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Saturday, December 23, 2017

From the Captain's Chair



Captain’s Log:  this will be my final entry.

It’s incredibly difficult to write those words. It’s also incredibly difficult to express what each of you who have enjoyed and supported STAR TREK CONTINUES have meant to us. It has been perhaps the greatest privilege of my life to have created this series with so many amazing people. The words “thank you” will never suffice to express my gratitude to each and every member of our cast & crew. Only those who were actually there could ever know the amount of effort, sweat, time, passion and love that went into every episode. This series was created for one reason and one reason alone…. to pay tribute to the original series of Star Trek. There were no ulterior motives, no money made, no dreams of stardom or expectations of future opportunities. We made it for love. Our STC production family had a great deal of fun making this series and forged life long friendships. I hope some of that love and camaraderie came through on screen.

I look forward to meeting many of you at conventions in the months ahead. May you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy 2018. Live long and prosper… and thank you for taking this journey with us.


Vic Mignogna

Merry Christmas from STAR TREK CONTINUES



Merry Christmas, dear STC fans! Thousands of you have been asking for years if our series would ever be available on DVD & Blu-ray. Well, I have good news and bad news. Because there is significant cost in having discs and artwork pressed & packaged, it’s not feasible for us to make physical discs since we cannot sell them. That’s the bad news….

Now for the good news.  From the cast & crew of STC, our Christmas present to all of you is this: ISO image files (files in the .iso format) of all four volumes (and all 11 episodes) of our series are now available for free download on our website at www.startrekcontinues.com/downloads.html so you can burn your own DVDs & Blu-ray discs!

You can also download the artwork inserts & disc art for all four volumes for free as well!

But that’s not all! We have made available the full-sized 24”x36” posters of all 11 episodes for free, including a custom STC poster I created which is displayed in this newsletter. All of our final shooting scripts can be downloaded as well.

But that’s not all! Many of you have asked about the original music that has been composed & produced for STC. We are releasing all of that music for free download, as well as the artwork and disc art for “The Music Of Star Trek Continues.”

So let’s recap:

  • DVD & Blu-ray disc .iso files for all four volumes (all 11 episodes) of STAR TREK CONTINUES
  • Artwork inserts and disc art for all four volumes
  • The official posters from all 11 episodes, full-sized and ready to print
  • The Music Of Star Trek Continues” CD file download
  • Artwork for the music CD case insert and disc
  • All 11 STC shooting scripts in .pdf format

All for free!

Merry Christmas from STC!



Vic Mignogna
Executive Producer
STAR TREK CONTINUES

CAS ANVAR RELISHES HIS “VULCULAN” ROLE

Silver screen and small screen actor Cas Anvar couldn't believe he was stepping onto a soundstage in a STAR TREK episode when he first emerged in costume as Sentek in Episode 10 (“To Boldly Go:  Part I”). 



After playing opposite Ben Affleck in Argo, an Oscar winner for Best Picture, Anvar has stayed busy with Hollywood in film and TV roles in productions like the Princess Diana biopic Diana, the sci-fi adventure Source Code and suspense thriller The Factory.  He has also appeared in Steve Spielberg’s The Terminal and then there’s a long list of TV roles on Anvar’s resume, including appearances on NCIS:LA, In Plain Sight, Boston Legal, Castle, and 24.

But to emerge in full Romulan garb on a planet set in rural Georgia?  That was one of his personal career highlights – so far.

“On my very first scene, they brought me to the planet set.  And it was amazing.  I’d never really seen a real STAR TREK set before.  You don’t realize how those sets were constructed back then.  This thing was so authentic with its fake boulders and sparkly mineral dust and the elevator on the surface of the planet.  Then I had my first exposure to holding a disruptor and doing the big fight scene.  It was everything you’ve ever imagined when you watch STAR TREK!”



Anvar is a Canadian born and trained actor whose big break came with his role 2003’s Shattered Glass with Hayden Christiansen, and his professional career began following graduation from Canada’s prestigious National Theatre School.  Anvar is also a well-known voice actor, whose talents can be heard in some of the world’s most popular video games (including Call of Duty: BO2, Halo 4, and Assassins Creed: Revelations.)

As a voice actor, he was familiar with Star Trek Continues executive producer Vic Mignogna.  Anvar learned about the opportunity to join the cast as a guest star following a fortuitous meeting with STC director James Kerwin and through a connection with STC make-up artist Lisa Hansell.



“I’d been exposed to STAR TREK CONTINUES before I found out about the opportunity to participate.  Their reputation was very high, and the production really is amazingly impressive and very high quality.  I like the way STC uses technology to make it possible to produce ‘new’ episodes of The Original Series without losing authenticity,” Anvar said.

Anvar is a fan of all flavors of STAR TREK, noting that “there’s not one that I’ve missed.  I’m a Roddenberry fan – a fan of the universe that he created.  But each of the STAR TREK series is like a movement in a symphony.  Each one has a place and a purpose and its own unique flavor.”

The “Vulculan”

To prepare for the role of Sentek (“I call him a ‘Vulculan,” says Anvar), he thought about what would be required for a cool and collected Vulcan to appear as a hot-headed Romulan.

“This is a character who grew up on Vulcan with emotional suppression.  And he’s masquerading as a Romulan, who is much more emotional and volatile.  So how does this character allow himself to pass as a Romulan?  He has to behave in a way that is a little less Vulcan, trying to find the balance.  You have a lot of imagery and a wealth of knowledge of Vulcans by watching Leonard Nimoy as Spock.  Of course, Sentek was performing in a very non-Vulcan way.  That made for an interesting challenge to try to figure out how he could rationalize such impulsive and dangerous behavior.  It was fun to figure it out.”

In the Steps of Bill Shatner

“I studied psychology and sciences at McGill, and I think Bill Shatner did as well.  He started in theater and did some Shakespeare, and of course everyone knew that he was an alumnus of the school.  He went on to perform at Stratford in Toronto.”



That connection to Shakespeare proved very fortuitous.

“I actually got Bill Shatner to endorse a fundraising effort for a Shakespeare campaign, along with Christopher Plummer (an honorary McGill graduate.)  Both of these famous actors came from my hometown.  But after 9/11, our Shakespeare company had a financial problem.  These great actors were sympathetic and helped us raise the money we needed.  Later, of course, I also worked with Shatner on Boston Legal and saw him as the incredible Denny Crane.”

The always-busy Anvar just finished season three of The Expanse, which will reach viewers on the SyFy network in the coming months.

“Season three of The Expanse is looking amazing.  And I'm just about to go to Toronto to shoot another feature film called Beneath Earth and Sky.”

But thinking back, he loved the opportunity to play a STAR TREK alien.


“Honestly, it was a surreal experience.  Ever since I was a kid I wanted to be on STAR TREK and play some sort of an alien – ever since I was a kid.  To getting to realize that dream was exciting,” Anvar says.