomed this film before a single scene was shot. The core plot is actually pretty good: Spock’s half-brother hijacks the Enterprise so that he can meet God, which he believes to be… himself. Some Star Trek fans have an odd fondness for this movie, as it showcases the camaraderie of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy when they’re off-duty.

6. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

• Release date: December 6, 1991
• Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Christopher Plummer

Right, so if that Star Trek fan you’ve been talking to doesn’t choose either Khan or Voyage Home as the best Star Trek movie ever, they almost certainly name Undiscovered Country (and if they don’t, they have highly questionable taste, frankly). The Klingon moon of Praxis explodes, putting the entire Klingon race at risk. The Enterprise hosts a diplomatic entourage of Klingons, much to Kirk’s discomfort. 

Remember how Klingons murdered Kirk’s son? Well, he certainly hasn’t forgotten. Kirk’s lingering rage makes him the perfect patsy for the murder of the Klingon Chancellor, sending him and McCoy to a prison planet and setting the stage for war. Christopher Plummer is perfection as a Shakespeare-quoting Klingon general with no taste for peace.

7. Star Trek: Generations

• Release date: November 18, 1994
• Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner

And thus the torch is passed from the crew of The Original Series to that of The Next Generation. It’s a bit of a fumble, to be honest, but they all did their best to get Kirk and Picard into the same film and have it make sense. Malcolm McDowell plays Soran, a scientist who will stop at nothing to control the Nexus, a giant space rainbow that exists outside of space-time. 

Soran lost his family when his home world was destroyed and he wants to re-join them (or at least an illusion of them) in the Nexus. He’s not so much a villain as a tragic figure, but the Nexus makes a meeting between Kirk and Picard possible. Not all that sensible, but possible.

8. Star Trek: First Contact

• Release date: November 22, 1996
• Cast: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Alice Krige

Okay, no, for real, if your Star Trek pal didn’t pick Khan or Voyage Home or… oh, nevermind. Cueing off the iconic two-part episode “Best of Both Worlds,” in which Picard is assimilated by the Borg, First Contact sees the collective traveling back in time in order to disrupt First Contact, the day Earth’s first foray into space attracted the attention of the Vulcans, kicking off the events that would eventually lead to Starfleet’s victory over the Borg. The Borg Queen torments Picard with visions of the past and tempts Data with humanity, going so far as to give him some human skin. 

The fight with the Borg aboard the Enterprise is thrilling, and the work on the surface to get first contact back on track is fun. Plus, there’s just nothing like Patrick Stewart turning it up to 11 as he lashes out at the enemy that haunts his dreams.

9. Star Trek: Insurrection

• Release date: December 11, 1998
• Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, F. Murray Abraham

Essentially an episode inflated for the big screen, Insurrection is about the Federation conspiring to displace a planet’s population in order to harvest the planet’s unique resource – super healing metaphasic particles. In addition to the rejuvenating natural resource, the Ba’ku also have access to exceptional technology, which they shun in favor of a more simple lifestyle. 

Data malfunctions, the villains are Federation allies (and former Ba’ku!), Picard gets to knock boots with a local – Insurrection is the very definition of “fine.” Chronologically, Insurrection is relevant for rekindling the romance between Riker and Troi, but not much else.

10. Star Trek: Nemesis

• Release date: December 13, 2002
• Cast: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Tom Hardy

Before he mumbled his way into our hearts as Bane, Tom Hardy was Shinzon, a clone of Picard the Romulans created in an eventually abandoned attempt to infiltrate Starfleet. Shinzon is dying, and all that will save him is a transfusion of Picard’s blood. Unfortunately, Shinzon also happens to be a megalomaniac who happens to want to destroy all life on Earth and maybe a few other planets, too, if he’s feeling saucy. 

Nemesis is notable mostly for killing Data with a noble sacrifice, only to resurrect him moments later in a duplicate body found earlier by the Enterprise crew.

Star Trek: Kelvin Timeline

The last of the Prime Timeline movies failed to impress at the box office, so it was a few years before anyone tried to bring the Enterprise back to the big screen. Rather than lean on any of the TV crews, this new slate of movies would serve as a reboot, welcoming new audiences while honoring long-time fans. Welcome to the Kelvin Timeline. (For all the ins and outs, check out our Star Trek: Kelvin Timeline explained article).

