Star Trek: Prelude to Axanar

This 21-minute short film, Prelude to Axanar, premiered Saturday, July 26th, 2014, at San Diego Comic-Con, and features Richard Hatch, Tony Todd, Kate Vernon, JG Hertzler, and Gary Graham -- Gary reprises his role of Soval from "Enterprise." The makeup and hair was designed by Academy Award winner Kevin Haney and Star Trek veteran Brad Look of Makeup Effects Lab in Hollywood. Top that off with the amazing visual effects of Tobias Richter of The Light Works, and sound by Academy Award winner Frank Serafine, and Mark Edward Lewis, and the result is Prelude to Axanar: something unlike anything you have ever seen before. We have our loyal donors to thank for this and we couldn't be more grateful!
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[@BirbarianHomeGuard]

Red Letter Media needs to review this.

[@uncertainscientist]

I CAN'T WAIT. This trailer gives me goosebumps like I was a kid. Paramount should hire you guys.

[@oldcode1800]

@@markj2093 The final two installments of Axanar, plus an Axanar fan film, are in production right now. The They plan to premier the first episode, Axanar: The Gathering Storm, this summer. The original plan was to do the premier at Comic Con, but that probably won't happen, but the latest news is they still want to premier sometime in June or July. See the link above.

[@shadowtheimpure]

I am so happy to read this, I came back just to rewatch and then saw this...my heart SOARED!

[@xXKirkSoloXx]

WAIT WHAT? Fucking FANTASTIC!

[@pduidesign]

Paramount should have hired this team to make a Star Trek show. Talk about a no brainer.

[@uniformityofnature1488]

It’s so frustrating, I need more we all need more.

[@thecontrarian9933]

I think they did and canned it.

[@roadrunnerj]

I couldn't agree anymore with you

[@freelanceryuu]

That would have been a gimme, but they dropped it. No cap, it is so easy. Just Give The Fans What They Want!

[@OutrageousAspect]

Instead of taking them to court and freaking out about fan films being crowdsourced?.. yeah it does seem obvious... also great way to treat your fan base

[@juresaiyan]

HOW, in the name of GOODNESS, can a 21 minute fan-film be better than an entire season of "official" Trek material (you know what I'm talking about)? Oh yeah, because it was made by people who actually care.

[@chronosschiron]

i myself can do better on my own then cbs but they got new copyright in canada shoving there shit to 2047 im done with trek

[@r.a.o.c.2592]

I completely agree. I had the pleasure of meeting Richard Hatch a few years ago before he passed away. He was so excited about this project and when I finally watch this submission I very much lost my mind and was looking forward to seeing production. Renegades is also a very good effort but I would have really enjoyed seeing this come to life

[@chronosschiron]

@@r.a.o.c.2592 i was 7 when the first bsg was on air....he really got it , when it came to fans , more of an artist and creator then one of the jobers you get form hollystupid

[@AxanarGaming]

Because Les Moonves and people like him who lord over an IP they personally hate for the exclusive exploitation of us the fans. This is like the jocks bullying the nerds with their own toys. Mocking them, making fun of them, and shaking us down for our lunch money...... til we fought back. The 4 years war has become a real war of the fans vs the studios. Who, what, and when is the real star trek. "We don't want to be told we just want to watch it unfold." At this point Seth MacFarlane would be a better caretaker of Star Trek then the entire executive staff of CBS and VIACOM/PARAMOUNT.

[@dugclrk]

@@AxanarGaming Paramount knows how to make good Trek and I think they want to, but CBS has there hands tide with the draconian copyrights they hold. I'm surprised the movies turned out as good as they did with all the restrictions put on them.

[@LordDawnWreaver]

The moment a fanfiction has better story than current star trek

[@pduidesign]

...is the moment that the studios start scrambling to remove that fan fiction, absolutely embarrassed by their utter failure and realizing that the fans can make better movies than the idiot showrunners they hire. 🤪👍

[@zerocorpse5024]

There is no current Star Trek. There's Discovery, which is clearly in the Starfleet Battles universe and not at all Star Trek in tone, lore, or quality. There's Lower Decks, which is just a goofy cartoon people in the Federation might watch, but it's not Trek itself. There's Picard, which is clearly an alternate future. There's JJ-Trek, which is just The Trek And The Furious. Star Trek's IP re-used for bad action movies with no brain or heart. But there is no current Star Trek. The closest thing, spiritually speaking, is The Orville. But that's an homage, not Star Trek itself.

