The Four Years War — and after
Stardate by stardate, year by year — in-universe legend, the Origins chronicle on Substack, Wikipedia-cited Prelude press (2014–2017), and all 150 FanFilmFactor articles by Jonathan Lane (2016–2026) on one chronology.
Garth, Axanar, and the Four Years War · 4 items
Klingon disruptors reduce Archanis IV to rubble — the first victims of the Four Years War, the conflict that almost tore the Federation apart.
Nine years after Axanar — Captain Pike commands the Enterprise.
Twenty-one years after Axanar — Captain Kirk's first mission begins. Garth is the role model for all future Starfleet officers.
Garth on New Voyages, Propworx, CBS talks, Kickstarter, and Prelude · 13 items
Alec Peters writes his first Garth story in law school — decades before fan cinema would make Axanar possible.
Alec's first Garth of Izar screenplay dates to law school in the late 1980s. The path to Axanar truly ignited in 2010 — a call with James Cawley while Propworx was running landmark Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek auctions, setting the stage for fan cinema at an entirely new scale.
Alec plays Garth of Izar in Port Henry — working alongside David Gerrold, Colin Cunningham, and a crew that reframed what fan films could be.
At the Propworx Star Trek auction in Las Vegas, Alec opens talks with CBS about fan-film guidelines — six years before official rules land.
June 2010: filming the "Origins" episode in Port Henry with David Gerrold, Colin Cunningham, John Muenchrath as McCoy, and a crew proving fan productions could attract serious talent. The week on James Cawley's set framed everything Axanar would later aspire to become.
Life inside Star Trek New Voyages revealed both the magic and the limits of fan filmmaking — and the need for real producing discipline. That summer, as a CBS licensee, Alec opened early conversations with CBS about fan-film guidelines at the Propworx Star Trek auction in Las Vegas, years before official rules arrived.
8,548 backers fund Prelude to Axanar — proving fan cinema could command studio-scale support.
TrekMovie reports the three-minute teaser ahead of San Diego Comic-Con — Wired and IndieWire follow.
Private Horton Plaza screening, then public SDCC debut — the 21-minute short wins 46 festival awards.
Additional funding pushes toward the full feature film after Prelude's global reception.
First scene from the feature film — Ambassador Soval and production values that turned heads industry-wide.
Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards at Treklanta — Best Director, VFX, Screenplay, and Dramatic Presentation.
Studios sue Axanar Productions after Prelude and the feature Kickstarter — Guardian, TheWrap, and Hollywood Reporter coverage.
Studio moves, delays, persistence, and the rebuild · 13 items
Principal photography complete — post-production and premiere · 5 items
It’s a moment that many Star Trek fans thought would ever happen. This past weekend, AXANAR finally wrapped filming for ALL 19 actors set to appear in the two upcoming Axanar sequel fan films! After a seven-year delay from the originally-scheduled start of principal photography back in February of 2016—interrupted by a
3 articles from Jonathan Lane — including “AXANAR finally WRAPS principal photography!”. Open the production archive for the full year.
Eligible backers gain access to the new Axanar Blu-ray digital release through the rebuilt donor portal.
It was nearly twelve years ago when ALEC PETERS, MARK EDWARD LEWIS, and a bunch of members of the production team of PRELUDE TO AXANAR sat together inside a the SOL 7 sound studio in Encino, CA while the sound levels of that groundbreaking fan film were mixed together and equalized. It is now 2026, and the sequel that
2 articles from Jonathan Lane — including “First of the two AXANAR sequels has FINAL SOUND MIX session in Los Angeles!”. Open the production archive for the full year.