Star Trek 4: 8 Villains We Might See

8. An Original Villain

On the one hand, the new iteration of the Enterprise crew should be facing new threats rather than rehashing what came before. But on the other hand, Nero and Krall were original villains that never quite worked.

Nero had a strong connection to Kirk and Spock in both the original timeline, and the current altered one. But Eric Bana mostly sat in a chair and raised his voice. But Krall had even more potential as an unknown threat, but got lost up in the fact Star Trek Beyond was an ensemble piece- everyone was having too much fun to see him as a significant threat. But Benedict Cumberbatch's Khan was a lot more formidable, pushing the crew to their limits.

A new villain can be someone that arrives out of nowhere simply because the Enterprise crew gets in their way. An emotionally manipulative villain, who can spoil the team's family dynamic and turn them against each other, is far more interesting than a bad guy with a grudge against Kirk or the Federation.

The opportunity to create a villain we've never seen before is tempting, and some new writers plus a shrewd casting director could bring us an antagonist unlike anything we've seen in the Star Trek franchise. Hopefully they will learn from what hasn't quite worked previously.