[@xenomorphskullhunter7935]

GOD YES!

[@mikcnmvedmsfonoteka]

@@zerocorpse5024 last two episodes of Lower Decks season 2 were shockingly good! Especially s02e09 Wej Duj I didn't except something so orginal easily could have been TOP episode on TNG or DS9 but yeah I don't like most of Lower Decks but it's getting better characters are developing, there are tons of hints besides all Easter eggs

[@k85]

It's a phenomenon of the age. The official owners of various franchises are raping the products they hold. Those halfwits are enslaved to sentiments they IMAGINE they must cater to, in order to do business. They are wrong. On the other hand, fans do fantastic work to carry the torch. Fans who have a correct understanding of the spirit of their favored franchise, coupled with delightful artistic talent. Warhammer 40k has probably been the most active frontier in this war. Another example is World of Warcraft. In Star Wars, too, we can thank especially the Canadian writer Drew Karpyshyn for his work on Darth Bane and Revan. Axanar seems to be it for Star Trek. We shall have great expectations.

[@DanielVance]

RIP Gary Graham. You will definitely live on through the roles you've played.

[@TheBobwatermellon]

This prelude alone is better than Discovery

[@RiccardoCagnasso]

Pfft easily

[@KevinGerhart1701]

Damn straight!

[@BlueGlowingLight4]

To throw discovery a bone, it's actually a decent enough Sci-Fi show, it's jsut bad Star Trek.

[@tophatminion.7558]

@@BlueGlowingLight4 if std had started out with none of the sjw crap and called it ANYTHING else but star trek. it could of been good

[@infinitecanadian]

Thanks Paramount for killing this project. As a special way of thanking you, I will take great pleasure in watching pirated episodes of Star Trek series.

[@drincogni]

Dont we all

[@infinitecanadian]

@@drincogni They haven't gotten a nickel from me yet.

[@ricky445]

But come on! There’s a strong black woman and everyone who is white is dumb or evil! This is what the people want!!!

[@Contemplativeman101]

I gave up on any nutrek awhile ago when they said J6 started WWIII. Is anything worth watching after Enterprise? (And I know that show struggled with poor writing)

[@adilrasheed5295]

🤣

[@jamesmartin9401]

I came back to express my sadness at the death of Gary Graham. He added so much to Alien Nation, Star Trek and especially Axanar. You will be missed.

[@KingreX32]

THIS SHOULD BE OFFICIAL CANON!!!! I wont stop saying it

[@ajkendro3413]

This is official canon. Captain Garth is in TOS.

[@dragoninthewest1]

​@@ajkendro3413 they mean official produced or adopted Cannon. While Garth himself is Cannon, the exact nature of the events of the war portrayed in this film are not necessarily so

[@voyager202000]

Axanar did in 21 minutes what Discovery couldn't do with a FULL SEASON! Axanar gripped your interest and NEVER let it go! It had you wanting more! Discovery, you needed hydraulic jacks to keep your eyes open due to stupidity and just flashy effects with no storyline or substance!! I watched this as many times as I have seen the original series (40 plus times) and never tire of it! Alec Peters captured Star Trek canon to perfection! He built the bridge between Enterprise in Captain Archer's era to the beginning of the Pike/Kirk eras! The way this story was told in such a short time showed details, depth, and just AWESOME story telling! Any pure fan of Star Trek delights in this series and Star Trek Continues! Two fan based series that is better than ANYTHING CBS, or Hollywood can produce! Note to Hollywood: THIS IS HOW YOU DO STAR TREK!!!!!

[@marvinmontgomery1291]

Wallace Presley Jr : All so true everything that you have said is the truth . The sad fact is that the TV executives at CBS are geared toward the dumb down degenerate unfortunately Star Trek is a blueprint for the future and they want to live in the era of the degenerate Jerry Springer show because even though he has been cancelled his degenerate legacy must live on through the Hollywood executives for the dumbed down masses

[@ferengiprophet2185]

To Hollywood film studios, this is the only Star Trek movie I want to see

[@survivalizer]

Seconded

[@mitchypdx]

LoL Soval's "Andorian acquaintance" is absolutely Shran.

[@jwilde642]

Six fucking years, and still, CBS/Paramount has no answer to this...

[@vincewilson1]

And this surprises you?

[@jwilde642]

@@vincewilson1 Chagrins might be a more accurate word.

[@NINASTARTOPOWEROF3]

They need to buy the movie and let it be shown.

