Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Can you skip Star Trek III: The Search for Spock?

No. It carries part of the main Star Trek throughline, and what comes after it assumes you have seen it. See the full Star Trek order.

Star Trek guides

• Star Trek orderSixty years, eleven centuries and two timelines. The honest advice is that you should not try to watch it in any single order at all.
• Star Trek timelineEleven centuries, in order. It is a fascinating map and a genuinely bad viewing plan.

Where it sits in the Star Trek order

Release order

#5 of 26

Chronological order

#9 of 26

Released

1 June 1984

In-universe era

The 23rd Century

More from The Original Era

• 01Star Trek: The Original Series1966 · Essential
• 02Star Trek: The Animated Series1973
• 03Star Trek: The Motion Picture1979
• 04Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan1982 · Essential
• 06Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home1986 · Essential
• 07Star Trek V: The Final Frontier1989
• 08Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country1991 · Essential

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