The Young Hunter: A Klingon Folktale
The Young Hunter: A Klingon Folktale is an eight-minute animatedStar Trek short, featured on the official website,Startrek.com on a page titledKlingon Fable: The Legend of Gorath. The short features an original story set on theKlingon homeworld,Qo'noS, in two time periods, an unknown present day, and a story from the era ofKahless the Unforgettable.
Publisher's decription[]
- Fromstartrek.com (2003)
- Cultures throughout the galaxy have relied on stories as a means of passing wisdom and history down to succeeding generations. On Earth, storytellers like the Brothers Grimm or Aesop have imparted morals to children and adults alike with their rich tales. So why shouldn't Star Trek's rich and vast tapestry of alien cultures have their own fables and folklore? Well, they do ...
- In the "The Young Hunter," a Klingon boy on his first Targ hunt learns a valuable lesson about honesty, honor and boasting when his Grandfather tells him "The Legend of Gorath."
Summary[]
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References[]
Characters[]
- Referenced only
- Kahless the Unforgettable
Locations[]
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Other references[]
- ambush •assassin •bandit •bat'leth •beggar •blood wine •cave •jungle •mek'leth •mountain •river •shoulder •spear •Story of Gorath •Targ •warrior •water
Appendices[]
Background[]
- Before the title card appears a title of "Star Trek: Fables and Folklore" is given, presumably indicating this was to be the first volume in series. However, no other films in the series were made.
Cast and crew[]
- Phil LaMarr as the boy, Grack and Bronal.
- Jonathan Goldstein as Gorath and the spy.
- Adam Bitterman as the grandfather and Krek.
- Camille Ameen as the aunt and barwench.
- Written by:Paul Plunkett
- Produced by:John Sylvain
- Art and animation:Bernard Chang
- Editing:Les Hidvegi
- Sound engineer:Ira Ingbar
Related stories[]
- "Four Thousand Throats..." (TOScomic) - The device of recounting a Klingon fable from both the era of Kahless and a later period was also used in this comic.
Timeline[]
The present day of the story is described as "many years ago". In its year of release the seriesStar Trek: Enterprise set in the22nd century was in production, and themovieStar Trek Nemesis had been released the previous year. In that context the short was probably set before the 22nd century, although it is entirely ambiguous about its chronology. A moon is seen in both the present and past sections of the story, in the past it is established asPraxis; so if the moons seen are the same moon the story would have to be set prior to2293, the year in which Praxis was destroyed.
Images[]
External links[]
- The Young Hunter: A Klingon Fable on Startrek.com
- The Young Hunter: A Klingon Folktale article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.
| In-universe short films | |
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| DVD Extras | Starfleet Academy SCISEC Briefs (SCISEC Brief 001: "Mystery Behind Voyager" • SCISEC Brief 002: "Mystery Behind Ceti Alpha VI" • SCISEC Brief 003: "Mystery Behind the Vulcan Katra Transfer" • SCISEC Brief 004: "The Whale Probe" • SCISEC Brief 005: "Nimbus III" • SCISEC Brief 006: "Praxis" • SCISEC Brief 007: "Trilithium" • SCISEC Brief 008: "Temporal Vortex" • SCISEC Brief 009: "The Origins of the Ba'ku and Son'a Conflict" • SCISEC Brief 010: "Thalaron Radiation") |
| Commercials | Transporter Commercial •Brilliant Enterprise Commercial •Collision insurance commercial •Bold Explorers |
| Other | The Young Hunter: A Klingon Folktale •Untitled Titan short |