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Were Chekov's scenes reduced in Star Trek Beyond?
Anton Yelchin's tragically early death was on June 19, 2016. The movie premiered in Sydney Australia on July 7, 2016.
It is implausible that in the 18 days that elapsed between these dates that they ...
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Was the Starfleet officer connected to the later series?
Word of God: Simon Pegg - co-writer of Beyond - has said that the character is a nod to Tom Paris, and is probably his grandmother.
http://twitter.com/startrekchina/status/766502895575367680
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Why couldn't Krall and crew repair the USS Franklin when Scotty and Jaylah could?
Well, there are actually several points for why he didn't fix it.
First of all, he was one of the very first Starfleet captains, and he was a military major before being captain, so he probably ...
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What happened to the Federation Universal Translator Technology?
The Deep Space Nine episode Sanctuary (S2 E10) has a race which comes through the wormhole and cannot be immediately understood. It takes some time for the Universal Translator to work out the ...
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Music player device from Star Trek Beyond
The device in question was found aboard a Starfleet spacecraft. This would be akin to expecting to find a Victrola aboard a USS Naval ship. The device hasn't been created yet.
It's clearly meant to ...
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Why didn't somebody at the Yorktown space station just transport Krall and the weapon into space?
This is TOS era Star Trek. They still couldn't arbitrarily teleport anyone at any time, even with all the Kelvin timeline changes. They would need to know exactly where Krall was and have the skill to ...
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Where did this character pick up another language?
Presumably she learned it from people (or computers) from one of the many starships that Krall had captured. It is not clear if she learned the language because she was taught by a person, studied ...
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What happened to the the USS Franklin crew?
My understanding was that Edison/Krall used the alien tech on the planet to suck the life from the Federation crew members of the Franklin to prolong his life and those of his followers like Manas and ...
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