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Originally Posted by Overread  Rather make something new and give it its own life and setting |
Yes, but all that back-story, all those alien species with such detailed histories, all that geography, the technology - it just makes for a fantastic canvas to put new stories on.
DS9 was not originally planned as a Star Trek series. It was pitched as a space station series - whether the idea came before Babylon 5 or after is a moot point - but they realised at Paramount that using the Star Trek Universe was just too good an idea to miss.
There will certainly be another Star Trek series. There has to be. How long before it happens - who knows?
I do think it has lost its way at the moment though, and it also suffered from overkill during the late nineties.