The cast and crew of Section 31 tell io9 why stories about the controversial Star Trek organization are necessary for the franchise's utopian vision.

But perhaps its last true gasp is “Section 31,” a shrug of a TV movie that looks and feels exactly like what it is: An aborted spinoff series whittled down to a one-off movie of the week. At best, it’s an olive branch to its contractually obligated megastar;

In fact, Wayne himself had a brief (somewhat secretive) cameo in Wagon Train. As we know, Auberjonois had been another kind of West — Colonel West — in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Cut from the theatrical release, his scenes were reinserted, 'de-inserted,' and reinserted on physical media.

This made-for-streaming Star Trek adventure starring Michelle Yeoh is an exhausting gallop of nonstop chatter and nonhuman abilities.

It's a fine excuse to occasionally watch Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh kick things, but Section 31 is otherwise a deeply incurious squandering of Star Trek potential.

I n the nearly 40 years since the one-two punch of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Star Trek: The Next Generation ignited my enthusiasm for Gene Roddenberry’s sci-fi juggernau

Section 31, a feature film that's a spinoff of the series Star Trek: Discovery, will soon be available to stream on Paramount+. The movie immediately grips its audience by the throat, delivering a cold open about the brutality necessary to acquire power that almost rivals Anakin Skywalker's march on the Jedi temple in Revenge of the Sith.