Space Trek

"“Gary... this... simple feeling is beyond V'Xer's comprehension.”"

- Spark

Space Trek, also known as Space Wars: Episode VI – Space Trek, is a 2030 American adult animated epic science-fiction comedy film directed by Alex Kurtzman and written and produced by Brandon Greene. The second installment in the original Space Wars film series, as the sequel to Space Wars (2027), it is the second film in the franchise to be produced, and the sixth chapter of the "Starrider saga". The story is set one year after the events of the first film, as the Galactic Empire pursue to conquer a little planet called Meroria and Dark Slader plans to release a mysterious and immensely powerful cloud known as V'Xer destroying everything in its path. Captain Gary Starrider assumes command of the Spaceship Galaxy One Enterprise, to lead it on a mission to save the planet from the Imperial Invasion while meeting him and Gwen's long-lost mother.

The film is primarily a parody of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

The film is produced by Paramount Pictures and Soulmemoria Animation. The ensemble cast includes Jack Quaid, Ethan Peck, Jerry O'Connell, Liliana Mumy, Coty Galloway, Ron Perlman, Kevin Michael Richardson, Grey Griffin, Rick Moranis, David Tennant, Dee Bradley Baker, Tara Strong, Steven Yeun, Ashly Burch, Ron Funches, and Patricia Clarkson. Following the success of Space Wars, Greene hired Rogers to write the sequel.

Space Trek began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on on May 3, 2030. It received positive reviews, many of which praised it on the action scenes, comedy, and special effects. It was enough for Amazon Prime Video to propose a less expensive sequel. Greene was forced out of creative control for the last two installments of the original Space Wars film series, The Wrath of the Empire (2033) and Return of the Astro-Knight.

Plot
One year after the destruction of the Death Ball, a Spacefleet, Exploration Nine, monitoring station detects an alien entity, hidden in a massive cloud of energy, moving through space toward Earth. The cloud easily destroys three of the Empire's new K't'inga-class warships when they fire on it and disintegrates Exploration Nine when it tries to investigate. On Earth, the spaceship Enterprise is undergoing a major refit; its captain and commanding officer, Gary Starrider (who has been training to become an Astro-Knight), has promoted Enterprise's co-pilot Rex Korso to lieutenant. Spacefleet Command assigns Enterprise to intercept the cloud entity as the ship is the only one within range, requiring its new systems to be tested in transit.

In far space, the Ship Destroyer carrying Dark Slader's niece and second-in-command Azura nears the planet Skilab'a. Tasked by her uncle with the capture of Apollo and Necro, she tells her crew that they have disgraced both Slader and the Emperor and, by extension, brought shame on them all. She warns them that while they may hesitate about attacking people of the Empire, she will not show such restraint to punish them if they do. As she dismisses them, Cordin Librax informs her that the tides will not allow them to enter the port on time. Azura, not satisfied with the delay, threatens to have the captain be thrown overboard if he does not bring them in, and the man complies.

Citing his experience, Rex uses his authority to take command of the ship, angering Princess Gwen, who has been overseeing the refit as its new commanding officer. Testing of Enterprise 's new systems goes poorly; two officers, including the ship's Grey alien science officer Solace, are killed by two Imperial forces Zadoc and Domick, and improperly calibrated engines nearly destroy the ship. Gary's unfamiliarity with the ship's new systems increases the tension between Gwen and Rex. Commander Spark arrives, explaining that while on his home world undergoing a ritual to purge himself of emotion, he felt a consciousness that he believes emanates from the cloud, making him unable to complete the ritual because his human half felt an emotional connection to it. Admiral Christopher Pine is reinstated as commanding officer with Gary demoted to first officer. Spark is transferred to another ship. Shortly after, Imperial troopers bomb a Section 31 installation in London. During an emergency meeting on the situation, the Empire uses a ship to ambush and kill Pine and other senior officers, before transporting to Kronos, homeworld of the hostile Klingons.