[@Condor-uc2lw]

I DO NOT FEAR THE CBS EMPIRE

[@patrickmurray3846]

cbs should of hired this team rather then taking them to court.

[@junito1957]

GOOD NEWS THEY HAVE A NEW AXANAR VIDEO UP , AXANAR IS NOT DEAD YET!!!!kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJuyd3yNhJqZhsk

[@nevadahamaker7149]

My favorite bit is when Soval says, "An Andorian acquaintance once said: 'Don't push the pink-skins to the thin ice.'" I think we all know which Andorian he's referring to.

[@benjaminscott9162]

Yeah, we know that for a fact.

[@WNShadow814]

@@tomgreen4409shran

[@thomaslord2819]

Anyone else also happy to see the actor who played Ambassador Soval return

[@EdiaStanfordBruce]

Ambassador Soval! The other Vulcan to love! Somewhere in his office is an upcoming bright junior named Sarek from Shi Khar

[@Trekev]

This 20 minutes has more story, direction, clarity, and real emotion than the entire first season of Discovery.

[@longso453]

I never seen a single one of that episode just only heard on how horrible it really is I'm just glad I haven't even wasted a second of my time with their own rendition of what they think Star Trek might be. A lot of good fan films out there made by people who really care about the Star Trek franchise One of the best ones I ran into is called "Chance Encounter". It's almost like a love letter that pays homage to TNG, if you haven't watched it you are in for a wonderful treat.

[@Ostermond]

I'll admit. Season 2's going pretty strong. Frankly, big improvement over _all_ of Season 1, even if Axanar certainly aligns with the visual style and continuity of pre-DSC-release Star Trek.

[@englishrepublic4518]

Evan K Nah. ST Disco is awesome and going in a much needed new direction. The first season of TNG and DS9 were not that great. Can’t stay stuck in the past.

[@Archie2c]

Disco is nothing but garbage. This did so much more with just 20 mins

[@jesusevelioinestrozamendoz4177]

You are just right

[@Edd25164605]

THIS is Star Trek. THIS looks fantastic. THIS is how you do a prequel !

[@bennettbt8864]

You know you struck gold when a 6 year old fanfic has comments under 5 days old.

[@garybell4203]

This was six years ago. Who else in here gets pissed off every time they watch this, thinking of what could have been. Six years old and still better than anything discovery put out.

[@studentdrake]

How dare you say anything negative about discovery. What are you some kind of racist sexiest transphobic homophobic white supremacists right wing qanon maga wearing nazi?

[@dying101666]

std

[@spacecat7247]

And firefly. So much time and talent wasted. Such crap on tv now. Watch the orville and some reruns.

[@kaitlyn__L]

But.... of course you can always imagine your best, favourite, version of something - when it’s still all just potential.

[@Nathan-qo9kg]

Yep. CBS sued them to stop production, then Covid. They worked out a deal to make it into a 30 minute short story instead of a feature length film, but with the lawsuit and all the time I imagine most of their money has dried up by now. We'll see what happens I guess.

[@Ares99999]

This felt more like Star Trek than Discovery ever did.

[@dannyr2976]

I'd agree with that. I'm not gonna hate on Discovery ('cause I actually do like the show), however I do feel that team could learn a thing or two from this.

[@darkholmemega8707]

21 minutes of this was extremely better than an entire season of ST Discovery

[@TerryWindell]

The greatest movie never made. R.I.P. Axanar.

[@bobjoebo8933]

THIS is the Discovery we wanted

[@TheSaneHatter]

This is the show that Discovery was designed to "erase," by occupying the same time frame and depicting the subject matter, and even stealing from the Ares-class design a little.

[@dietermill2271]

Five years later and Axanar is still the best trek since ds9.

[@reginaldtyroneshort]

Can’t stop watching. Greatest Star Trek fan film ever.

[@keiman74]

7:30 I like to think Soval's "Andorian acquaintance" was Shran. "Don't push the pink skins to the thin ice" sounds like something he'd say.

[@axanarfilm]

Exactly. That's how I wrote it. Alec Make sure you follow us at www.axanar.com/newsletter.

[@EdiaStanfordBruce]

The Noble Shran of Andoria! Live forever Andoria!

[@S60Rguy]

Tony Todd is such an underrated actor. His voice just commands attention in one scene and is calming in another.

[@johanprx7985]

Tony Todd could talk about toilet paper and still make it sound epic.

