While Discovery was initially set decades after the events of Enterprise, its connections to the earlier prequel series and its controversial finale have been downplayed as it forges its own path. More than a decade since Star Trek: Enterprise's last bow, the television rights to the series reverted to CBS, leading to the launch of a new wave of Star Trek television programming, with Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard leading the charge. It is the thirteenth film in the Star Trek franchise and the third installment in the reboot series, following Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). In response, actor Anthony Montgomery claimed there would've have been a more effective way to close out the series and the franchise while properly honoring both. Star Trek Beyond is a 2016 American epic space-opera film directed by Justin Lin, written by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, and based on the television series Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry.
As the end of an 18-year run on UPN, the producers had planned the finale to reflect the end of an era, not just of Enterprise's four seasons. With the assistance of the Enterprise crew. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) Error: please try again. Kirk resumes command of the overhauled USS Enterprise in order to intercept it. When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral James T. The producers noted that the finale was intended to be a swan song for the franchise as a whole, as the final planned episode of Star Trek on television since the debut of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Error: please try again. While the finale's initial broadcast was watched by 3.8 million viewers, the series' largest audience since the previous season, the backlash was so considerable that producers held a press conference to address complaints and to defend their decisions.