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J.J. Abrams’Star Trekmovies made Starfleet Academy truly important in a way that the franchise had antecedently failed to do . The esteemed educational institution will take middle stage in the upcomingStar Trek : Starfleet Academyseries , but the institution had mostly been side - lined until J.J. Abrams ' 2009 movie . With one or two notable exclusion , Star Trek ’s steady or resort characters have long since graduate from Starfleet Academy before their story truly begin .
Star Trek : Starfleet Academywill be all about the risky venture of the young cadets , with serving officers play modest roles as educators or visiting lecturers . However , the plannedStar Trek : Discoveryspinoff is n’t the first property to depict the trials and tribulation of Starfleet Academy ’s student consistence . Over a decade in the beginning , J.J. Abrams’Star Trekbegan at Starfleet Academy , pore on the student days of its most legendary graduates .
Starfleet Academy Wasn’t Really Important Until J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek
Prior toStar Trek(2009 ) , Starfleet Academy was an Earthbound location that variousTrekshows returned to in a fistful of episode . One of the most famed of these was theStar Trek : The Next Generationepisode " The First Duty " , which concenter on Wesley Crusher ( Wil Wheaton ) and his theatrical role in the Nova Squadron cover charge - up . Generally though , Star Trekwould forfend render to Starfleet Academy , given that the main cast had all graduated and had no real reason to riposte . J.J. Abrams exchange this by using Starfleet Academy as a location to establish the character of James T. Kirk ( Chris Pine ) and the fellow students that would eventually make up the crew of the USS Enterprise .
Star Trek(2009 ) shew Starfleet Academy as a tangible location in theStar Trekuniverse . Viewers had heard multiple stories from the likes of Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) about their misadventures at the Academy . However , as a location that was seldom chat , it was often severe to link toStar Trekcharacters’Starfleet Academy origins . Wesley Crusher andStar Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Nog ( Aron Eisenberg ) helped to give viewers a gravid understanding of the Academy . However , it was n’t until theatergoers saw the early experiences of Kirk and his crew that fans start to truly empathise the importance of Starfleet Academy as a proving ground .
Abrams Star Trek Finally Did A Canceled TOS Movie Story
J.J. Abrams’Star Trekfinally realize an thought first pitched by Harve Bennett and David Loughrey for a potential sixthTrekmovie . It was an theme that Bennett had held on to for some time , but start to gain traction follow the critical and commercial-grade failure ofStar Trek V : The Final Frontier . visualize as a way to cut toll with a younger cast , Star Trek : The First Adventurea.k.a . Star Trek : Starfleet Academybears striking similarities to the Chris Pine movie . LikeStar Trek(2009 ) , Bennett and Loughrey ’s moving picture would have run into Kirk come of age , moving past the tomfoolery of young to become a expectant leader .
In the bookCharting the Undiscovered Country : The fashioning of Trek VI , Loughery described the key dynamic ofStar Trek : Starfleet Academy’sKirk and Spockas " rivals " that " end up as friends . “It ’s a verbal description that may as well depict the moral force between Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto ’s own version of the iconicStar Trekcharacters . Not only did J.J. Abrams repay to this story for his 2009 motion-picture show , the upcomingStar Trek : Discoverywill presumably introduce their own Kirk and Spock ; two scholar that set about as rivals before becoming one of the most invincible partnerships in Starfleet history .