[@MrChelovek68]

Great actor,he can play real characters and emotions,i agree

[@jdbrisebois8732]

Years later and still feel such anger towards CBS for their actions against Axanar. This 20 minute prelude is better than an entire season of Discovery. This team should’ve been hired for the series instead of gilmore girls writers clueless about the franchise.

[@KirkJacobsonHere]

Your anger is misdirected. In IP law, when someone tries to profit from your property, you lose that IP if you don't defend it. CBS had absolutely no choice because Peters bought himself a highly profitable little studio instead of just making the movie like he promised. It's not like they ever went after Star Trek fanfic before that point.

[@k1productions87]

​@@KirkJacobsonHere Incorrect. Firstly that is not exactly how IP law works, you are confusing Copyright with Trademark, not quite the same thing. Secondly, the studio was hardly profitable, building the studio was PART of the original Kickstarter (they spelled it out quite plainly, so anyone who acts all blindsided clearly wasn't paying attention at all), AND the first goal of said studio was to make the film. Why did film production stop? Because there was a lawsuit that demanded ALL operations cease until a judgment was reached. They already had constructed the physical sections of the Bridge (full 360 degree, not back quarter segment like most others), Transporter Room, Captain's Quarters, and elements of hallways and the Klingon bridge. So don't start with this "they weren't working on making a film" horse crap. Thirdly, timing is the key factor. This lawsuit happened as they were announcing the formation of CBS All Access with a new Star Trek as its flagship program. If there was a well made Star Trek (that wasn't just a clone of TOS, or obviously fan-made) then the bean counters figured that casual viewers would get confused, and instead of paying for the streaming service, they would go for this free program that they confused for "real Star Trek." It also so happens that Axanar happened to fall in the same time period that Discovery was intended to be in. Fourthly, they did indeed go after other fanfilm productions. Horizon was "warned" not to make their second film, but their first had already been released for months before, and thus made no sense to sue. Particularly since it was Enterprise-era and thus had no impact upon Discovery. Further, as good as it looked, its total green screen filming still looked relatively amateurish, and could in no way get confused for Hollywood production. And that is the primary point of contention here, what the casual viewer would think "real Star Trek" was. On top of that the disgruntled older fans who felt like the studio was betraying them, and felt these fan productions were closer to Star Trek's roots. Fanfilms getting sued was practically inevitable. Axanar just happened to be the one that fell at the right (or in this case wrong) time. If it wasn't Axanar, it would have been Pacific 201 or "Captain Pike." There was a long list of budding fanfilm projects that had their sights set higher and higher. Final point, if Axanar making money was the issue, they would have been shut down completely. But that was not the case, as the lawsuit settlement allowed them to keep ALL the money they raised AND continue to use recognizable Star Trek alumni. The only guideline they had to follow was the two 15-minute episodes guideline. Look, I know its easier to point fingers at the fanfilm guy than the big Hollywood Studio, but you have to realize that the situation is hardly as black and white as you may think. Much like DS9, it is several murky shades of grey.

[@cathulhu3772]

CBS are waste of space. Fans are carrying this but no, they have to monetize a single breath. Look at what fans can do with Witcher in Alzur's Legacy when they are not restricted by shitty, money grabbing assholes.

[@gsmith4679]

jd brisebois Agree, Discovery was kind of...bizarre. I felt the plot jumped around and the storyline was weak. I get that it’s sci fi, but instead of allowing believable stories it seemed whenever the ship was in trouble another more bizarre method was invented to save the day. All flash and little substance IMO.

[@Lightsoul1987]

Amen...

[@stevefrance5712]

Richard Hatch made an awesome Klingon. Rest in Peace. It would be very difficult to replace him with someone else to play Karn the Undying. I really do hope we get to see something of this show. I've watched this video many times, and it still excites me. This is true Trek, the type of Trek that Mr. Roddenberry would have been proud of.

[@keanueraine]

You could tell he really was into the roll. If they HAVE to replace I say go with Michael Ironside. He's a great heavy, fantastic voice, has that just little bit of cheese that a Klingon needs to be over the top. He can't be much more expensive than Richard Hatch for two 15 min webisodes that he will probably only appear in for like 5 minutes tops. Someone above mentioned Michael Biehn would probably be good too, he has that serious yet hint of cheese too that would make a Klingon proud and in the right age group and probably price range too.

[@youreale]

This is only a short film, but for me THIS IS CANON.

[@Arendelft]

Just came back and watched this again, still gives me absofragginglute chills!