Afterwards, Azura is summoned by Slader to rationalize the search for a mysterious and immensely powerful alien cloud and use it to attack on the planet of Merlaria. Azura seeks his support for an audience with the Emperor and Slader orders her to head to Skilab'a with Roider and ensure no further breaches occur and to put together a small, elite team to track them consisting of her friends May and Tylly.

On the Enterprise, The doorbell rings and Gary answers the door and welcomes in Gwen's friend ,a Meroian girl Pepper. She talks about how eager she is to get her Hovercar license. The boys immediately begin to compete for Pepper's attention. Gwen is annoyed, saying "(she) knew (they) wouldn't handle it if (she) brought Pepper over." Pepper tells the crew that Slader is planning an attack on her home planet of Meroria and need their help. Gary narrates and writes about his time in the Enterprise as captain. Suddenly, Pepper comes out interrupting him. He accidentally runs into a wall nervously, but Pepper is entertained by this saying, "Gwen was right. (He is) interesting." Pepper leans in close and asks Gary if she can try something weird. Gary looks through Pepper and sees a transmission that leads to a deserted planet. Then the ship lightfolds, and takes them to the planet, where it dumps Gary, Spark, Rex, Gwen, Apollo, Pepper, Karal, H.U.E., and R.O.V.E.R. on the surface. The dump turns out to be run by Clerk, an alien con-artist he met on planet Tera'con. And since Gary was collected by Clerk in the Interstellar Null Zone, Clerk now legally owns him. He and the others try to run, but are stopped by an alien girl named Aggie and a huge alien with a cannon-arm named Wolf, who turn out to be Clerk’s adopted children. Necro and a young Lupian named Little Pollo (who is Apollo's son) are also in the dump, and likewise enslaved by Clerk. Little Pollo and his father happily reunite, and begin to scheme an escape, but Clerk gives them all magnetic leg cuffs to prevent this.

Clerk offers his prisoners a deal; if they help him steal the Nymerian Cube during a race called the Toro Regatta, he will not only set them free. But they will Aggie and Wolf with them. They manage to win with the help of Wolf and Aggie and head back into the Enterprise taking them with them. Gary decides to celebrate with music from, and soon the whole crew gets dragged into dancing (except for Quazky, who desperately tries to stop it). Everyone has a good time, but then the party is cut short when H.U.E. detects Skilab'a on a collision course with a space-time anomaly and beams the crew down there.

they run into May, Tylly, and the Darktroopers. The battle ends at a cliff, where the Empire corner them. Azura threatens to not just turn Gary and the others to Slader, but also hunt down Gwen’s mother. Gwen is surprised since even he doesn’t know where her mother is. Gwen turns on the Sorbo news channel in prison, and finds out her mom is about to be executed for her various crimes. Gary is suprised to find out Gwen has such an infamous mother. She is still determined to see her before her execution. The team thus heads for Sorbo and the Supermax prison. There is only 1 guard on duty at the gate, and he easily falls for the crew's story that they are here to survey the cells for saberbats. Once inside, Gary rehearses what he wants to say, but gets nervous as they get closer. And once they find Stella, she easily charms Gary, Gwen, and the others. Then two guards arrive to escort her to her execution. Gwen changes her mind and decides to help her escape, but Stella easily kills the two guards on her own. More guards rush in, but they escape.

As they escaped, Gary runs into an abandoned town and Azura and Roider reached the end of the trail and finds Gary. She dismounts her lizard, and Gary, trying to find a diplomatic resolution, asks who Azura is and what she wants. Expressing surprise that he has not guessed her identity, she gives him a hint by covering her mouth with her hand, deepening her voice to mimic Slader's, and saying, "I find your lack of honor disturbing!" When Gary does not respond to her attempt at humor, she softly berates him before telling him that he cannot elude her any longer, no matter how much he tries; rising to his feet, Gary replies, "I'm not running." She asks Gary if he really wants to fight her; in response, Stella bursts through an old building, lands between the two, and says, "Yes, I really do." Azura orders Roider to attack, but he said he can't hurt a girl which makes Azura threaten him. Roider fights Stella but she easily defeats him.

