Simon Pegg joins his Star Trek co-stars in wanting to return to Star Trek 4 but notes that a USS Enterprise reunion is “forever tainted” because of the tragic death of Anton Yelchin. The 27-year-old Yelchin, who played Pavel Chekov in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movies, lost his life in a vehicular accident in June 2016, just over a month before Star Trek Beyond was released in theaters. Simon Pegg co-wrote Star Trek Beyond with Doug Jung as well as played Scotty, and the film was dedicated to Yelchin and the late Leonard Nimoy.
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