[@daveroche6522]

It's true, Great Maker......

[@Edd25164605]

I enjoyed this 20 minute video more than the entirety of Star Trek Discovery.

[@mrkhaosguy3227]

CBS destroyed Star Trek

[@rebeccachristophersen8389]

This is a masterpiece.

[@thomasblaine3193]

This is a trailer... and better then the plagerised garbage that is STD. This is the future of star trek.

[@taylorjohnson4943]

Too bad they never put this into production.

[@ronaldhenderson8803]

Love the old school history channel feel of this.

[@EngCenturion]

9 years later and I still enjoy this.

[@MasonicKryptonite]

I've probably seen this 50+ times, and it still hits me right in the feels, especially Ramirez's speech. THIS is what modern Star Trek should be like.

[@alanoldham1700]

As we see here it doesn't take much to get it right.

[@EdgyNumber1]

Same here! I'm hungry for more!...

[@subraxas]

You like cheesy and overly masculine stuff, yeah? Dramatic for the sake of being dramatic.... and cheesy.

[@kdrapertrucker]

Dude this is so much better than discovery, no wonder CBS had to kill it

[@Via_The_Void]

Discovery is rubbish compared to Axanar.

[@junito1957]

GOOD NEWS THEY HAVE A NEW AXANAR VIDEO UP , AXANAR IS NOT DEAD YET!!!!kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJuyd3yNhJqZhsk

[@marvinmontgomery1291]

@@Via_The_Void this is the real deal

[@keithwiggins3131]

Gary Graham R. I. P.

[@pianobypc1031]

Wish we could get this quality of storytelling from CBS. Amazing achievement here.

[@83nuvola]

Everytime i watch this i realize how much i miss some real Star Trek....

[@spacecat7247]

All day, every day

[@briancathey498]

i havent even bothered with (discovery) i mean if i have to pay for it i would rather it be real star trek.

[@oliversacco7320]

this would have been way better than discovery

[@Scottlp2]

Rewatching the cartoon ST or DSN or Enterprise (or B5) would all be better than STD

[@DayShiftNoWknd]

I've lost track of how many times I've watch this all the way through over the years. I never ever get tired of it. I love it more than The Best of Both Worlds.

[@axanarfilm]

Thank you A.D.!

[@adambourne5523]

@@axanarfilm I echo this - watched prelude so many times, cannot wait to see the final result. Glad to fund such quality

[@knoahbody69]

"It was like a Klingon Manuever." I could watch that scene over and over again.

[@richardjackson9584]

This is the real Star Trek after Enterprise prequel that we need it not Star Trek STD

[@John-dp3lo]

This is Canon. STD doesn't exist. Thank you AXANAR.

[@yjwrangler7819]

6 years later and I'm still bent out of shape over this

[@ThaDoctah]

Better than anything CBS has come up with in the last decade.

[@deadnum04]

Facts

[@sillygoose635]

no it's not.

[@millefune]

@@sillygoose635 Correct.

[@dying101666]

CBS = corporate bull sh*t.

[@JustinBrown-gh9vv]

If Garth's battle plan is anything like the FASA battle of Axanar, we're in for one hell of a feature.

[@RogerValor]

This 21 minutes are still better than 2 seasons of STD.

[@wandrinyew]

Rest in Sto'Vo'Kor, Richard "Karn the Undying" Hatch.

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[@falcore91]

Hearing the voice of Martok from a human federation officer is both amazing and disconcerting. What a neat choice!

[@S.H.O.W.]

CBS should have got behind this instead of Discovery. This would have been a hit!

[@fig7047]

Yes, I agree, they should have done exactly that.

[@starwarsscavenger4250]

Totally!!!

[@pleasantvalleypickerca7681]

A shame that Richard Hatch never got a chance to act in the full film. It would have been a great final performance.

[@OllamhDrab]

Yeah. I dunno if he shot any more scenes they could use, but even this appearance is a real good one for that. It would have been glorious, though. :)

[@puddledduck3662]

It's sad Richard didnt do more. His was awesome as Tom Zerek

[@ms38980]

Is there any doubt that this was made with love by fans? It has heart. Something sadly missing from Kurtzman Trek.

[@BacardeSan]

The loss of the original concept of Axanar due to CBS lawsuit is such a significant loss to the Star Trek fan community. It would have been, well Glorious!