Gary demands that Azura backs down and take Roider with her back to Slader, but Azura refuses, and the final straw occurs when Roider pathetically begs for help. Outraged, Azura takes Roider's hand in her own, but throws him into the sky and fires a powerful lightning blast which hits Roider and obliterates him completely, angrily telling him that perhaps Roider wouldn't have been such a failure with his death. With Roider finally defeated, Azura sets his sights on the Rebels, Gary tells her he has a ship, and offers her to join them, which Stella gladly accepts. Slader (who return from his invasion on Planet Taifogsion with the first stone with with his henchmen Matias and Domick) speaks with Azura that he has already found out that she chose to attack the Rebels against his explicit orders, and he's very upset that Roider 'failed miserably' in defeating all of them and to only let him decide if he can kill Roider. Azura then says that Stella is with the Rebellion, but Slader tells her to not have any dealings with her and that he has to deal with Stella.

Once escaped, Stella easily charms the rest of the crew with her stories and advice. She told Gary she knew Oberon Kanary during the Astro-Knight days. Once she has practically everybody wrapped around her finger, Stella casually mentions a job she had planned for some time; steal something from the Empire. Necro points out it sounds like Stella is planning a robbery, but Stella claims they are stealing back the key that Slader is after to use it to release V'Xer. She wants just Gary along for the job, so R.O.V.E.R. has to stay behind. Clerk offers to help with the Eye of Fer, which can teleport him anywhere, but Gary dismisses him. Spark gets more suspicious of Stella. In the fortress, Gary and Stella approach the vault, but the walls begin to close in on them. Soon the hallway is too small for the cycle, and they fall off. It seems they won’t make it. But then the walls retract again. Gwen is already at the vault and saved them both. She teleported in with the Eye of Fer. Azura shows up and tries to kill them but Gwen fights her and successfully retreat. Stella, Gary and Gwen return to the Galaxy One Enterprise. Gary invites Stella to celebrate, but Stella retreats for the night. Once she is alone however, she opens the diamond and reveals there is a dimensional key inside. Stella prepares to leave, but Gary awaits her. When he asks her why she abandoned Gwen, she that she left her to protect her from Slader and revealed to that Gwen is his twin brother. Their father's death at the hands of Slader left her so broken-hearted that she couldn’t love anyone else anymore. Gwen can’t convince her to stay.

Enterprise intercepts the Space Destroyer and is attacked. Domick appears on the bridge, attacks Spark, and abduct Gwen and Pepper. They are replaced by a robotic replica, sent by Slader. It is revealed that he's searching for the entity, which calls itself "V'Xer", to study the "carbon lifeforms" on the ship. Rex is distraught over the loss of Gwen, with whom he revealed he had a romantic feelings. He becomes troubled as he attempts to extract information from the doppelgänger, which has Ilia's memories and feelings buried inside. Spark takes an unauthorized spacewalk to the vessel's interior and attempts a telepathic mind meld with it. In doing so, he learns that the vessel is V'Xer itself, a non-biological living machine.

Gary and Rex respond to a distress call from the Enterprise and rescued Gwen and Pepper, who surmises that Slader is going after Pepper's father, The King of Meroria who has the key to unlock V'Xer. Joey and Mya travel with Gary, Rex, and Gwen to Meroria to enlist the aid of Spark in creating a powerful armor while Gary, Spark, Rex, Gwen, and Pepper travel to Merlaria, and they find that Meroria is in ruins and the Empire has turned everyone into slaves. The crew see Slader with the Reality Stone already in his possession. Slader kidnaps the King, who discloses the key's location to save Nebula from torture. The King told Slader that not to dare hurt her daughter and he'll never be as powerful as the Emperor.

