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Whether you’re a diehard fan or you can’t tell Kirk from Spock, it’s impossible to deny that Star Trek is one of the most well-loved and well-known franchises in entertainment history. With a long, rich legacy spanning nine shows and ten films (with more on the way) the franchise’s 55-year history has earned it a spot as a pop culture mainstay and a veritable institution of science fiction - rivaled perhaps only by Star Wars in its cultural clout. So, if you’re the director lucky (or perhaps unlucky) enough to be tapped to revamp a franchise as beloved as Star Trek for a new, modern generation, what do you do?
That was the dilemma that JJ Abrams faced when he began the momentus undertaking of developing 2009’s Star Trek - an entirely new reboot of The Original Series, which mad…