[@sharingtherealworld]

Indeed! 🖖

[@DayShiftNoWknd]

What a total clusterf*ck that THIS wasn't the new Trek series. This is totally HOT!!!

[@jaycee7522]

THIS, should have been the next Star Trek movie!!!

[@GoldtriggerDude]

+jay cee Fuck yeah!

[@waltererhart3161]

+jay cee You are dead on. Dead on.

[@TheGreatSnafoo]

its so good paramount was blocking its airing, i guess deals are being made to show it, but never before had the studio blocked a fan film thats how good it is better than the jj stuff they pushed on us. i agree this is what the real ST fans want.

[@MrThomasHart]

Watching this just washed three years of Kurtz Trek out of my mouth. Thanks

[@rodneykelley2917]

This is the STAR TREK that we deserve!

[@EVAUnit4A]

In almost four years of knowing about this film, and donating to the IndieGoGo, I regret that I can give but one thumbs-up.

[@joshuasepeda3289]

Why can't we have this series? This is exactly what Star Trek should be.

[@NakedCrook]

9:08 A line of dialogue so well written, it deserves to be canon.

[@williamalfonso1373]

I just love to hear that the Andorians are happy to supply the weapons LOL LOL LOL

[@bobsmith2637]

"Don't push the Pink Skins to the thin ice". The Andorians know who's side to take in a fight

[@kurtjk01]

Gotta love those blueskin antennaed bastards.

[@Rabbiturtacorn]

I hate CBS, I stumbled across this again. It's been years since I first saw it. This was so amazing man, I wish, we could have got this instead of discovery.

[@kaydars]

This was really cool! The acting, the script, the story line, the documentary feel, the snarky inter-species slurs - all top notch! I definitely want more of this! It amazes me that Hollywood, for all their millions of dollars, can't make engaging, captivating, entertaining films like this. Yet relative nobodies can. Great work guys, great work! :D

[@nickhartman6372]

The true nobodies are the Hollywood types. They are well known...that is it. Nothing about them is more special, real or better than any of us "normal" people. They are incapable of true creativity or self awareness. To me, real people (such as the makers of this amazing movie) are more passionate, more creative, and above all: more human. Our world would be so much better off if we stopped putting Hollywood and celebrities in general on a pedestal and worshipping them. Sort of off topic, my apologies 😅your comment just got me thinking.

[@jacobfurneaux1705]

“The Andorians well they were happy to equip us with their phasers.” Gotta love the blue bros

[@angelicaflanagan3483]

They were humans, only true friends. The Vulcans would leave us for the Romans or Klingons or any other race to do with the humans whatever they want, so they were never our true friends.

[@sliestwheel]

The best part about that quote is if you watched Star Trek Enterprise you'd understand that they only did that to spite the Vulcans.

[@angelicaflanagan3483]

@sliestwheel I'm a huge Star Trek fan. I have every single episode. I disagree with you 100%. .They are very loyal people. And they wanted an alliance with pretty much any alien race that were intelligent enough to have their back and loyal enough to help them out. they had trouble at both of their borders. Even after the Federation first started, they didn't trust the Vulcans, and why should they .the Vulcans betrayed the alliance and the humans, and the andorians are loyal. I would always pick them over any other alien race. I have seen in Star track.

[@NorCalMtnBiker86]

@@angelicaflanagan3483 Vulcans are pointy eared bastards

[@sethmaki1333]

The Empire forgot to take into account the fact that humans are a species who like to fuck around and find out.

[@gammaechofoundationproductions]

That's it?!? I want more Star Trek: Axanar!!!! This puts Star Trek: Discovery to shame! :)

[@Ragnarra]

gets better every time I rewatch it

[@mytubeaccountable]

Stephanie, no doubt. AND it probably STILL scares the hell outta CBS.

[@paulgiacomantonio9802]

This 21-minute short film captures the heart, the soul, the legacy and the absolute love of pure "Star Trek" more than anything that the corporations have spat out since 2009. I want so much to see this film completed.

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

Works like this is why copyright should be returned to 28 years max. Let the people use their culture+

[@SCRaetz]

THIS is the Star Trek prequel we need. Not that Discovery crap.

[@dugclrk]

And how has YT not shown me this before? A few great actors sitting down telling a story with good CGI clips of classic Trek ships made a few years ago; and it's 10,000 times better than the BS CBS spent millions on recently. My hats off to all involved with this project. I'll be watching this over and over. Live long and prosper.