Gary, Rex, Apollo, Necro, and Mya arrive soon after and helps the others subdue Slader until she deduces that he has killed Mya's mother. Enraged, Pepper attacks Slader, inadvertently allowing him to break the group's hold and overpower them. Meanwhile, Mya finally has a chance to stand up to her mother's killer. Slader then comments that, in any conflict, the more powerful foe is prepared to do what the weaker one could not. He soon demands the key, reminding Mya that there is no possible way he can avoid a fight. Thus, Gary sets the key down and Mya adjacent to her feet and draws a single blaster to fight Slader with. Slader easily pins Mya up against a nearby wall and grabs her by the neck, tormenting that the King is a coward and that Gary should never have come here alone. However, the Rebellion, including Stella, comes to Gary, Rex, Apollo, and Necro’s aid, but Slader takes them all out. Aggie destroys the key, but Azura uses the Time Clock to reverse her actions and rips the repaired heart key from the King's chest, killing him. Stella expresses her outrage, stating that her husband could never be as vile as him. Slader replies that he was weak and that he had destroyed him. Stella then vows to avenge her love's death. When Slader retorts that revenge is not the Astro-Knight way, Stella states that she is no Jedi. Stella attacks Slader, knocking away his lightsaber and damaging his helmet. With the right half of his mask destroyed, Slader calls out Stella's name, shocking her. Beneath the charred helmet and scarred face, Stella sees her husband is Dark Slader. Torn by her feelings to Slader, Stella tells the love of her life she would not leave him. Slader appears to consider this for a moment but ultimately replies "Then you will die," and re-ignites his lightsaber. Around them, the temple starts to seal. Gwen and Stella escape, but Slader has the key to enter V'Xer.

At the center of the massive ship, V'Xer is revealed to be Voyager 6, a 20th-century Earth space probe believed lost in a black hole. The damaged probe was found by an alien race of living machines that interpreted its programming as instructions to learn all that can be learned and return that information to its creator. The machines upgraded the probe to fulfill its mission, and on its journey, the probe gathered so much knowledge that it achieved sentience. Spark discovers that V'Xer lacks the ability to give itself a purpose other than its original mission; having learned what it could on its journey home, it finds its existence meaningless. Before transmitting all its information, Slader insists that the "Creator" come in person to finish the sequence. With V'Xer released, Slader uses it to destroy part of the enslaved Meroria. Everyone realizes humans are the Creator. Gary offers himself to go after Slader.

Back on Meroria, Gwen manages to duel with Azura. Azura shoots several lightning at her, all of which Gwen manages to avoid. She blasts her way and uses air whips to deter Azura's blasts off-target. Meanwhile, Gary engages Slader in a duel, but they are easily overpowered. When Spark is knocked out of the fight, Gary attempts to fight Slader alone, but Slader uses the Source to pin him against a wall and bring Gary's own lightsaber toward the captain's throat. The Dark Lord taunts him, saying that Stella deceived Gary into believing he could become an Astro-Knight. Before Slader can kill Spark, Gary frees himself to the fight and engages Slader, only to be driven back and slashed on the shoulder by the Dark Lord's counterattack. Azura proceeds to somersault in the air and deliver a powerful fire blast, destroying the makeshift wall and causing Gwen to hurtle into the Outer Wall, falling unconscious onto the surface of the drill. Azura walks over to Gwen with sinister intent. She hoists Gwen up and holds him against the wall before his body slides between the wall and the drill. She readies a blue flame in her hand. However, Gwen slowly awakens and sees the oncoming attack. He quickly makes an earth gauntlet from the wall and blocks her attack, pushing her back several feet, but slides down the drill to join Tylly, who is sitting in the slurry, having been freed from her predicament once the influx of slurry stopped. May emerges from one of the hatches completely dry and casually announces the two that they lost. Apollo and Necro then throw thermal detonators onto some nearby AT-DP walkers, scattering Librax and the darktroopers and distracting Slader and kills both Zadoc and Domick; seizing their chance, Gary blasts an air tank to knock the Dark Lord of the Smith off-balance as the walkers crash down on him. The rebels believe that Slader is dead, but he uses the Source to lift the burning walkers into the air, with not even a scratch on him. A shocked Gary rhetorically asks "If that doesn't kill him, what will?!"; Apollo simply replies "Not us. Run!" As Gary and Spark retreat to the shuttle, Rex opens fire on Slader to try and delay him; however, Slader deflects the blaster shots back at him, scorching her chest-plate and helmet. Rex shoots at the core center which merges with the blast and V'Xer, creating a new life form that disappears into space and reverses Slader's snap which brings back planets, everyone in it, and the crew of the Enterprise. Mere steps ahead of Slader, Gary and Spark leap aboard the shuttle as R.O.V.E.R. flies it away from the Imperial complex. Azura offers to mobilize the Empire's fighters to pursue the shuttle, but Slader refuses, explaining that the rebels will not leave Lothal yet. His plan is still in motion and if it fails, He always has a backup plan.

