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In this episode Mark talks about the 2016 "Star Trek" film: "Star Trek Beyond" directed by Justin Lin, and written by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung. The thirteeth film in the "Star Trek" film franchise and the third film set within the "Kelvin-timeline" - following on from the films "Star Trek" (2009) and "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013) - the film stars Chris Pine as Captain James T. Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Commander Spock, as well as Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, and the late Anton Yelchin in one of his final film appreances, once again as the crew of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701, who find themselves being drawn into devastating ambush that results in the destruction of their ship, and the potential massacre of Starfleet personel and Federation citizens aboard the starbase Yorktown by a diabolical enemy called Krall (played by Idris Elba) - formerly Captain Balthazar Edison, the commanding officer of the lost starship USS Franklin. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Michael Giacchino. And the film was dedicated to the memory of Leonard Nimoy and Anton Yelchin.