William Shatner Confirms Talks for Star Trek Return at 93 Years Old

[Quinton]

IT'S OFFICIAL: Captain Kirk is BACK (in comics)

Captain Kirk Is Back from the Dead in New Star Trek Comic ‘The Last Starship’ (Exclusive)

Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, who earned an Eisner nomination for writing a previous Trek comic, are behind the new title from IDW.

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I don’t say this often, but this sounds truly bad.

 

[Saul]

It's an interesting concept but seeing the Burn era in Discovery didn't interest me. I also think taking Kirk out of any interaction with the 24th/25th Century is not a good bet. It feels like Andromeda.

 

[tharpdevenport]

What does Kirk God need with a starship?

 

[FredH]

I don’t say this often, but this sounds truly bad.

I don’t know, to my mind it sounds kind of fun. And since it’s not Shatner writing this time, there’s no reason to assume it’ll be “Kirk comes in and effortlessly owns the future because he’s such a big damn god” like The Return and its sequels became (fun though they were). Picard did lay the seed, so why not play with it?

 

[BillJ]

So they've cloned Kirk and moved him forward in the timelime, giving him the ISS Enterprise from Disco. I toyed with the clone idea for decades, was never satisfied with it.

 

[tharpdevenport]

The only way Kirk can return wih as little complaints as possible, is in pog form.

 

[fireproof78]

The only way Kirk can return wih as little complaints as possible, is in pog form.

That's not true!


Action figure Kirk from Nacelle seems to be ok too.

 

[Danlav05]

So they've cloned Kirk and moved him forward in the timelime, giving him the ISS Enterprise from Disco. I toyed with the clone idea for decades, was never satisfied with it.

that's the ISS? Good catch! Home(ish)

I know they said 'no other characters' (granted, pretty much everyone is long dead or not born yet!) but what about the EMH (unless that is allowed after they establish his status quo in Starfleet Academy, which tbh is the one thing hooking me to that show! Mind you Frakes has said 'it's for the die-hards')

 

[Danlav05]

So they've cloned Kirk and moved him forward in the timelime, giving him the ISS Enterprise from Disco. I toyed with the clone idea for decades, was never satisfied with it.

I think you're right! (From startrekcomics.info)

For seven centuries, the United Federation of Planets brought together the entire Galaxy with peace, stability, enlightenment, and the promise of mutual protection. And then, in one terrible moment, it all crumbled in an event known as THE BURN, a Galaxy-wide disaster in which dilithium has gone inert, causing the detonation of every active warp core. The only ship remaining is a hack-and-slash Enterprise-Omega and its ragtag crew. Facing a true Wild West in space, the crew will need to make use of what few resources they have to uphold Starfleet's mission of unity across the universe... and Captain Kirk will have to face a future without the Federation he loved so dearly...

 

[The Wormhole]

"Seven centuries?" The Burn occurred a few years after the Federation's nine hundredth anniversary.

 

[Noname Given]

"Seven centuries?" The Burn occurred a few years after the Federation's nine hundredth anniversary.

Kirk is from the 23rd century. The burn occurred in the 30th century. Thus it occurred 700 years from Kirk's time.

 

[The Wormhole]

Actually, the Burn is in the 31st century, 120 years before Disco's arrival in the 32nd, so even if we're measuring from Kirk's time, that 800 years. But that plot description specifically calls the Federation itself 7 centuries, which unless you're measuring from the 24th century is not accurate from any perspective.

That's what's happening here isn't it? The writers consider the 24th century the real beginning of Star Trek?

 

[fireproof78]

That's what's happening here isn't it? The writers consider the 24th century the real beginning of Star Trek?

That wouldn't surprise me at all. I think many fans regard Trek in that way.

ETA: thank you @Richard S. Ta for catching my inadvertent sexism.

 

[Richard S. Ta]

Man fans.

 

[BillJ]

It has just become so hard to care about any of this anymore. All Trek has become is a giant game of connect the dots.

 

[fireproof78]

Man fans.

Damn it.

 

[The Old Mixer]

ETA: thank you @Richard S. Ta for catching my inadvertent sexism.

You had me looking up if I was missing some newfangled online lingo.

 

[Firebird]

I think you're right! (From startrekcomics.info)

For seven centuries, the United Federation of Planets brought together the entire Galaxy with peace, stability, enlightenment, and the promise of mutual protection. And then, in one terrible moment, it all crumbled in an event known as THE BURN, a Galaxy-wide disaster in which dilithium has gone inert, causing the detonation of every active warp core. The only ship remaining is a hack-and-slash Enterprise-Omega and its ragtag crew. Facing a true Wild West in space, the crew will need to make use of what few resources they have to uphold Starfleet's mission of unity across the universe... and Captain Kirk will have to face a future without the Federation he loved so dearly...

That description just sounds like they're trying to make Discovery's third season, just with Kirk instead of Michael Burnham.

I'll pass.

 

[StarMan]

All you’re talking about is buzz and ratings. I’ve yet to hear anything substantive about a story that justifies a 94-year-old actor reprising a role he hasn’t played on screen in 31 years.

Jeez. More time has passed since his final on-screen appearance as Kirk than his entire run from Where No Man Has Gone Before to ST: Generations.

I don’t need to see a 90+ year old Shatner playing himself rather than playing his character. Because at this point, that’s what we’d get.

This.

 

[Danlav05]

I just realised something. I kind of wanted this for real!!? haha

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the Bring Back Kirk Trailer was the closest I guess