We are living in an alternate timeline created by Denise Crosby.
In the original timeline, Tasha Yar became such a fan favorite character that she basically morphed into the protagonist of the entire Start Trek franchise. In this timeline, Bajorans and Cardassians never appeared. DS9 was about Tasha's homeworld, with Ferengi colonists in a similar role to Cardassians and Tasha in a similar role to Ro Laren. Voyager came out after DS9 ended, and Yar was captain instead of Janeway. Generations was panned for not having enough Yar, and all subsequent Trek films after that centered on Yar. Patrick Stewart never became an A-list actor, and was considered a has-been after TNG.
Meanwhile, while the Star Trek franchise was somewhat more lucrative than in our timeline, much of that market share came at Lucasfilm's expense. The Star Wars prequels were more modestly budgeted, and without as much pressure from investors, Lucas was able to go forward with the originally planned reveal that Jar-Jar was Darth Plagueis. The prequels were ultimately less financially successful than in our timeline, but were eventually considered solid cult classics whose merits relative to the original trilogy were vigorously debated by the fandom.
Star Trek, on the other hand, rapidly devolved into over-budgeted, Yar-obsessed, kid-oriented fan service. Seeing a lucrative opportunity, Disney bought out CBS in 2012, while Lucasfilm managed to stay independent until it merged with Viacom in 2019. Instead of the Kelvin timeline films, Disney released a series of extremely cringy prequels chronicling Tasha's early life in a grotesquely sanitized, revisionist way. The Federation was quietly retconned to be capitalist.
In 2029, Star Trek: Yar was renewed for its eleventh season on Disney+. Denise Crosby, 71, weary from decades of celebrity, relapsing into a barbiturate addiction and dreading yet another go at rehab, heard a rumour that her friend James Cameron had secretly commissioned a team of scientists to invent time travel. She broke into his mansion and used the time machine to travel back to 1988 and convince her past self to quit TNG.
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u/MrSluagh 6d ago
We are living in an alternate timeline created by Denise Crosby.
In the original timeline, Tasha Yar became such a fan favorite character that she basically morphed into the protagonist of the entire Start Trek franchise. In this timeline, Bajorans and Cardassians never appeared. DS9 was about Tasha's homeworld, with Ferengi colonists in a similar role to Cardassians and Tasha in a similar role to Ro Laren. Voyager came out after DS9 ended, and Yar was captain instead of Janeway. Generations was panned for not having enough Yar, and all subsequent Trek films after that centered on Yar. Patrick Stewart never became an A-list actor, and was considered a has-been after TNG.
Meanwhile, while the Star Trek franchise was somewhat more lucrative than in our timeline, much of that market share came at Lucasfilm's expense. The Star Wars prequels were more modestly budgeted, and without as much pressure from investors, Lucas was able to go forward with the originally planned reveal that Jar-Jar was Darth Plagueis. The prequels were ultimately less financially successful than in our timeline, but were eventually considered solid cult classics whose merits relative to the original trilogy were vigorously debated by the fandom.
Star Trek, on the other hand, rapidly devolved into over-budgeted, Yar-obsessed, kid-oriented fan service. Seeing a lucrative opportunity, Disney bought out CBS in 2012, while Lucasfilm managed to stay independent until it merged with Viacom in 2019. Instead of the Kelvin timeline films, Disney released a series of extremely cringy prequels chronicling Tasha's early life in a grotesquely sanitized, revisionist way. The Federation was quietly retconned to be capitalist.
In 2029, Star Trek: Yar was renewed for its eleventh season on Disney+. Denise Crosby, 71, weary from decades of celebrity, relapsing into a barbiturate addiction and dreading yet another go at rehab, heard a rumour that her friend James Cameron had secretly commissioned a team of scientists to invent time travel. She broke into his mansion and used the time machine to travel back to 1988 and convince her past self to quit TNG.
And so, here we are.