STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE - ECHOES #1-3 (Marc Guggenheim / Oleg Chudakov)

IDW annonce la mini-série Star Trek : The Motion Picture - Echoes, suite directe du long métrage de Robert Wise.

iDW Publishing has announced, Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Echoes, a five-issue mini-series, written by Marc Guggenheim and drawn by Oleg Chudakov, set immediately after the events of the 1979 film.

Here’s how IDW describes the series:

« Echoes pits the venerated Captain James T. Kirk and his crew against enemies both terrifying and shockingly familiar! When a space anomaly thrusts a criminal mastermind – pursued by a very determined pilot on a mission – into our universe, the Enterprise must stop them from unintentionally starting a war with the Romulans and unleashing a superweapon of foreign technology into the system. But things get infinitely more complicated when these newcomers to our reality remove their helmets, revealing that they’re doppelgangers of our beloved heroes! »

« Despite watching the occasional fragment of a Star Trek episode here and there with my father, my true introduction was going to see Star Trek: The Motion Picture with my grandparents…I was entranced. I’m thrilled that IDW and Paramount Global have allowed me to revisit that time period, which was so impactful to me and my love of Star Trek, » Guggenheim said. « Almost all Trek stories are told from the point of view of the Enterprise crew, but I was interested in telling a story from the perspective of an outsider as a means of recapturing how it felt for me when I first saw Star Trek: The Motion Picture. »

« What does it mean to draw this new Star Trek adventure? It’s like revisiting my childhood, but at the same time learning something new. It’s amazing, » Chudakov said.

Covers for the first issue are by Jake Bartok, Oleg Chudakov, Luke Sparrow and Rod Reis.

Written by: Marc Guggenheim.

Art by: Oleg Chudakov.

Covers by: Jake Bartok, Oleg Chudakov.

Description: A new mini-series detailing a never-before-seen adventure from Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise! When a space anomaly thrusts a bounty hunter and her target – a criminal mastermind – into their universe, it’s up to Kirk and his crew to stop them from unintentionally starting a war with the Romulans and unleashing a superweapon of foreign tech onto the system. But the strangers from another universe are more familiar than they assume for underneath their helmets are their doppelgangers from an alternate reality!

Pages: 32.

Price: $4.99.

Available: May 17.

Written by: Marc Guggenheim.

Art by: Oleg Chudakov.

Covers by: Jake Bartok, Erik Tamayo.

Description: Akris – a maniacal doppelganger of Chekov from a parallel universe – has begun working with the Romulans on a superweapon with a promise to reduce the Federation and its allies to ash. And with half the bridge crew in Romulan custody, it’s up to Spock and McCoy to hold down the ship and devise a plan to get their captain and crewmates out of enemy hands!

Pages: 32.

Price: $4.99.

Available: July 12.