11. Star Trek

• Release date: May 8, 2009
• Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban

Back to the beginning! Star Trek introduces us to James T. Kirk, Spock, and “Bones” McCoy as they meet and join the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Though the plot is a relatively straightforward affair of a Romulan named Nero trying to destroy the Earth. His anger borne out of grief, what matters most is how it all came to be. In the future, Spock – the Prime Timeline version – tries to save Romulus from being destroyed by a supernova, but fails. Both his ship and Nero’s are kicked back in time, setting off a chain of events that diverge from the original, “true” timeline. 

The name “Kelvin” refers to the U.S.S. Kelvin, the ship heroically captained by Kirk’s father, which is destroyed in the opening moments of the movie.

12. Star Trek Into Darkness

• Release date: May 16, 2013
• Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch

The benefit of the Kelvin Timeline is that it not only allows Star Trek to explore canon material – such as Khan (he of the Wrath) – but to do something completely new with it. Khan features heavily in Into Darkness, but he has no beef with Kirk. Instead, a Starfleet Admiral is threatening the lives of Khan’s crew, forcing them to craft weapons of mass destruction. 

Khan inevitably eludes captivity and strikes out against Starfleet, killing Captain Pike (and a bunch of others) in the process. Kirk and company eventually take Khan down, but not before Kirk sacrifices himself to save his crew. Don’t worry, these things don’t last in either Star Trek timeline, as Kirk gets better moments later thanks to *checks notes* Khan's super blood.

13. Star Trek Beyond

• Release date: July 22, 2016
• Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Idris Elba

Beyond leans into the camaraderie of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy now that they’ve had some time together, much to the movie’s benefit. The Enterprise is lured to Altamid under false pretenses, leading to much of the crew being marooned on the planet. The architect of the deception was Krall, who wants an opportunity to return to a galaxy where war is the order of the day. 

Beyond is a significant point in the timeline for two reasons. First, it sadly marked the death of Spock Prime due to the passing of Leonard Nimoy. Second, it culminates in the Enterprise embarking on the five-year-mission that started everything back in 1966.

Star Trek movies: Release order

If you can't be bothered remembering two different orders for the Star Trek movies then we've got good news for you — the release order is identical to the chronological order that we've shown above (accounting for the Kelvin timeline as it's own entity anyway).

The full run of Star Trek films currently tops out at 13 entries; the fate of the 14th was hidden within a nebula of conflicting information. “Star Trek 4” was slated for December 22, 2023, but given that filming had yet to begin as of July 2022, it seems inevitable that date will change. Back in February 2022, Paramount that the principal cast would be returning for the fourth installment of the Kelvin timeline, a claim quickly disputed by the agents of those selfsame actors. Awkward.

Soon after, however, Chris Pine eventually signed on the dotted line, and his shipmates reached their own agreements. As of right now, Kirk (Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), McCoy (Karl Urban, assuming he can make it work around filming of The Boys), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Uhura (Zoe Saldaña), and Sulu (John Cho) are all ready to beam up and get filming. Sadly, this will be the first of the Kelvin films to not feature Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov. Yelchin died in an accident at his home in 2016. It’s currently unclear if Chekov will be recast or if a different character will take his place on the bridge of the Enterprise.

Though the Kelvin timeline is often referred to as “J.J. Abrams Trek,” he won’t be directing Star Trek 4; Matt Shakman will take on that responsibility, leaving Abrams to produce. As for what it will be about, that’s anyone’s guess, but Chris Pine told Deadline he hopes this one tells a smaller story that appeals to the core Trek audience. “Let’s make the movie for the people that love this group of people, that love this story, that love Star Trek,” he said. “Let’s make it for them and then, if people want to come to the party, great.” It’s a strategy that makes sense; the disappointment with recent Trek films hasn’t been their content so much as their box office. A Trek film with a smaller scope (and budget) would almost certainly have a very healthy profit margin while also resonating with the fanbase.   

