On 03/19/17, Drew Klenotic said the following...   
       
    DK> Why didn't he just make his own universe instead?  Just like with Star   
    DK> Wars... They declared everything out side of the movies to be   
    DK> "potentially invalid".  All the books... all the games.... all the   
    DK> expanded universe stuff.  All because JJ was too lazy to come up with his   
    DK> own completely original idea.   
      
   FWIW, that seems like a simple answer to me.  The reason is that there are   
   still a lot of stories that can be told about the Kirk/Spock era.  The   
   problem with that, is we don't have the actors to play Kirk and Spock   
   anymore.  What do we do then?  Should we be presented with CGI versions of   
   the original crew, like they did with Princess Leia and Grand Mof Tarkin?   
      
   No thanks!   
      
   The problem with telling about the Kirk era, is that many young movie goers   
   have no real idea who Kirk and Spock are.  So we need to get reacquainted with   
   the characters.  But if we do that, then we are just retelling stories that   
   have already been told.  Unless some changes are made, like an alternate   
   universe.   
      
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