Prelude to Axanar (2014)

Directed by

Christian Gossett

Genre

science fiction action film

Country

United States

Runtime

21 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short film is a fictional documentary set in the Star Trek universe. It recounts the events of a key battle between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, using interviews and archival footage to show how it shaped the conflict.

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What happens

Prelude to Axanar (working title: Star Trek: Prelude to Axanar, and long title: The Four Years War Part III: Prelude to Axanar) is a 2014 fan-made short film, directed by Christian Gossett and written by Gossett and Alec Peters. Funded through Kickstarter, production sought $10,000 in funding, but raised over $101,000. It had its public debut July 26, 2014, at San Diego Comic-Con. Set in the Star Trek universe, the film stars Kate Vernon, Tony Todd, Richard Hatch, Gary Graham, and J. G. Hertzler, in a documentary-style film recounting the events surrounding the Battle of Axanar, mentioned without any detail in passing in the original Star Trek series episode "Whom Gods Destroy", here depicted as a decisive military engagement between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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