Questions tagged [star-trek-reboot]
For questions about the new timeline/universe/canon created in Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Trek Beyond, and any future films in this timeline. It represents the new series of movies as a whole. Always use in conjunction with the [star-trek] tag and use a specific work tag where appropriate i.e. [star-trek-2009].
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How do Kirk and Chekov find the time to change uniforms in Star Trek Beyond
In Star Trek Beyond, when everyone abandons ship in the escape pods, Kirk and Chekov are in different uniforms when they land on the planet. Where did they find time to change uniforms and why did ...
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In "Star Trek" (2009), why does one of the Vulcan science ministers state that Spock's application to Starfleet was logical but "unnecessary"?
When Spock is in front of the ministers being told that he was accepted into the science academy, they appear confused or irritated by his application to Starfleet. Spock says that "it seemed ...
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Have any producers commented on what would be done with Chekov?
Certainly, it is very much unclear if there will ever be another Kelvin-timeline Star Trek movie.
But the death of Anton Yelchin would leave a quandary for the character of Chekov in any such film. ...
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Does Abram-verse Trek acknowledge the different physical appearences of the crew?
In Star Trek (2009), original Spock meets alternate timeline Spock, Kirk, and Scott who look nothing like the Prime characters at that age. Later, in Star Trek Beyond (2016) , Spock views an image of ...
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Is there a non-canon work that explores the effect of Vulcan's destruction in the Kelvin Timeline?
It would be interesting to explore:
how the absence of Vulcan has altered the Federation
how the destruction of their planet tests the remaining Vulcan's commitment to the reverence of logic.
I am ...
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Why didn't anyone go back in time to prevent the damage cause by Narada's actions? [duplicate]
Why was the timeline not repaired after the Narada came back in time and changed everything? I have seem the Time Travel Repairmen go back in time for much less impactful things than this. So why not? ...
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What's water turbine doing on-board USS Enterprise?
In Star Trek (2009), when Kirk and Scott got transwarped to USS Enterprise, Scott ended up in a water pipe and there was also water turbine type structure. I thought it was water pump which was ...
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What caused the day/night cycles on Star Base Yorktown
In Star Trek: Beyond, star base Yorktown is in space, not in orbit. What creates the day and night cycles, as we see both of these during the film
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In the new Star Trek films, why do the protagonists all seem so young?
In the the new Star Trek films of the past several years it seems the main characters - Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov and perhaps other - are extremely young (edit: as far as I can tell by ...
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Why do so many Trekkies hate Star Trek Into Darkness? [closed]
I am a fan of Star Trek. I've watched most episodes of all the series (especially Star Trek: the Next Generation, and not counting Star Trek: Enterprise), I've seen the movies, I can even tell you how ...
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What insults did the Vulcan children use to try to goad Spock?
In StarTrek 2009 young Spock says to the Vulcan kids:
This is your 35th attempt to elicit an emotional response from me.
Which means there were at least 34 insults the Vulcan kids considered more ...
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What happened to Dr. Carol Marcus in Star Trek Beyond?
Dr. Carol Marcus was one of Star Trek Into Darkness's main supporting characters. At the end of the film she's shown to have joined the Enterprise crew and presumably will be setting off with them on ...
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What reality has more advanced technology?
Which reality has more advanced technology in the Star Trek universe, prime or alternate? It seems that the prime universe has more advanced technology in terms of sensors etc, but alternate pushes ...
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Is there any known reason why the torpedo launchers are different between Kelvin and Enterprise?
As mentioned in this question: How do the USS Kelvin and USS Enterprise compare? the Kelvin has more torpedo launchers while the Enterprise seems to be able to fire them at a faster rate. The Kelvin ...
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Why did they put the Enterprise underwater in Star Trek: Into Darkness? [duplicate]
During the opening scene of Into Darkness, Scotty tells Kirk:
Do you have any idea how ridiculous it is to hide a starship at the bottom of the ocean?
And then Kirk cuts him off, what with Spock ...
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