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The idea of bringing back Khan is enough to give any Star Trek fan goose bumps. He was harsh, calculating and is considered the greatest villain of the franchise.

But, although no decisions have been made on if there is even a place for Khan in the new movie, director J.J. Abrams has hinted he could be back.

"We're not even at that stage yet," he said. "But the fun of where we are on the sequel is we could use some of what was done before in a new way. But we haven't even figured out what we would use yet, so it's very early on."

Whether or not Khan will indeed be back is something that may play out into a potential third movie. Previous reports have teased that the next story could play out over two movies similar to that of other franchises, however screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have insisted that their aim is to make the next movie as good as it can be ... and if that means keeping the story as a single entity then that's what they will do.

One thing they are conscious of, though, is not in re-walking the ground tread in the first movie. High on the agenda: The relationship between Spock and Uhura.

"You can't play that same joke again," Abrams said. "It's got to be about 'What is their relationship?' and 'Who are these people?' That's why the next one, hopefully while still maintaining the sense of fun and adventure, can go a little bit deeper in terms of the script."

And part of the way they may accomplish that is through some play on the timing of the movie.

"One of the things we like to do as storytellers is drop you in the middle of something," producer Damon Lindelof said. "And the question that you're asking yourself is 'Where am I in relation to the last time I left these guys?' Could this be something that predated even, perhaps, some of the adventures that they had in the first movie? Does it happen five years later? Is it happening two seconds later? Who knows? So we're not going to tell you."

The current "Star Trek" movie is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.