Screen Rant

  • Star Trek: The Animated Series has a curious place in canon. 1 / 8

  • After the original Star Trek became popular in syndication... 2 / 8

    Star Trek Spock Kirk Vertical
  • ...Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry brought the show back as a cartoon. 3 / 8

    Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek
  • Virtually the entire cast returned, including William Shatner as Kirk. 4 / 8

    TAS-Kirk
  • The show did important work on Spock's childhood... 5 / 8

    Spock in Star Trek: The Animated Series
  • ...that would stay relevant all the way to Discovery. 6 / 8

    Ethan Peck as Spock on Star Trek: Discovery
  • Roddenberry later soured on the series and wanted it removed from canon... 7 / 8

  • ...but it's a worthy entry in the Star Trek pantheon. 8 / 8