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The Star Trek Fan Website

Wes Huntington has been a Star Trek fan since he was born, thanks to his parents (both of whom are still very much alive and are big Trek fans themselves). He lives in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, with his wife and cat. He is also a co-host of the Twin Cities Trekkies podcast, which launched in February 2021 and talks about all things Star Trek. You can find Twin Cities Trekkies via Facebook, Instagram, or anchor.fm/twincitiestrekkies.

Star Trek and the Strike

Since 2 May 2023, the Writer’s Guild of America has been mired in one of the longest strikes in recent memory. The main goals of the strike are the following:

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Strange New Worlds Returns and Wants the Ship to Go… Now!

When Season 1 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds premiered last year to great fanfare, it breathed new life into the age-old formula of Star Trek: seeking out new life

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Star Trek: Picard Season 2 in Retrospect

Probably due to first-season showrunner Michael Chabon being a novelist first, Season 1 of Star Trek: Picard played like a novel; the season had a definitive beginning, middle, and end,

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Star Trek Movies to Beam Into Stores in 4K

Great news for those seeking to upgrade their Star Trek movie collections! Just in time for Star Trek Day 2022, the 4k Ultra HD restoration of Star Trek: The Motion Picture –

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Eric Webb’s Star Trek XIII

During the interim between 2013’s Star Trek Into Darkness and 2016’s Star Trek Beyond, ideas were bandied about regarding what story should be told in the third installment of the

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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier in Review

With Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home becoming the greatest box-office success of the Star Trek film franchise up to that point (the film was released in 1986, to celebrate the 20th anniversary

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Filming Beyond Star Trek Beyond

After several apparent false starts, it appears that the long-gestating sequel to 2016’s Star Trek Beyond is finally gaining traction and “getting close to the starting line,” according to Paramount chief Brian

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Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Enters Production

The news that Star Trek: Discovery will be returning for a fifth season was first announced on 18 January this year. The fifth season renewal came as a surprise to

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Setting Specifics for Picard Season 3

With the season two finale of Star Trek: Picard having aired a couple of weeks ago, it’s almost time to turn the page to the third and final season of

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A War Over Wesley?

The surprise cameo appearance of Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) in the Picard Season 2 finale “Farewell” was an exciting tie-in to both the end of his journey in The Next

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