Laakiin fikradda prequel ma dib u soo laabtay ilaa dabayaaqadii 1980-meeyadii, markii Ralph Winter iyo Harve Bennett soo gudbiyay soo jeedin loogu talagalay prequel ah inta lagu guda jiro horumarinta filimka afaraad. Roddenberry diiday soo jeedinta prequel Bennett ee 1991, ka dib markii la dhamaystiray Star Trek V: The Frontier Final. Markaas David Loughery qoray script xaq The Academy Years, laakiin waxaa shelfed in iftiinka of diidmada ka soo Roddenberry iyo taageerayaasha. filimka in la soo dalbaday halkii ay ku dhamaatay isagoo Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered.
Star Trek: Nemesis oo la yiraahdo