Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trekhas only suggest at the events of Admiral James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) and the gang of the USS Enterprise’s"lost years " . InStar Trek ’s timeline , the 5 - year mission of Captain Kirk and the Starship Enterprise discover inStar Trek : The Original Seriestook place from 2265 - 2269.Star Trek : The Motion Picturepicked up in the 2270s , and the rest of theStar Trek : The Original Seriesmoviesfollow a comparatively tight chronology from 2285 - 2293 , when Kirk and his Enterprise crew for good go their separate ways .
Star Trek ’s 23rd hundred is well - document overall . Although the events of the first four and a one-half decades of the twenty-third century are for the most part unrecorded , betweenStar Trek : Discoveryseasons 1 and 2,Star Trek : Strange New Worlds , Star Trek : The Original Series , and the first sixStar Trekmovies , there is a unclouded mental picture from the mid-2250s to 2293 . However , in the age betweenStar Trek : The Motion PictureandStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , there are enceinte question marks about what pass off to Admiral Kirk and his USS Enterprise crew .
What Star Trek Revealed About Kirk’s Lost Years
Admiral Kirk Retired, Then Returned To Starfleet
Admiral James T. Kirk and the Starship Enterprise share"lost years"that sweep about a 12 yearsbetweenStar Trek : The Motion Picture , which happened somewhere around 2273 , andStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khanin 2285 . It ’s established canon that after thefive - year mission of Kirk ’s EnterpriseinStar Trek : The Original Series , he was promote to Rear Admiral and made Chief of Starfleet Operations . Kirk return to Captain the Enterprise inStar Trek : The Motion Picture .
Star Trek ’s first big - screen escapade ended with a compelling twist regarding the film ’s baddie and hinted at the many adventures to come .
It ’s possible Admiral Kirk commanded the Starship Enterprise on a 2nd five - year military mission afterStar Trek : The Motion Picture . Star Trek Generationsestablished that Kirk retired from Starfleet , make a motion to a lot home in Idaho , and take on a woman cite Antonia . Kirk gave a peaceable life of cavalry and homesteading on Earth the old college try , but the bait of outer space dangerous undertaking was resistless . At some detail beforeStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , Kirk left Antonia and return to Starfleet .
Where Was Kirk’s Enterprise Crew During Star Trek’s Lost Years?
“If Something’s Important, You Make The Time.”
Star Trekhas only disclose tidbits about how Admiral Kirk ’s Starship Enterprise crowd spent the lose old age from the 2270s to 2285.Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) repay to StarfleetafterStar Trek : The Motion Pictureand was promoted toCaptain of the endeavor . The Vulcan became an teacher at Starfleet Academy , and the USS Enterprise became an Academy training vessel under his command . Enterprise crew extremity Dr. Leonard McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ) , Hikaru Sulu ( George Takei ) , Scotty ( James Doohan ) , and Lt , Uhura ( Nichelle Nichols ) remain on base .
ManyStar Treknovels are set in the"lost years"betweenStar Trek : The Motion PictureandStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , but those story are n’t considered official canyon .
Meanwhile , Pavel Chekov was promoted to Commander and became First Officer of the USS Reliant under Captain Clark Terrell ( Paul Winfield ) . At some point , Sulu had a daughter named Demora(Jacqueline Kim ) , who eventually became helmsman of the USS Enterprise - B. Admiral Kirk last see Demora 12 year beforeStar Trek Generations ' prologue , determine in 2293 , which would be 2281 . It ’s unlikelyStar Trekmovies and TV will further research the events of Kirk and the Enterprise’s"lost years,“but perhaps the fact that the Enterprise and his crew remained in action was what pull Admiral Kirk back to space .
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