Most of what works in the Star Trek movies evolve from what we know about the characters. Kirk’s love for his ship and history with the Klingons, Picard’s history with the Borg, Data’s struggle with emotions, that sort of thing.
What character threads from any of the series could have been picked up and expanded on in movies?
@NewEnglandRedshirt @swcollings Some of this shows up in the Star Trek Defiant series that’s going on over at IDW:
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_Defiant
But that’s Beta Canon… I would really like it to be confirmed.