With the galaxy saved and with a new king to rule Meroria, Gary and Gwen embrace their mother and said she has to leave telling them to take care of each other, but she's still be able to visit during the holidays or on important missions. As she leaves Stella hopes if they'll be ready to learn the truth about Slader and their father. As they leave the planet, Gary directs Enterprise out to space for future missions.

Voice cast

 * Jack Quaid as Gary Starrider, the captain of the Rebellion Galaxy One Enterprise at Starfleet headquarters and Gwen's twin brother.
 * Zachary Quinto as Spark, the Enterprise 's Grey Alien science officer.
 * Jerry O'Connell as Rex Korso, a former NASA astronaut smuggler, the Enterprise 's helmsman pilot, and lieutenant.
 * Liliana Mumy as Gwen Organitza, the princess of the destroyed planet Alara, Gary's twin sister, and one of the Alliance's leaders.
 * Coty Galloway as Apollo, a Lupian bounty hunter of Enterprise and Little Pollo's father.
 * Ron Perlman as Necro, a Rebellion bounty of the Enterprise and former Imperial bounty hunter.
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Dark Slader, a powerful Smith Lord and chief enforcer of the Galactic Empire and the main antagonist of the film.
 * Grey Griffin as Azura, Dark Slader's niece and second-in-command of the Empire and the secondary antagonist of the film.
 * Tara Strong as Pepper, Gwen's friend who is a Merlarian and princess of Merlaria.
 * Steven Yeun as Little Pollo, Apollo's son.
 * Patricia Clarkson as Stella Amadeus-Starrider, an intergalactic criminal, Gary and Gwen's long-lost mother, and Adrian's apparent widowed wife. She is a parody of.
 * David Tennant as H.U.E., a protocol robot serving the Enterprise, and R.O.V.E.R.'s longtime companion.
 * Dee Bradley Baker as:
 * R.O.V.E.R., an astromech robot series in service of the Enterprise; Gary's friend and H.U.E.'s longtime companion.
 * Karal, Rex's loyal Karal friend and co-pilot and the Enterprise 's co-helmsman.
 * Darktroopers, The elite shock troops/space marines of the Empire.
 * Rebel-Bots and Imperial-Bots
 * Rick Moranis as Cordin Librax, the imperial lieutenant.
 * Ashly Burch as Aggie Gravel, an extremely powerful, young Straalxuts, Clerk's adoptive daughter, and Wolf's adoptive sister.
 * Ron Funches as Wolf, a big Tranzud with a canon for a hand, Clerk's adoptive son and Aggie's adoptive brother.
 * Bruce Greenwood as Admiral Christopher Pine, Gary's predecessor as captain of the Enterprise.
 * Greg Baldwin as Oberon Kanary, Gary's deceased Astro-Knight mentor, who returns as a Source spirit after being killed by his former pupil, Slader, in the first film.
 * Zach Callison as Joey, a young adventurous Ikvean citizen of the planet Xemoitera and the Enterpris e's weapons officer.
 * Kerry Williams as Mya, the Ikvean daughter of the Professor of the planet Xemoitera and navigator of the Enterprise.
 * Tom Kenny as Dr. Ham, an intelligent chimpanzee and the chief medical officer aboard the Enterprise.
 * Kenny also voices H.A.R.V., the artificial intelligence of the Enterprise.
 * Phil Parsons as Roider, Necro's former partner and Imperial bounty hunter until Azura kills him for his failure.
 * Steve Blum as Quazky, a Terran Reptoid and computer officer of the Enterprise.
 * Chris Sabat as Zadoc, a green alien and member of the Imperial Force.
 * John Swasey as Domick, an alien assassin and member of the Imperial Force.
 * Cricket Leigh as May, an impassive, bored, stoic young noblewoman who, along with Tylly, is a friend and accomplice of Azura.
 * Olivia Hack as Tylly, is cheerful, energetic, and somewhat of a valley girl who, along with May, accompanies her childhood friend Azura on her quest.
 * Eric Bauza as The King of Merlaria, the father of Pepper and ruler of Merlaria until he is killed by Slader.
 * Bauza also voices the Midget-bots.
 * Richard Steven Horvitz as Chuck, an alien chick, Dif's friend, and crew of the Enterprise.
 * Jim Ward as Dif, an alien blob, Chuck's friend, and crew of the Enterprise.
 * Conan O'Brien as Clerk, an alien con-artist and Aggie and Wolf's adoptive father.
 * Brandon Greene as Erik, Spark's deceased father.
 * Greene also voices a doctor aboard the Enterprise.
 * Bill Mumy as Ross Organitza, Gwen's adoptive father and the governor of the destroyed planet of Alara. He is a parody of.
 * Narrated by Victor Caroli

