10 Greatest New Beginnings In Star Trek

4. To The Enterprise...And To Absent Friends

Star Trek Beyond is currently the most recent theatrical film in the Star Trek universe, so the promise of its ending has yet to be fulfilled. However, when the film was released in 2016, Star Trek was exclusively a film franchise. Star Trek: Enterprise had been cancelled in 2005. When the Enterprise-A took flight in the closing moments of the film, the audience had every reason to believe that more Star Trek was coming, with a cinematic flare.

They were correct, though not as they had thought. Star Trek: Discovery debuted the following year, helping to usher in one of the busiest periods in the franchise's history. Between 2017 and 2025, Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks, Prodigy, the Short Treks and Strange New Worlds all appeared, dropping more than 200 new episodes into the Trek universe.

While Star Trek 4 remains in limbo, the cast of Beyond has spoken about their willingness to return. The 2016 film may have been a teaser rather than a true debut, but when considering what has been delivered between films, the launch of the Enterprise-A really did see a new beginning in Trek, even if it went in an unexpected direction.