With no new announcements coming from San Diego Comic-Con 2022, it seems that we’ll have to wait for any more insight into the next Star Trek film. Sill, recent comments from Paramount CEO Brian Robbins have us cautiously optimistic: “We’re deep into [Star Trek 4] with J.J. Abrams, and it feels like we’re getting close to the starting line and excited about where we’re going creatively,” he told Variety . 

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• The Enterprise is diverted to the Romulan homeworld Romulus, supposedly because they want to negotiate a peace treaty. Captain Picard and his crew discover a serious threat to the Federation once Praetor Shinzon plans to attack Earth.
• After a joyous wedding between William Riker and Deanna Troi, Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew stumble upon a positronic signature which results in a prototype version of the android Data. Then the Enterprise is invited to Romulus to negotiate a peace treaty with the Romulans by their new leader, Praetor Shinzon. However, Shinzon is revealed to be a clone of Picard who was raised on Remus, a slave planet to the Romulans. Later on, Picard discovers that this peace treaty was nothing more than a set-up on account of the fact that Shinzon needs Picard in order to survive. But little do the Enterprise crew know that Shinzon also plans to do away with the Federation by unleashing a weapon that could destroy a whole planet. — Blazer346
• On their way to William Riker and Deanna Troi's honeymoon on Betazed, the Enterprise heads near the Romulan Neutral Zone, and picks up a prototype version of the android Data. Immediately, they are diverted to Romulus, where the new ruler, Praetor Shinzon, a human cloned from Captain Picard who lives on the slave planet Remus, appears to want peace with the Federation. But then the crew detects a break-in on their computer systems, and Picard is captured by the Remans because Shinzon needs him as his only matching supplier of genetic material. Picard and the Enterprise crew escape, only to find themselves battling Shinzon's completely cloaked Warbird, who goes after the complete destruction of Earth. — 42/103
• The Romulan military offers the Imperial Senate plans to join forces with the Reman military and invade the Federation, but the Praetor (Alan Dale) refuses to cooperate. A green Thalaron radiation mist is released into the room, and everyone is killed. Meanwhile, the crew of the USS Enterprise-E prepares to bid farewell to longtime first officer Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), who are soon to be married on Betazed. On route, they discover a Positronic energy reading on a planet in the Kolaran system near the Romulan Neutral Zone. Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), Lieutenant Commander Worf (Michael Dorn), and Lieutenant Commander Data (Brent Spiner) land on Kolarus III and discover the remnants of an android resembling Data. When the android is reassembled it reveals its name is B-4 (Brent Spiner), and the crew deduce it to be a less-advanced earlier version of Data. Vice Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) orders the crew to conduct a diplomatic mission to Romulus. Janeway informs Picard that the Romulan government has undergone a military coup and is now controlled by a Reman named Shinzon (Tom Hardy), saying he wants peace with the Federation and to bring freedom to Remus. This is a surprising development as the Romulans had regarded Remans as an undesirable caste used principally as slave labor, due to their long history of prejudice. Upon their arrival on Romulus, the crew learns that Shinzon is actually a clone of Picard, a remnant of a secret experiment conducted by the Romulans to take Picard's place in Starfleet as a spy; however, he and the project were abandoned after a political change in the Romulan government left him cast away to Remus as a slave. It is there that he meets his Reman brethren and effects his rise to power. It was also on Remus where Shinzon constructed his flagship, a heavily armed warship named Scimitar, with completely undetectable cloaking devices, an arsenal of weapons, and virtually impregnable shields. Though the diplomatic mission seems to go smoothly, the crew discovers that the Scimitar is emitting low levels of extremely dangerous Thalaron radiation, the same substance used to assassinate the Romulan senate as seen in the film's beginning. Several unauthorized computer accesses take place aboard the Enterprise, and Counselor Troi is mentally attacked by Shinzon while she is making love to Commander Riker. Picard is captured by Shinzon and is informed that he is slowly dying from the accelerated aging from his cloning process, and thus needs Picard's blood to live. Shinzon also transports B-4 aboard the Scimitar, revealing that Shinzon was behind the placing of B-4 on Kolarus III in order to lure Picard to Romulus. However, B-4 reveals himself to actually be Data - he rescues Picard, and they make their escape back to their ship. Realizing that the Scimitar is a Weaponized Thalaron emitter with enough power to destroy all life forms in a fleet of ships as well as an entire planet, Data deduces that Shinzon is using the warship to conquer the Federation and destroy Earth. The Enterprise races back towards Federation space, but is soon ambushed by the Scimitar, disabling the Enterprise's warp drive in the process in her first volley of torpedoes. In the ensuing assault, the Enterprise is outmatched. Two Romulan Warbirds arrive and assist in the assault, but Shinzon destroys one Warbird and disables the other. Refocusing his attention on Picard, Shinzon damages the Enterprise to a significant degree. Refusing to surrender, Picard uses his heavily damaged ship to ram the Scimitar, but only succeeds in slightly damaging it. Picard even tries to initiate the Enterprise's self-destruct sequence, but finds it disabled from the attack. Meanwhile, Shinzon initializes the Scimitar's Thalaron weapon in a desperate attempt to take the Enterprise down with him. Picard boards the vessel alone and faces Shinzon. Unable to stop the weapon from activating, Picard kills Shinzon by impaling him through the abdomen with part of a metallic support strut. Data arrives with a single-use personal transporter, using it to quickly beam the captain back to the Enterprise before sacrificing himself to destroy the ship, shutting down the weapon in the process. While the severely damaged Enterprise is under repair in a space dock in near-Earth orbit, Picard bids farewell to newly promoted Captain Riker who is off to command the USS Titan, to begin a true peace negotiation mission with Romulus. Picard then meets with android B-4, whereupon he learns that Data had succeeded in copying the engrams of his neural net into B-4's Positronic matrix not long before his death.

