Prelude to Axanar

Prelude to Axanar
Film poster
Directed byChristian Gossett
Screenplay by
  • Alec Peters
  • Christian Gossett
Story byAlec Peters
Based onStar Trek
by Gene Roddenberry
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMilton Santiago
Edited byRobert Meyer Burnett
Music byAlexander Bornstein
Production
company
Axanar Productions
Distributed byAxanar Productions
Release date
Running time
21 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$80,000

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.[1][2] Funded through Kickstarter, production sought $10,000 in funding, but raised $101,000.[3] It had its public debut July 26, 2014, at San Diego Comic-Con.[4][5]

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.[6][7]

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  3. ^ "Star Trek: Prelude to Axanar". Kickstarter. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
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  5. ^ Jones, Christopher. "Axanar 1: Vintage Garth and Researching the Four Years War, an interview with Alec Peters and Christian Gossett" (podcast). Trek.fm. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  6. ^ staff (August 21, 2014). "Star Trek Fans Release 'Prelude To Axanar' And Plans To Trek Further". Inquisitr. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
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