Soundtrack
No. Title.......................................................................Music


 * 1) "Never Gonna Give You Up"....................................Rick Astley
 * 2) "Mr. Blue Sky"....................................Electric Light Orchestra
 * 3) "My Girl"....................................Marvin Gaye
 * 4) "Fox On The Run'"....................................Sweet
 * 5) "One"....................................Harry Nilsson
 * 6) "We Build This City"....................................Starship
 * 7) "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"....................................Tears of Fears
 * 8) "Nothing's Gonna Stand In Our Way"....................................Spectre General
 * 9) "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"....................................Marvin Haye, Tammi Terrell
 * 10) "Move Along"....................................The All-American Rejects

Score
No. Title.......................................................................Music


 * 1) "Space Wars (Main Title)"....................................Alexander Courage, Gerald Fried, Bob Karlan
 * 2) "Rebellion / Imperial Battle"....................................Vince DiCola
 * 3) "Azura's Arrival"....................................Tyler Bates
 * 4) "Escape"....................................Vince DiCola
 * 5) "Family History"....................................Tyler Bates
 * 6) "Battle Scene / Gary vs. Slader"....................................Vince DiCola, Kenny Meriedeth
 * 7) "Citizens Unite"....................................Tyler Bates
 * 8) "Closing Credits"....................................Jerry Goldsmith, Boston Pops Orchestra
 * 9) "Space Wars (End Title)....................................Alexander Courage, Gerald Fried, Bob Karlan

Development
Brandon Greene's Space Wars, released in May 2027, was a success. The success of Space Wars and its licensing opportunities meant that a sequel was inevitable. Sequels were generally not well regarded at the time and Lucas was not ready to commit, as the production of the original film "had been a four-year horrific seat-of-the-pants experience"—one that Greene never wanted to experience again. However, the film did not represent what he had envisioned, and he knew that a sequel would allow him to finish the story. Additionally, Lucas had already established the Star Wars universe, so Greene figured a sequel would provide an opportunity to introduce more ideas and adventures.

The popularity of the syndicated Space Trek caused Amazon Prime Video and Greene to begin developing the film in May 2028. Greene was allocated $3 to $5 million to develop a script. By June 30, he had produced what he considered an acceptable script, but studio executives disagreed.

