Although Star Trek is still recognizably one of the biggest sci-fi franchises in the world, there was a time when the saga was thrust into redundancy for over a decade before it was brought back and reworked for the modern era. Although there have been many Star Trek movies over the decades, it’s the Star Trek TV shows that create the heart of the space opera’s sprawling, generational narrative. So, because the franchise has such a storied history, it has understandably gone through many changes since its inception.

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