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prequels
By Drewhauff

I think we might be able to indirectly thank George Lucas for this prequel fad. Seems as though ever since he did the Star Wars prequels which were successful financially, Paramount did the same - maybe. Now we have the prequels Enteprise. Lucas may also be indirectly responsible for other impacts on Star Trek. Back in the 1970s, Paramount was planning a new TOS TV series with most of the original crew (Captain Kirk and etc.) called Phase Two. They were even going to use this to launch UPN - in the 1970s! Then came the blockbuster hit Star Wars. Paramount execs thought, "Oh no, we are going to do our own sci-fi movie, and make a lot of money." So they scrapped the TV series, wasting 100s of thousands of dollars, and redressed the TV sets for the movie. If it wasn't for Star Wars, I don't think that Star Trek the Motion Picture would had been made.

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