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‘Star Trek Beyond’ will be opening this weekend, which means the press junkets are in full swing right now. Although there is much excitement ramped up for the third movie in J.J. Abrams line of Star Trek films, the questions from fans surrounding Ensign Pavel Chekov continue to linger in the air. As first reported in an interview with the Postmedia Network, J.J. Abrams has given an answer as to whether or not the character Chekov will be re-cast after the horrible accident that killed Anton Yelchin about a month ago.

“Abrams said the filmmakers have begun talks on dealing with his loss in the script. But one thing that is certain is that Chekov will not be recast.I would say there’s no replacing [Yelchin]. There’s no recasting. I can’t possibly imagine that, and I think Anton deserves better.”

There are a couple of possibilities as to where writers of the Star Trek series could go. Should Chekov survive the course of the events of ‘Star Trek Beyond’, which I do believe he will, it’s possible that he could be killed off in between the third and fourth installment of the Star Trek film series. They could also re-assign him to a different ship crew, but that would do a disservice to the character, to the Enterprise crew, and to what could be a lost potential source of emotional angst for the crew in the next installment. It’ll be interesting to see what decision they make as they get further along in the development of the next film.

What are your thoughts on J.J. Abrams response? Tweet me @birdiesrunamok.I’d love to hear your thoughts!

 

 

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Sarah Musnicky

Sarah is a freelance writer and self-described workaholic. She loves fantasy and sci fi and will admit having dual loyalties between Star Trek and Star Wars as well as Marvel and DC. When she's not being socially awkward, she is in a corner obsessing over dragons, cute things, and a need to master all languages on the planet. She would like to be a professional blanket burrito when she reaches the peak of maturation.