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Kurtzman Answers The Question – What Is Up With Nero’s Ear?

| July 23, 2008 | By: Anthony Pascale 228 comments so far

From the UGO article:

We asked Alex Kurtzman what was up with Nero’s ears!  If you’ve seen the recently released Star Trek poster, you’ve seen Eric Bana, who is allegedly playing a Romulan, with what looks like war paint or a tattoo on his face and NO POINTY EARS.  What kind of a Romulan doesn’t have pointy ears?  “Nero isn’t necessarily a Romulan,” Kurtzman said, but wouldn’t give anything further than that.  He simply smiled and said, “It’s all part of the plot.” 

More from Kurtzman at UGO .

Not Romulan? TrekMovie (and other sites) have reported that the film’s villains are Romulans. For our part, this has been confirmed by multiple sources who worked on the film, including some who played Romulans. It isn’t clear if this is a ‘non denial denial’ from Kurtzman, a head fake, or possibly revealing that maybe there is something different about Nero. I hate to bring it up as a precedent, but Shinzon (Tom Hardy) was human (or a human clone) and leader of the Romulans and Remans in Star Trek Nemesis . It all goes into that big thing that is the mystery of this movie, which is exactly how Kurtzman, Abrams, Orci, Lindelof and Burk like it.

I’m betting Nero is a defector giving the Romulan’s info.

Nero is FutureGuy!

Maybe he’s the reincarnation of a certain famous artist who cut off his ear? Ehhhh…..maybe not :-)

He’s obviously a romulan who wants to distance himself from his vulcan cousins!

It’s pretty clear from the poster that whether he had a pointy ear to begin with or not, someone went Tyson on it. So I don’t think Kurtzman’s answer really explains much.

Let me guess…Mr Blonde got really upset and chopped off only the top part. “Hello…can you hear me?”

Nero is definitely alien, check out the top of the bridge of his nose how it connects to his newly inflated brow. Looks great!

Oh, I almost forgot…. SHOW US THE ENTERPRISE!!!!!!!!!!

hmmm… when I was a little boy, I used to hear lots of stories about elves that were slaves getting their “prick ears” melted down as a form of punishment and humiliation. Could be that. Or, it could just be Nero wanting to abandon his roots?

If only his name wasn’t Nero… I would be willing to bet that’s Abram’s new look for the Klingons!

And yes. Fer cryin’ outloud… send the Enterprise out for a spin around the neighborhood already!

