A farkon 1968 Duniya Science Fiction Convention, Star Trek mahalicci Roddenberry ya ce zai yi wani fim prequel ga talabijin jerin. Amma prequel ra'ayi bai resurface har marigayi 1980s, a lokacin da Ralph Winter da kuma Harve Bennett gabatar da wani tsari ga wani prequel a lokacin da ci gaban na hudu movie. Roddenberry ki amincewa da Bennett ta prequel tsari a 1991, bayan kammala Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. Sa'an nan kuma David Loughery ya rubuta rubutun mai taken The Academy Years, amma aka shelved a cikin hasken da ƙin yarda daga Roddenberry da fanbase. A fim da aka yi umurni maimakon ƙare har zama Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered. A watan Fabrairu 2005, bayan da kudi gazawar na goma film, Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), da kuma sokewa na talabijin jerin: Star Trek: Kamfanin Kasuwanci Impossible, marubuci na karshe Ralph Winter da kuma Harve Bennett Bennett gabatar da wani tsari ga wani prequel a lokacin da ci gaban na hudu movie.
Tauraruwar Tafiya: Nemesis