I Need ‘Star Trek’ to Boldly Go…Ahead and Canonize Everything

In over fifty years, Star Trek has amassed an impressive catalog of several years-long series and thirteen films as well as a plethora of supplemental material. The franchise has cemented itself as not just a mainstay on our screens but in pop culture itself. It’s massively popular, and it isn’t slowing down any time soon. But even with all of that, I still think Star Trek can push forward and do more. Am I ungrateful for the gluttonous amount of content that we’ve received over the past few years? Maybe. But Star Trek made me this way, so it’s really their fault. In addition, I’m here to make the case for why Star Trek should be connected through all forms of media, not just television shows and movies. I’m talking video games, comics, novels, you name it. I want it all to matter (Don’t get me wrong, it matters whether it’s canon or not, I’m just being a brat). I want it all to breathe off of each other.  The MCU Before the MCU Star Trek has always kind of been a pioneer for connective tissue in multiple properties. They were the MCU before the MCU. In the ‘90s, The Next Generation, and Deep Space Nine aired at the same time, and then eventually Star Trek: Voyager as well. In addition to that, there were movies being released concurrently with the television shows.  While the shows and movies mostly operated on their own, they didn’t shy away from letting the audiences know that these characters all lived and operated in the same universe. They even did crossovers …