I’m betting he’s a rogue Vulcan. Look at the eyebrow curving up; very vulcan/romulan.

and by “when I was a little boy” I mean back in the day when I played a lot of Dungeons and Dragons… :)

When he was younger he got his head caught in a mechanical….. Rice Picker. Fortunately there was a very good plastic Surgan who lived nearby.

Perhaps he is a half Romulan/Human. Or he is a Klingon. Or he is a Human working for the Romulans. Or he is a member of an entire new species, enslaved by the Romulans (like the Remans).

If it ends up that he IS Romulan and they simply have his ears chewed off so he can interact with the younger Enterprise crew without screwing up continuity of Balance Of Terror, that is pretty CORNY and AMATEURISH writing!

As if a younger Spock, with his razor-sharp telepathic skills, wouldn’t “twig” to recognizing someone with Vulcan heritage!

God, I’m such a geek!

Ear looks mangled. Brow is all Bana IMO – that looks just like lighting accentuating the ridge.

I read on imdb full credit list of this movie that there are Klingons in it as well.. lists Klingon prison guards and prisoners.

Maybe Nero is Klingon??

One thing’s for sure… HE’S PISSED!!!!!

17 – IMDB is not the most accurate source.

Or maybe Nero has been surgically altered like human.

Hmm… very interesting!

BTW, last night I saw the Terminator 4 (T4) trailer before the feature presentation of the Dark Knight. What has bothered me is how come we do not have the new Star Trek trailer available as the T4 is BEING FILMED!

I first thought the ear to be a battle injury, and perhaps that is still true and Kurtzman is just being a bit cagey in his answer…You know they have got to be having fun with this…

Bushy eyebrows, wide nose bridge… definitely not human. Doesn’t rule out the possibility of a defector, though; there are more than just humans in the Federation. :)

But he’s most likely a Romulan and Kurtzman is just playing coy. What other species could have a member with the name “Nero”? :-P

Oh, wait, we had a Nero didn’t we? Hmm…..

19 – it may not be the most accurate source.. but it is something to consider.

Anthony, any thoughts on this?

Nero… couldn’t they come up with a less… “human”… name? I mean really, its bad enough that Romulus and Remus are straight out of Roman lore, but c’mon. Nero, the crazy Roman Emperor?? Yeesh.

13 – you beat me to it.

Nero is Chakotay’s great-grandpappy.

Nero likes to make happy, fuzzy, warm YouTube videos with his former pet lion.

We’ll all find out in 288 days. grrr.

Someone said, “Friends, Romulans, countrymen, lend me your ears,” and he took it literally. I wonder if they’re ear-replaceable.

#27—badumbum!

Captain Archer isn’t in the movie?! This is a disaster!!

Yeah, it was kind of lobe-brow humor.

#30—You’re on fire!

Regarding the name “Nero”….yes, it is a name any literate human is familiar with. However, Trek has always greatly relied on human history, i.e., ther Roman Empire, Shakespearean literature, etc. for sources of information and inspiration. If one can accept hundreds of humanoid cultures in the Trek realm, than a simple 4-letter name should be no problem. A little suspension of disbelief please…after all, it IS science fiction.

Ragardless, Nero appears to be an ominous villian…based on this one pic. And who knows…his other ear may be intact. lol

Tom H ardy , not “Handy”. Just sayin’.

As I find meself of late riddled wit’ apathy towards tha’ new film, I also find meself obssessed wit’ anatomy…

So, since guessin’ Nero be dis or Nero be dat, which can be fun, I’m just gunna say what Nero couldn’t be…

Nero Is Not:

A clone enginneered from Kirk’s dna when Rommies scavenged his rock-grave

Just a Rommie gent who had some ear accident… like when I use tha’ clawin’ cat’s tail ta’ clean out me hearin’ tunnels… screw Balance of Terror then.,.

Just some gent tha’ Rommies hired, gave a ship to, and say- “Hey, we dunna wanna re-start tha’ Romulan War which just ended, but you, Nero of undefined species, go and kill some captains fur us ta’ weaken them Fed blokes. Hey- here’s some future crap fur ye’ ta’ use that TOS-era Valtrex gave us ta’ change Rommie history.”

A dogcatcher.

The re-set button pusher.

