J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movies take place at the same time as Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, but do some of the show's characters exist in the alternate Kelvin Timeline? Abrams' Star Trek trilogy tells how a parallel reality version of James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) became Captain and assembled the crew of the USS Enterprise. Strange New Worlds and Abrams' Star Trek movies share several legacy characters, including Kirk, Mr. Spock, Uhura, and even Captain Christopher Pike, and Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness take place in 2258/2259 while Strange New Worlds season 1 begins in 2259.
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