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Despite their status , some of the crowing and good villains in the universe have never been feature in theStar Trekmovie franchise . Two of the dealership ’s well - ever movies , Star Trek II : The Wrath of KhanandStar Trek : First Contactgave with child - screen upgrades to the TV villains Khan Noonien Singh ( Ricardo Montalban ) and the Borg Collective . However , not all ofStar Trek ’s best villains have joined Khan and the Klingons in any of the thirteen existingStar Trekmovies . Looking across the movie dealership fromStar Trek : The Motion PicturetoStar Trek : Nemesis , it ’s strike that the Romulan Star Empire never featured as primary antagonists .
Even inStar Trek : Nemesis , the Romulans are dupe of the machinations of Tom Hardy ’s Shinzon , not villains to be defeated by Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) . It was only untilJ.J. Abrams ' 2009Star Trekmoviethat the Romulans became central villains , good manners of prison term - traveling baddie Nero ( Eric Bana ) . The continuation , Star Trek into Darknessresurrected Khan Noonien Singh ( Benedict Cumberbatch)and arguably made Section 31 the true villains of the 2nd Kelvin Timeline movie . recapitulate Khan ’s story was controversial , and seems even unknown when looking back at the riches ofStar Trekaliens with untapped movie potential .
Star Trek is ending serial like Discovery and Lower Decks but renewed Strange New Worlds while setting up new streaming and theatrical movies .
10Q (John de Lancie)
Picard’s arch-nemesis never got his own movie.
Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khanpitted Admiral James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) against his scourge , Khan Noonien Singh , in one of the most acclaimed moving-picture show in the franchise . Interestingly , when theStar Trek : The Next Generationmovies did essay their own version ofKhan , it was with Tom Hardy ’s Shinzon , and not John de Lancie ’s Q. It may be thatStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s finale was see as the terminal of Picard and Q ’s story as humanity ’s trial do to an destruction . However , the prospect of Q pitting Picard and Kirk ’s Enterprises against each other could have really livened upStar Trek Generations .
An other version ofStar Trek Generationswould have view the gang of the USS Enterprise - D and the USS Enterprise engagement each other , but Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga could never figure out how to make the account work .
9Lore (Brent Spiner)
Data played a huge role in the TNG movies, so where was his evil brother?
Lore , the evil brother of Lt . Commander Data ( Brent Spiner ) was disassembled at the end ofTNGseason 7 , episode 1 , " Descent " , but it would have been promiscuous enough to rebuild him for one last pleasure trip . InStar Trek : Nemesis , the body of a epitome Soong mechanical man , B-4 , is discovered , which , it was hinted , would be the receptacle of the dead Data ’s person . It would have been more fitting ifNemesis ' B-4 had instead been a reformed version of Lore , finally bring in the two brothers together , in a way similar to their final encounter inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 .
8The Dominion (Star Trek: DS9)
The TNG movies take place during DS9’s Dominion War
Star Trek : Insurrectionsaw Captain Picard and the gang of the USS Enterprise - atomic number 99 expose a confederacy on the periphery ofStar Trek : DS9 ’s Dominion War . Insurrection ’s villain , the Son’a , were associate degree of the Dominion , so the story could have been about the Enterprise - atomic number 99 undermine their ketracel - lily-white production rather of the Son’a ’s resettlement of the Ba’ku . TheStar Trek : The Next Generationvillains only give lip service toStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , so it made sense that the Dominion did n’t sport more heavily inInsurrection . However , it does n’t make the Dominion ’s absence any less dissatisfactory .
7The Gorn Hegemony (Star Trek: The Original Series)
Kirk never had his rematch with the Gorn
Star Trek : Strange New Worldshas prove that the Gorn can be terrifying villains , arrant for comprehension in a blockbuster sci - fi action motion picture . It ’s understandable that the Gorn never seem in theStar Trek : The Original Seriesmovies , give that they start the risk of looking like men in rubber suit . However , the terrifying reptilian scoundrel are mature for exploration in the J.J. Abrams’Star Trekuniverse , especially as they ’re not beholden to the events of theTOSepisode " Arena " . A battle between Chris Pine ’s Captain Kirk and the Gorn Hegemony would make for a thrilling sci - fi dangerous undertaking .
The Gorn have become one of the Federation ’s most formidable foes in Star Trek : Strange New Worlds . Here ’s everything we know about them .
6The Mirror Universe (Various Star Trek Shows)
A war between Star Trek universes would have been ahead of its time.
As the Marvel Cinematic Universe explore war in the multiverse , Star Trekhas the option of doing something similar . To date , it ’s odd thatStar Treknever revisited the Mirror Universe in the motion picture , especially as the dramatis personae could double up as both heroes and villains . old age afterStar Trek : Discoveryresurrected the Mirror Universe , there ’s still the electric potential to revisit it in the J.J. Abrams’movies , or elsewhere in the franchise . Michelle Yeoh’sStar Trek : Section 31movie will see the Terran Emperor Philippa Georgiou confront the sine of her past , suggesting it may yield toStar Trek ’s dystopian universe .
