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The Battle for Axanar · $1 launch invite
The Gathering Storm is free on On Demand. The Battle for Axanar — the definitive documentary — still needs the fleet. $1 locks your launch invite.
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The Battle for Axanar · documentary
The Battle for Axanar is the feature documentary from John Ottman and Seth Sherman / Warp 9 — the full, true story of the fan production that changed the rules, the lawsuit that almost ended it, and the award-winning talent that kept going. The free films prove we deliver. The documentary needs the fleet to finish the mission.
The cast, crew, and industry voices who lived the sixteen-year fight — exclusive to the documentary.
Behind-the-scenes material and production history that never made the free films.
How a fan production forced Hollywood to respond — and why the next chapter still needs funding.
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Made possible by the fleet · Axanar On Demand
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Core saga
Axanar Productions
Now premiering
The next chapter of the Four Years War — Garth, the Ares, and the storm that reshapes the Federation. Stream the full premiere episode free on Axanar On Demand.
~21 min
Ares Productions / Axanar Productions
Hospital ships of the war
A fleet study of the Daedalus-class hospital refit — mercy ships in the meat grinder of the Four Years War.
~6 min
Axanar Productions
A story from the Axanar saga
A high-stakes fleet short from the Axanar canon — tactics, sacrifice, and the cost of one decisive maneuver.
~6 min
Axanar Productions
Soval on Vulcan
Ambassador Soval and Minister T’Lera face the failure of diplomacy — Gary Graham in the first scene of the Axanar feature.
~3 min
Axanar Productions
Four years before Kirk
The award-winning short that proved fan cinema could carry studio weight — Garth of Izar, the Four Years War, and the legend of Axanar.
~21 min
Expanded Universe
Jonathan Lane / Axanar Universe
Between the battles
Jonathan Lane’s Axanar Universe film — Captain Imari Jakande and the USS Artemis in the quiet, dangerous space between wars.
~12 min
Mark R. Largent · Jonathan Lane / Stalled Trek
Stalled Trek · puppet parody
Stalled Trek’s animated puppet parody of Prelude — Mark R. Largent & Jonathan Lane turn fleet history hysterical.
~7 min
Press & creator acclaim
Independent critics and Trek creators have already sat with the finished sequel, covered the Comic-Con weekend premiere, and put Axanar back on the conversation map. A sample of third-party praise as The Gathering Storm arrives.
Critical praise · Fan Film Factor
I can truthfully say I was absolutely bowled over! This fan film now feels so ALIVE!
Jonathan Lane
Editor, Fan Film Factor · January 7, 2026
Critical praise · Fan Film Factor
Because I've just watched the entire thing!!! … All of the incredible VFX shots, every sound effect … and most of all, the sumptuous musical score composed by the Livesay brothers.
Jonathan Lane
Editor, Fan Film Factor · January 7, 2026
Acclaim · Fan Film Factor
And now they've given Axanar one of the greatest soundtracks in fan film history, at least in my opinion.
Jonathan Lane
On Jason & Nolan Livesay's score · January 7, 2026
Recent coverage
Press · Fan Film Factor
June 17, 2026
Twelve years after Prelude's Comic-Con debut, Lane interviews Alec Peters on the completed sequel, free Digital Gym Cinema screenings, and the road to Crucible.
“Now in 2026, twelve years later(!!!), the first of the two Axanar sequels, THE GATHERING STORM, will make its debut with a special press screening in San Diego on July 26.”
Jonathan Lane · Interview with Alec Peters
Read the premiere interview →Video press · YouTube
July 7, 2026
Independent Trek YouTuber JDA Talks Trek frames The Gathering Storm's July 26 public premiere as the end of a landmark legal and production journey — and a win for fan creativity.
JDA Talks Trek · YouTube commentary
Watch on YouTube →Video press · YouTube
February 2026
Earlier 2026 coverage from the same channel arguing fan-made Axanar-era filmmaking still outpaces much of corporate NuTrek — building anticipation ahead of the sequel release.
JDA Talks Trek · YouTube commentary
Watch on YouTube →Video press · YouTube
June 2026
Lance Nielsen hosts a long-form industry interview with Peters on The Outcasts Creative channel — platforming the story of the project as the release window opens.
Lance S A Nielsen · The Outcasts Creative
Watch the interview →Keep exploring
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