That Aussie actor who owes me a $1,500 in hospital bills cuz o’ when he slugged me fur tryin’ ta’ make ‘im angry and thusly green. Told him I thought that whilst I’ll lounge in tha’ sun, he’d make me a good Ca-Bana Boy.

And surely Nero is not… well, ye’ all finish it up fur me…

Arrrrrrr…

Maybe Nero was just fiddlin’ around with his combination razor/home tattoo kit and roamin’ around the house when he had an accident and cut off the tip of his ear. He bought it from that Scandinavian sounding grooming implement company. He is upset and about to yell:

BBRRRRRAAAUUUUNNNNNNN!!

I bet He’s the Mirror Spock!

Bana, being Australian, has obviously been playing tight-head prop-forward for the New South Wales Waratahs.

Kirk-Romulan hybrid, but made the old fashioned way by JTK

And if Kronos can become Q’OnOs, then Nero can become N’HeRo

Please…The name “Nero” is not an issue…Romulus, Remus, Praetor, the use of the term “Senator”…The list may go on… The Roman parallels within Romulan culture are traditional in Star Trek dating back to their first appearance in 1966—and that’s enough said…

I have no doubt that he is Romulan. This statement by Kurtzman is just fun and games…that’s all.

He is a Romulan who is missing part of his left ear, and I’m guessing that the “war paint” (or tatoos) represent membership in some rogue Romulan faction which does not support the fruits of Spock’s reunification efforts (actually, I not-so-secretly wish that he was the “love child” of Spock and the Romulan Commander in “The Enterprise Incident”, and his purpose is a much more personal quest for vengeance against his absentee father and the crew of the Enterprise, but alas, I have resigned myself to the conclusion that this is very unlikely).

But a “fanboy” can still dream…

Doesn’t he look a little too much like Darth Maul??

#41—Not to me, he doesn’t.

He’s Spock’s son by a Romulan woman! ;)

#35 BBRRRRRAAAUUUUNNNNN!!

THX………you da man!!! FUNNY!

This whole argument reminds me of the old joke,

“Hey, I hear Blackbeard paid two dollars for those earrings he’s wearing!”

“Yeah? I guess that would make him a BUCK AN EAR!”

A little theory as to how the Romulans could be in the film without breaking Canon:

One thing that is missed is that the film jumps to different times, and I think this is key.

Although the plot may include a time when Kirk is at the Academy, it is possible that when the Romulans are revealed as being behind the Big Scheme, or whatever the issues are, they are revealed AFTER the events of Balance of Terror.

As for Bana not necessarily being a Romulan, he might be Human, but brought into the Romulan fold (Perhaps kidnapped as a Kid and trained as a Romulan infiltration tool, vaguely similar to Shinzon but without the Clone part of his backstory).

This would enable him to face everyone in disguise, and possibly walk within the Federation without revealing his true nature.

He could also be made a conflicted character with regards to his heritage, but with a bent towards conquering all regardless.

It could be battle a scar. Maybe his other ear is fine.

40. Closettrekker, this sounds like the premise of a novel:

“He is a Romulan who is missing part of his left ear, and I’m guessing that the “war paint” (or tatoos) represent membership in some rogue Romulan faction which does not support the fruits of Spock’s reunification efforts (actually, I not-so-secretly wish that he was the “love child” of Spock and the Romulan Commander in “The Enterprise Incident”, and his purpose is a much more personal quest for vengeance against his absentee father and the crew of the Enterprise, but alas, I have resigned myself to the conclusion that this is very unlikely).”

There are lots of venues for fan fiction. Write on, dude! I’ll read it.

I heard Corey Feldman was hired a Bana’s sunt double…

LONG LIVE HARRY MUDD!!!

No matter what he is, he’s clearly made of 100% all-dairy, real cheese :)

after EMPIRE STRIKES BACK’s “I am your father” after WRATH OF KHAN’s “I am your gay son” after SEARCH FOR SPOCK’s “Klingon bastard, you killed my son” after THE FINAL FRONTIER’s “I am your brother” after NEMESIS’s “I am your prototype/I am you”

… it would be nice if Nero were just a brilliant bad ass, consumed with righteous indignation, like Khan.