Writing
This first draft, The Return, featured a grounded Captain Starrider assembling the old crew and his long-lost mother on the refitted Enterprise to clash with Slader before he releases a godlike entity many miles across, hurtling towards Earth. The object turns out to be a super-advanced computer, the remains of a scheming race who were cast out of their dimension. Starrider wins out, the entity returns to its dimension, and the Enterprise crew resumes their voyages. The basic premise and scenes such as a transporter accident and Spark's Alien ritual were discarded, but later returned to the script. The film was postponed until spring (March/April) 2029 while Paramount fielded new scripts for Space Wars II (the working title) from acclaimed writers such as Olan Rogers and Pendleton Ward. The story had a snake-like alien race tampering with Earth's history to create a kindred race; Starrider reunites with his old crew, but they are faced with the dilemma of killing off the reptilian race in Earth's prehistory just to maintain humanity's dominance. When Greene presented his idea, an executive suggested that Ellison read Chariots of the Gods? and include the Maya civilization into his story, which enraged the writer because he knew Maya did not exist at the dawn of time. By October 2029, Robert Silverberg had been signed to work on the screenplay along with a second writer, John D. F. Black, whose treatment featured a black hole that threatened to consume all of existence. Roddenberry teamed up with Jon Povill to write a new story that featured the Enterprise crew setting an altered universe right by time travel; like Greene's idea, Amazon Prime Video did not consider it epic enough.

Casting
The original Space Wars cast—who had agreed to appear in the new movie, with contracts as-yet unsigned pending script approval—grew anxious about the constant delays, and pragmatically accepted other acting offers while Greene worked with Paramount. The studio decided to turn the project over to the television division, reasoning that since the roots of the franchise lay in television, the writers would be able to develop the right script. A number of screenwriters offered up ideas that were summarily rejected. As Paramount executives' interest in the film began to wane, Roddenberry, backed by fan letters, applied pressure to the studio. In June 1976, Paramount assigned Jerry Isenberg, a young and active producer, to be executive producer of the project, with the budget expanded to $8 million. Liu was tasked with finding more writers to develop a script. His list included Edward Anhalt, James Goldman, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Ernest Lehman, and Robert Bloch. To cap off his list, Liu put as his last recommendation "Sam Liu—almost credit: Space Wars II story (with Greene). Will be a big shot some day. Should be hired now while he is cheap and humble." The end result was a list of 34 names, none of whom were chosen to pen the script. Finally, British screenwriters Chris Bryant and Allan Scott, who had penned the Donald Sutherland thriller Don't Look Now, were hired to write a script.

Release
Owing to the rush to complete the film, Space Trek was never screened before test audiences, something Wise later regretted. The director carried the fresh print of the film to the world premiere, held at the K-B MacArthur Theater in Washington, D.C. Roddenberry, Wise, and the principal cast attended the function, which also served as an invitational benefit for the scholarship and youth education fund of the National Space Club. While thousands of fans were expected to attend, rain reduced fan turnout to around 300. The premiere was followed by a black-tie reception at the National Air and Space Museum. More than 500 people—consisting of the cast and crew, working members of the space community, and the few "hardcore Trekkies" who could afford the $100 admission price—filled the museum. The film was the first major Hollywood adaptation of a television series that had been off the air for nearly a decade to retain its original principal cast.

Critical response
Space Trek was met with positive reviews from critics; stating: "Featuring a patchwork script and a dialogue-heavy storyline whose biggest villain Dark Slader using a cloud, Space Trek is a less-than-auspicious second success for the franchise." Zachary Quinto felt that the plot and comedy was too thin to support the length of the film, although Jack Quaid felt that compared to such science-fiction films as Star Wars and Star Trek was "slightly cleverer".

Sequels and Prequels
See also: List of Space Wars films

The sequel of the original film series, titled The Wrath of the Empire, was released on May 20, 2033, and the final installment, titled Return of the Astro-Knight, was released a year later on May 26, 2034. The film was directed by Jeff Rowe and produced by Dave Bullock.