[@JackBurton.Trucking]

Superb. Unbelievable production could pull this off for less than 80k while the team for Picard spends 9 mil per episode to produce something I wouldnt forcefeed my dog.

[@powerbad696]

OUCH.LOL. I agree with you Lovitch. 9 mil per episode ??? WOW. They should use some of that money to write better scripts. LOL.

[@JoeKawano]

"But the Andorians... They were happy to supply us the phasers!" 10:32, . . .EC Henry's channel has a video on phaser color, in which he notes that in the original series, the Enterprise phaserbanks mostly fired blue beams, and that blue was the color of the beam weapons from Andorian ships in the prequel show ST:ENT...so that maybe the Andorians had actually provided phasers for the Federation vessels. :-)

[@grob8556]

Why have I only just seen this?! So damn good. Can't wait to see the next 2 installments. Damn shame CBS put a stop to the full length movie.

[@roycehenderson862]

True Trek far better than what CBS is putting out

[@admiralbob77]

Well acted, nice special effects - but a militaristic bent Roddenberry would never have approved of. A thing S2 Discovery remembered.

[@roycehenderson862]

@@admiralbob77 I still enjoyed it

[@seancollett6]

@@admiralbob77 If this were true Gene would not have modeled the Enterprise after a naval vessel. His point was to use the military model to comment on issues at the time. Remember that he was a pilot and a police officer so he was not averse to the use of military protocol in his personal belief system.

[@richardbethell3005]

@@seancollett6 While not without an element of truth to it, this isn't really so. Roddenberry forbade Alexander Courage to use snares and press rolls, as he did not want martial music to lend his view of the future a militaristic air. He wanted to present a world in which our present day problems were solved, and we would be dealing with all new ones. The number of TOS episodes dealing with war were quite few (as were the number of TNG ones for that matter), and even most of these made a moral point that fighting and combat were a failure, and not glamourous. I think people have watched a few too many Harve Bennett movies (or DS9) and let that colour their thinking on what Trek really was. It wasn't this.

[@seancollett6]

Richard Bethell My point wasn’t regarding any perceived anti-military stance Gene had. My point was that the reality that most likely our first steps toward interstellar exploration would be a military operation rather than a civilian one. Gene understood this and was not afraid to look at it through that eye. I wasn’t colored by the tone of DS9. I have always been a TOS fan because I grew up in that generation. I didn’t really get into DS9 until about 2 years ago. I’m not saying he was military minded but he had that background so it was a logical step.

[@garybell4203]

Six years later I still get pissed off watching this just thinking about what could’ve been. Truly think about it. This has aged flawlessly. This was made six years ago and still looks amazing as if it was made today. To all the people saying that the studio should have hired this crew. First I absolutely agree with you however it had nothing to do with money. In reality, it had everything to do with the fear of how good these fan productions were becoming. They have a scorched earth policy and they weren’t afraid to use it.

[@TheCastellan]

Not money...... ...EGOS.

[@andromedazen]

As a Star Trek fan, HOW AM I JUST NOW DISCOVERING THIS??? Love it!❤❤

[@Yeager123123]

It’s 21 minutes and 10 seconds of fantastic film that paramount is still struggling to match

[@rowlandstrong3170]

This is Star Trek at its best!!!!!!

[@tnerbtnerb5136]

"Don't push the Pink Skins to the Thin Ice."

[@binder38us]

Again another call back to the Enterprise series. One of the best elements of Enterprise was the relationship of Archer and the Andorians. Loved how the Andorians were more truthful and up front than the logical Vulcans. It was a better show than Discovery ever will be.

[@Aweal7]

So much respect for classic trek! Every few years I come back to watch this. Some of the best star trek I've seen since the early 2000s.

[@bootwhistle]

The speech from Ramirez (Tony Todd) gives me chills every time. It has more impact than anything I've seen in Nutrek

[@james5460]

I can see why CBS/Paramount got nervous, this is just a little too good. Some nice, very subtle echoes of Heinlein in this. Much better than any of the official stuff they've done this century.

[@cameron120587]

CBS/Paramount should have commissioned a feature film or a miniseries from these guys - at least 12 episodes

[@JJMHigner]

I consider this cannon, for sure. I really appreciate the exceptional efforts in this production!

[@madtrucker3757]

This is y CBS/P shut it down. They was afraid of Axanar.

[@nateames6147]

i have recently gotten bored enough to binge through discovery. it physically pained me that we could have had this real star trek stuff but missed out because paramount thought flying a ship on mushrooms was cool.

