Star Trek lives long and prospers


Klingons were the most popular aliens cosplayed at STLV.

This year, the venerable Star Trek franchise celebrates its 50th anniversary. For half a century Star Trek has delivered a staggering 726 television episodes from six series (including an animated series), and 13 movies. When watched continuously, this totals over 548 hours, or almost 23 days of viewing! The enduring sci-fi franchise has evolved into a cultural phenomenon garnering millions of fans from all ages across the world, commonly identified as trekkies or trekkers. These passionate trekkies in the 1970s gave rise to the birth of fan conventions attended by celebrities of the respective shows, giving rare opportunities for cast, crew and fans to mingle.

For the last 15 years, the Star Trek Las Vegas (STLV) convention has brought together thousands of trekkies annually for this very reason. Its official 50th Anniversary Celebration for Star Trek took place for five days from Aug 3 to 7 at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino featuring over 100 celebrities.

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