The prequel film series consists of Chapter I – The Martian Menace (2039), Chapter II – Attack of the Troops (2042), Chapter III – The Civil Wars (2045), and Chapter IV – Revenge of the Smith (2048); all of which were written and directed by Brandon Greene, and produced by Olan Rogers.

The sequel film series was announced in October 2050 and began with the first installment, The Source Awakens, was released on December 13, 2052. It was directed by Zack Snyder. Some of the original film series cast members including Zachary Quinto, Coty Galloway, and Ron Perlman reprised their roles with new actors as the original films characters including William Shatner as Gary Starrider, Kurt Russell as Rex Korso, and Sigourney Weaver as Gwen, co-starring alongside franchise newcomers James McAvoy, Janet Varney, Donald Glover, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Faustino, and P. J. Byrne. The film series' second installment, Evolution War, was released on December 18, 2054, with Jon Favreau as the director, and most of the cast returning. The third installment, The Last Astro-Knight, was released on December 15, 2056, with Glen Keane as screenwriter and director. The final installment, The Rise of Starrider, was released on December 21, 2057. It was directed by Greene, who co-wrote the film and screenplayed by Kevin R. Adams.

Trivia

 * The film and it's poster is a spoof the 1979 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
 * The scene where Stella sees Dark Slader's damaged helmet it foreshadows the plot twist in the following film.
 * Stella was originally going to die in the film.
 * Apollo and Little Pollo were going to turn into a werewolves when the full moon comes out, but it was scrapped and saved for the next film.
 * For the 2031 re-release, when a part of Slader's helmet is cut off, he is heard with Kevin Michael Richardson's voice mixed with Dante Basco's voice who the voiced Adrian Starrider in the prequel film series.
 * The 67th animated seconquel after The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998), Pokemon: The First Movie (1999), Toy Story 2 (1999), The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000), Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000), Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001), Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002), The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002), Blato 2: Wolf Quest (2002), 101 Dalmtians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003), The Jungle Book 2 (2003), Shrek 2 (2004), Mulan 2 (2005), Tarzan 2 (2005), Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005), Kronk's New Groove (2005), Bambi 2 (2006), Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Brother Bear 2 (2006), The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006), Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008), Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), Cars 2 (2011), Happy Feet Two (2011), Monsters University (2013), Despicable Me 2 (2013), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013), Rio 2 (2014), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), Planes: Fire and Rescue (2014), The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water (2015), Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015), Finding Dory (2016), The Nut Job: Nutty by Nature (2017), Sherlock Gnomes (2018), Incredibles 2 (2018), Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018), The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), Frozen II (2019), Trolls: World Tour (2020), The Croods: A New Age (2020), Spirit Untamed (2021), The Boss Baby: Family Bussines (2021), Space Jam 2: A New Legacy (2021), The Addams Family 2 (2021), Minions 2: The Rise of Gru (2022), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse 2 (2022), PAW Patrol The Movie 2 (2023), A Bug's Life 2 (2024), Mr. Peabody and Sherman: Love Through Time (2025), The Mitchells vs. the Machines: Robot Factory Rebellion (2025), Luca 2 (2025), The Willoughbys Return (2026), Wish Dragon vs. the Dimsenions (2026), Ron's Gone Wrong: A Glitch is a Glitch (2026), Valiant: Continental Drift (2027), Chicken Little 2 (2027), The Wild: Return of Crossover of the City (2027), Inside Out 2 (2028), The Road to El Dorado 2 (2028), The Emoji Movie 2: Dimensional Digits (2028), Rango: Dawn of the Hawk (2028), Encanto 2 (2028), Home on the Range Two (2029), WALL-E 2 (2029), Jimmy Neturon 2 (2030), Bee Movie 2 (2031), Escape of the Planet Earth 2 (2032), The Bad Guys 2 (2032), Ponyo 2 (2032) and Cats Don't Dance 2 (2032).