[@MrChupacabra555]

Soooooo true 😡😞 Every time I watch this it makes me a bit sad/mad over what we could have had, if not for shenanigans on both sides (producers of Axanar, and CBS/Paramount getting scared that a fan made 'Prequel' could turn out better than the drek they were producing).

[@concernedcitizen6313]

@@ferroequus4609 You're selling mushrooms short. If they'd been on mushrooms, Discovery would've been cool.

[@AwoudeX]

they probably were consuming certain varieties of mushrooms themselves...

[@charlesdalmas6534]

Not to mention all the non-canon fucking bullshit. Spock's SISTER? Vulcans firing FIRST? Klingons who looked like rejects from a bad 80s space movie? Just utter SHIT.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

And in the third and fourth seasons have everyone talk about their feelings CONSTANTLY. Even the ship's computer gets in on it.

[@antonbruce1241]

God, do I ever miss Richard Hatch...the man was brilliant.

[@ELCADAROSA]

Commander Kharn - "Kharn the Undying" RIP, Richard Hatch. ... Nearly six years on, and I still get a thrill watching this. Oh, what potential this had, and what a wasted opportunity CBS lost.

[@thethomasj1795]

Such a shame this didn't go into production. This is better than anything CBS has put out in recent years.

[@axanarfilm]

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[@Bu11pup]

My god was this really 9 years ago.I remember watching this like it was yesterday

[@frankowalker4662]

I've watched this five times now over the past 3 years. It never ceases to amaze me. It's just so good. Happy New Year

[@jerryross5423]

So, fans put together a film like this, and "pros" put together Discovery... please, whenever the next Star Trek series comes out, hire these people. And give the fans what they really want.

[@AaronJoshandRiley]

Just rewatched this after watching season one of Discovery.. THIS is StarTrek. Good Lord.. poor poor Discovery.. they just dont get it

[@omegathelast2347]

Indeed; I mean "What in the ass?!?" "Black Alerts," "Spore-drives," spinning saucer sections and WTF did they do to the Klingons?!?.. Poor Gene has to be spinning in his grave...

[@junito1957]

GOOD NEWS THEY HAVE A NEW AXANAR VIDEO UP , AXANAR IS NOT DEAD YET!!!!kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJuyd3yNhJqZhsk

[@salvin-valkyries]

Give me this Trek over the complete disasters we have now. From a Trek that was once aspirational, to the Trek that is schizophrenic on its best day. It's sobering to realize just how far the franchise has fallen, and just what a monumental task it would be to mend the damage that's been done. To say that I'm a frustrated Star Trek fan would be one hell of an understatement.

[@stasureisner7529]

Hey sal

[@stasureisner7529]

U right tho

[@Tomgroovin]

Tony Todd is a great actor and person. I met him in Atlantic City and I told him I was a longtime fan.

[@daveroche6522]

Ok, time to test a theory: Tony Todd, Tony Todd, Tony Todd, Tony Todd; [deep breath, mentally count to five] - Tony Todd. DAMMIT - he didn't appear. Ah well....

[@pduidesign]

Jeez this is sooo much better than Discovery. Wow! CBS should be both embarrassed and thankful that someone made a Star Trek film that keeps Star Trek alive. To CBS: please allow these filmmakers to expand this story. It will only benefit you (or at the very least green light a TV deal for them and let them take over ST). It’s clear these filmmakers love and deeply know Star Trek. Good for you guys!!!

[@leebrown7070]

Why doesn't CBS just ask for a Royalty and let Axanar begin?

[@pduidesign]

Lee Brown thank you! Probably because they don’t know how to run a business or a franchise properly. It’s literally FREE money for them. But I suspect it’s all ego: the fans love Axanar more than Discovery.

[@Ken19700]

This trailer is still better than discovery or picard.

[@gottfriedwegemuller3223]

You damn right !

[@gregorydavis6516]

Best "Star Trek" short ever made! Puts whatever Paramount has done to shame!!

[@davfree9732]

Paramount have done good in the past. It's Bad Robot and Secret Hideout who should be ashamed of the Drek they produce. Because of them, Axanar was effectively shelved as it was to close to the Canon Licence, rather than their Alternative Licence that lets JJ's companies rake in the money.

[@garyedwards3269]

Being shamed by outsiders on a small budget threatens Hollywood's control of political narrative. Hollywood is the greatest propaganda machine of all time. They won't sit still for fans grabbing the wheel.