Will Star Trek ever resolve the destruction of Romulus?

The approaching disaster the Enterprise crew don’t talk about

“129 years from now, a star will explode, and threaten to destroy the galaxy. That is where I’m from, Jim, the future. The star went supernova, consuming everything in its path. I promised the Romulans that I would save their planet… We outfitted our fastest ship. Using red matter, I would create a black hole, which would absorb the exploding star. I was en route, when the unthinkable happened: the supernova destroyed Romulus.”

Ten years ago, J.J. Abrams changed the Star Trek movies forever with his reboot of the Original Series, which saw a young Kirk (a fresh-faced Chris Pine) contend with a vengeful Romulan from the future destroying Spock (Zachary Quinto)’s homeworld of Vulcan.

Although the movie used time travel to send the classic Enterprise crew on new destinies, where they would contend with unexpected calamities like the aforementioned destruction of Vulcan, a lot of Trekkies wondered if a sequel could see the characters go back in time and ‘correct’ history. I was never one of them, as I got Abrams and co. were trying to unshackle the new films from the predictability of prequels, but also because I was much more concerned with the film’s backstory.