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   From: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
      
   in article 1147350832.520262.302670@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com,   
   videonovels@yahoo.com at videonovels@yahoo.com wrote on 5/11/06 5:33 AM:   
      
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   > Wouter Valentijn wrote:   
   >> videonovels@yahoo.com wrote:   
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   >>> Gene Roddenberry: "Star Trek 5 is apocryphal".  I suspect he had   
   >>> issues with Kirk traveling to the center of the galaxy (it's several   
   >>> years journey, not just a few days), and also the whole God nonsense.   
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   >>   
   >> That does not make it non-canon. That's up to the 'suits'.   
   >> And as for traveling to the center of the galaxy, that's nothing new or   
   >> special to *his* Enterprise.   
   >> They went to Talos IV, which is at the other end (snip)   
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   > Well I said I SUSPECT those (distance & God nonsense) were the reasons.   
   > I don't know for sure   
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   > What I >do< know is that Gene Roddenberry said ST5 is "apocryphal" and   
   > since Roddenberry is the Creator/God of Star Trek, that movie can not   
   > be considered canon.   
      
   Except of course for the part where that's wrong since it's not up to Gene.   
      
     Neither can the Animated stories (again, per   
   > Gene's explicit command).   
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