5Vau N’Kat (Star Trek: Prodigy)
Star Trek: Prodigy’s new villains have movie potential.
Star Trek : Prodigy ’s new villainshave obviously never have in any of the thirteen feature moving-picture show that preface their introduction into the franchise . However , the Vau N’Akat definitely have the potential drop for future film appearances , apply their tragic backstory . The Vau N’Akat deplume themselves aside with a civic warfare after their first contact with Starfleet . There ’s strong potential for a movie that explore the societal impact ofStar Trek ’s ongoing mission . The future ofStar Trek : Prodigyis uncertain beyond time of year 2 , but a feature of speech - length send - off for the gang of the USS Protostar that fixes the Vau N’Akat ’s fractured society could provide a victory circuit for the ill treated animated series .
4The Xindi (Star Trek: Enterprise)
Star Trek : enterprisingness ’s fascinating aliens were namechecked in the Abrams movies .
The Xindi War was one ofStar Trek : Enterprise ’s most acclaimed chronicle arcs , but the alien have never returned to the franchise in a square way . Given that J.J. Abrams’Star Trekmovies only haveEnterpriseto pull from in terms of mythology , they could have been a skilful fit as villains . Star Trek Beyonddirectly reference the Xindi War , through the fictitious character of Captain Balthazar Edison a.k.a . Krall ( Idris Elba ) , who had previously agitate in the annihilative conflict . Perhaps the newStar Trekorigin fib movie will revisit the wake of the Xindi War in the decades prior to the Chris Pine movies .
3The Iotians (Star Trek: The Original Series)
Quentin Tarantino wanted the deep-cut aliens for Star Trek 4.
Quentin Tarantino ’s abandonedStar Trek 4script sport the gangster - inspired Iotians from " A Piece of the Action " . While it was hardly surprising for a movie maker like Tarantino to be drawn to the idea of aStar Trekgangster picture show , it ’s also unsurprising the Iotians never appear in a flick . With their culture settle in the Chicago gangster of the thirties thanks to a pre - Prime Directive mix - up , it would be strong to differentiate them from a period mob movie . However , if anyone could blend the genres of rabble picture and sci - fi then it would have been genre movie nerd Quentin Tarantino , if the project had n’t been abandoned .
Quentin Tarantino ’s unmade mobster movie is one of the great Star Trek " What If ? " questions - here ’s why Tarantino ’s Star Trek 4 never got made .
2The Orions (Multiple Star Trek Shows)
Modern Star Trek has made the Orions a force to be reckoned with.
apart from the Orion that Cadet Kirk was caught in - flagrante with duringStar Trek(2009 ) , the Orions have n’t sport in anyTrekmovies . ModernStar Trek has update the Orionsconsiderably , ejecting the superannuated " slave girl " tropes in favor of a rich society of both pirates and scientists . Star Trek : Discoveryseason 3 showed what a terror that a mercenary , lucre - base society could pose to the Federation , so it could be fascinating to see that realized on the self-aggrandising cover . Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khanwas essentially a naval movie about dueling warship , so afeature film about Orion outer space pirates would continue the franchise ’s maritime tradition .
1The Cardassians (Star Trek: TNG and DS9)
Star Trek’s coldest villains could be major movie villains.
TheCardassians occupy Bajor , savagely tortured Captain Jean - Luc Picard , and nearly brought the Federation to its knees in alliance with the Dominion . It ’s strange that such a powerful enemy of Starfleet and the Federation never appear in theStar Trekmovie franchise . The gulf between the motion-picture show and the on-going television dealership was likely a contributing broker , but there are still stories to tell in next feature photographic film . For representative , Star Trekcanon heavily hints that the Federation knew of the Cardassians in the 23rd C , during the clock time ofStar Trek : The Original Series .
Star Trek : The Next Generationalso let on that Ambassador Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) and his Father of the Church , Ambassador Sarek ( Mark Lennard ) had a disagreement over the Federation ’s handling of the Cardassian border warfare . This revelation would brightly lend itself to a quaternary J.J. Abrams’Star Trekmovie , especially as it ’s reportedly about the elderly initiative crew . Perhaps the starship Enterprise ’s last commission brings them font to face with the Cardassians , whose barbarous oppression of other species inspires Commander Spock ( Zachary Quinto ) to follow his Prime Universe counterpart into finesse .
All three J.J. AbramsStar Trekmovies are available to pullulate on Paramount+ .
Star Trek : The Motion Picturethrough toStar Trek : Nemesisare usable to stream on Max .
