Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
A lingering doubtfulness fromStar Trek Generationsis whether a part of Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) is still alive in the Nexus . Kirk appear in Generations , the firstStar Trek : The Next Generationfeature picture , to pass the torch to Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) and the gang of the USS Enterprise - D. Kirk and Picard ’s historic squad - up wasStar Trek Generations ' big draw to hook fans and bring general audiences into picture show theaters .
How Kirk could meet Picard when they lived nearly a century apart in the Star Trek timeline was solved by the creation of the Nexus inStar Trek Generations . The Nexus was an Department of Energy decoration that travels through space , and it was a temporal distortion where time has no substance . Guinan ( Whoopi Goldberg ) , who lived in and turn tail the Nexus , described it as like"being inside joy . “Captain Picard and Captain Kirk were both swept into the Nexus inStar Trek Generationsand were show idyllic lives they never lived . Picard saw a warm house filled with house that he never knew . Kirk was transport back to his agrestic home on Earth where he could have a 2nd chance with his lovemaking , Antonia . Both Captains of the Enterprise soon brush off the Nexusand joined violence to stopStar Trek Generations ' villain , Dr. Tolian Soran(Malcolm McDowell ) .
Star Trek Generations not only travel by the flashlight to the plaster cast of The Next contemporaries , it also revealed the ultimate destiny of Captain James T. Kirk .
How Captain Kirk Could Still Be Alive In Star Trek Generations’ Nexus
Does Kirk have an echo?
Guinan appearing in the Nexus inStar Trek Generationsdespite having get by it decade prior begs the question : Does Captain Kirk have"an echo"in the Nexus too?For that subject , does Captain Picard ? An scene of Guinan stay in the Nexus and appeared to Picard before long after he enter the other - dimensional energy ribbon . Guinan also knew thatKirk was in the Nexusand how / where Picard could find him . It ’s possible anyone who enters the Nexus result a part of themselves behindeven if they break away the worldly distortion . In that respect , there could be an echo of Captain Kirk still awake in the Nexus .
However , Guinan is an El - Aurian who is extremely long - lived , and her race of hearer have certain undefined abilities . Perhaps it ’s because Guinan is El - Aurian that an sound reflection of her remained in the Nexus , and perhaps the same affair does n’t utilise to humans like Kirk and Picard . The Nexus was really just a plot of land gimmick to bring Kirk and Picard together inStar Trek Generations , and the temporal ribbon ’s rules were deliberately vague and leave unexplained . It ’s unlikelyStar Trekwill ever bring back the link to address the question of whether there are replication of Kirk and Picard still within the space ribbon .
Dr. Soran is also El - Aurian , and he could have also allow an echo of himself behind in the Nexus like Guinan did .
Will Star Trek Resurrect Captain Kirk?
Star Trek: Picard season 3 planted the seed for a Kirk resurrection.
Captain Kirk has n’t been resurrected since his death inStar Trek Generations , unlike Jean - Luc Picard , who died at theend ofStar Trek : Picardseason 1and immediately came back in a synthetic trunk . Kirk ’s death has been deal as sacrosanct and , instead , Star Trekhas introduced younger interlingual rendition of James T. Kirkin J.J. Abrams’Star Trekmovies ' alternate timeline act by Chris Pine , and inStar Trek : Strange New Worlds , played by Paul Wesley . William Shatner has n’t portrayed Captain Kirk sinceStar Trek Generations , and it ’s doubtful he will don Kirk ’s uniform again .
Still , Star Trek : Picardhas inquisitively tease thatCaptain Kirk ’s resurrection is possible . Star Trek : Picardseason 3 revealed that Kirk ’s body was recovered by Section 31 afterStar Trek Generationsand is being stored in the Daystrom Station black site under the auspices of"Project Phoenix . “This hints that bringing Captain Kirk to life may be potential , although the question would be why ? It remains to be consider whetherStar Trekcan or will rule a mode to wreak the original Captain James T. Kirk back to lifespan , or if the franchise will address the Nexus ever again .
Star Trek Generationsis streaming on Paramount+ .