Paramount Pictures

It was like I was seeing a ghost.

Playing With Fire

No shenanigans under my watch.

Like A Boss

We are two badass queens like those bitches who raised Wonder Woman.

The Rhythm Section

I need your help to find the ones who did this. I’ve got nothing to lose.

I could hear the whole tune in my head. It was all there.

In the wake of a joyful wedding between Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Troi (Marina Sirtis), Picard receives another reason to celebrate: the Romulans want peace and the captain will be the Federation's emissary. But as the EnterpriseTM heads toward the Romulan Empire, a brilliant villain awaits - harboring a diabolical plan of destruction and an unimaginable secret that will give Picard his most fearsome challenge.

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Nero is the main antagonist of the 2009 sci-fi action adventure film Star Trek , the first installment of the rebooted Star Trek film series.

He was a Romulan miner in his childhood period and served as the captain of the Narada spaceship.

He was portrayed by Eric Bana , who also played Chaz in Back to the Outback .

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Biography [ ]

Nero was a Romulan miner originating from the late 24th century, and captain of the mining vessel Narada . Following the destruction of Romulus in 2387 caused by a star going supernova, he sought vengeance against those he felt were responsible, ultimately resulting in him being sucked in by a black hole and transported back in time to the year 2233. Nero's actions in the past resulted in the creation of an alternate reality. In this reality, his actions led to the destruction of the USS Kelvin as well as the deaths of its two senior officers, Captain Richard Robau and Lieutenant Commander George Kirk. George Kirk's death altered the upbringing of his son James T. Kirk who, in this timeline, did not join Starfleet until 2255.

In 2258, Nero was responsible for the destruction of the alternate reality's Vulcan, which resulted in the deaths of the majority of the Vulcan race, including Spock's mother Amanda Grayson. He also attempted to destroy this timeline's Earth, but his plot was foiled by Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise . Nero apparently died when Spock caused the Jellyfish , a small ship carrying red matter, to collide with the Narada , creating a black hole in the center of the Romulan ship. Kirk gave Nero and his crew the chance to be saved, but Nero viciously refused the offer. Kirk then ordered his crew to fire upon the ship as it was being sucked into the black hole. As Nero watched his ship being sucked into the black hole while being blasted by the Enterprise, he accepted his fate and closed his eyes as his ship was sucked in, killing him and his crew and avenging the deaths of Robau, George Kirk, Amanda Grayson, and the numerous Vulcans involved in the destruction of Vulcan.

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• Russell Crowe was considered for the role of Nero before Bana was cast. In fact, Crowe and Bana were director JJ Abrams' only two choices for the role. [1] [2]
• Eric Bana was a big fan of the original Star Trek series growing up. [3]
• Screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci named Nero after the Roman emperor of the same name, as a nod to the Roman inspirations of the Romulans. [4]
• In the script of  Star Trek , Nero seemed significantly more compassionate to Humans than he is in the final version of the film, at one point commenting, "It's not the fault of the human race that Starfleet chose Earth as its center. You're a more noble race than my fallen cousins. I'll take no pleasure in your extinction." The script also had Nero kill Ayel prior to the Battle of Earth, and Nero's scripted last words were "Forgive me... Romulus..." [5]
• In a deleted scene, Nero is interrogated by a Klingon  on the prison planet Rura Penthe, and escapes. This sequence also contains Nero's line, "The wait is over.", as seen in trailers for the film. [6] [7]
• When writer Cameron Crowe saw a rough cut of the film, he kept asking who played the villain, being staggered to realize that this was Eric Bana.

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• ↑ Russell Crowe Beamed Up For Star Trek Movie
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Star Trek: Nero

The miniseries was collected in trade paperback in February 2010 ; the series was also collected in volume 6 of the Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection in March 2017 .

Creators [ ]

• Tim Jones and Mike Johnson (#1-4)
• Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (story #1-4)
• David Messina (#1-4)
• Giovanna Niro (#1-4)
• Neil Uyetake (#1, #3-4)
• Chris Mowry (#2)
• Scott Dunbier (#1-4)
• " Nero, Number One "
• " Nero, Number Two "
• " Nero, Number Three "
• " Nero, Number Four "

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