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The title Star Trek Into Darkness remains just as nebulous by the time the closing credits roll as it does during a chase prologue along the Class M Planet of Nibiru.

Actor William Shatner poses for a portrait in Los Angeles in 2011. Shatner played Kirk at the helm of the starship Enterprise in the "Star Trek" television series and several movies.

May 16, 2013 - NEW YORK -- Marvel Entertainment will host two programming panels and conduct two portfolio reviews at the 2013 Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con Friday, May 31, through Sunday, June 2 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

It's hard to believe that the original "Star Trek" television series lasted just three seasons and was cancelled in 1969 because of low ratings.

Since James T. Kirk first captained the Enterprise on the big screen back in 1979, there have been 12 "Star Trek" films including "Star Trek Into Darkness" which opens this Friday.

J.J. Abrams always says he's never been a Trekkie , but, according to a new report in The Wrap, it was Abrams' inability to fully control the Star Trek franchise - and wipe out merchandise connected with the original 1960s series - that may have been an impetus to switch franchises in favor of Star Wars .

"Well, I've got an idea. The next Star Wars, nothing but Lando," offered the erstwhile Lando Calrissian.

There is so much cool stuff in director J.J. Abrams' second film based on Gene Roddenberry's beloved science-fiction series, and information that should not be divulged, that a moviegoer should go in cold, if such a thing were possible in the age of Internet spoilers.

This undated file photo shows actors in the TV series "Star Trek," from left, Leonard Nimoy as Commander Spock, William Shatner as Captain Kirk, DeForest Kelley as Doctor McCoy and James Doohan as Commander Scott.

From the very beginning of "Star Trek," some 700-plus TV episodes and 12 films ago, the voyages of the Enterprise have been all about the ensemble.

Yesterday, former International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield fell from space like a meteor and gently touched down on his home planet after five months in a state of constant free fall.

"Star Trek Into Darkness" is like fan-boy fiction on a $185 million budget. It's reverential, it's faithful, it's steeped in "Trek" mythology.

Though some may look down on Star Trek 's fictional Klingon language and invoke the infamous phrase uttered by William Shatner -- "Get a life!" -- Microsoft's Bing translation team doesn't see it that way at all.

It's May in Dallas, TX and for thousands of movie, TV, and comic book geeks that means only one thing.

Star Trek INTO DARKNESS hits screens on May 16th.... THAT'S THIS THURSDAY! I can't wait.

* Moore and Braga lament that "Star Trek: Generations," which they labored on for a year, didn't turn out as well as "All Good Things," which took two weeks to write.

In his second voyage as "Star Trek's" Capt. James T. Kirk, Chris Pine is more at ease in the iconic role.

As the latest Star Trek movie beams Kirk, Spock and co back onto British cinema screens, we look at some of the facts, figures and faces associated with five decades of the beloved TV and cinema science fiction franchise.

"Star Trek" starred Leonard Nemoy as Commander Spock, from left, William Shatner as Captain Kirk, DeForest Kelley as Doctor McCoy and James Doohan as Commander Scott.

With the upcoming release of " Star Trek into Darkness," the second film in the rebooted Star Trek franchise, it's worth looking back to the past to the characters that have made Star Trek so beloved.