South Oregon Coast Goes Interstellar with Egyptian Theatre's Star Trek Film Fest

Published 08/11/25 at 5:55 a.m.
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff

(Coos Bay, Oregon) – There's more than a little cool interstellar action coming to the south Oregon coast in the next month or so, with a big astronomy festival set for Sunset Bay State on September 25 – 27, but there's also the Star Trek Film Festival on September 5 – 6.

All you're missing is a holodeck. Other than that, the Egyptian Theatre in Coos Bay is about to go where few Oregon theaters have gone before.

“This two-day event brings three fan-favorites back to the big screen,” the theatre said on social.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home are on the screen.

Friday, September 5, 7:00 PM – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Saturday, September 6, 2:00 PM – Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
7:00 PM – Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Admission: Adults $5 | Seniors $4 | Kids $3
(541) 269-0215
50 Central Ave, Coos Bay, Oregon. Visit the Egyptian Theatre’s website for showtimes and details: https://www.egyptiantheatre.events/

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan came out in 1982 and set many to rest about the future of the franchise – in that actually had one after the first Star Trek film missed the mark in '79. This one revisited the fan favorite of the 1967 episode “Space Seed,” both featuring Ricardo Montablan as the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh. Featuring all the old cast of William Shatner (Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Spock) DeForest Kelley (Dr. McCoy) and Uhuru (Nichelle Nichols), et al, Wrath of Khan gets back into adventure territory and features some intense ship battle scenes that were rather groundbreaking at the time.

It was the first big Star Trek project to nix creator Gene Roddenberry's input.

With Star Trek set back on course, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock appeared in 1984 and gained even more ground in terms of audience and box office take. Now boasting Christopher Lloyd as the primary villain Klingon, the movie kept fans happy by not just nodding to canon but expanding on it, and plenty of new fans were made by the action and the story.

This time, it was adeptly directed by Nimoy, starting a new phase in his career and in Star Trek.

Another two years went by and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home appeared in 1986, sweeping up audiences with its new and humorous take on Trek. This time travel gem is the only entry to not feature any outright battle scenes. Once again directed by Nimoy, there are numerous prime moments and lines that stand out in all the Trek canon.

It's a decent, almost cosmic coincidence (well maybe not a coincidence), that the Coos Bay area is the only part of the coast – much less Oregon – that features a Star Trek experience of some kind. The Itty Bitty Inn in North Bend has a Star Trek room, and it's a non-stop kick in the pants.

There are some other surprising little connections from the coastline to Star Trek.

Oceanside's Tunnel Beach Nicknamed Star Trek Beach for a Time. For awhile in the '90s and early 2000s, the other side of Oceanside's tunnel had that nickname – and it really seemed to be catching on. A few online had drawn comparisons to the way the Guardian of Forever in the landmark episode City on the Edge of Forever looked a little like the arch at Oceanside. Then the arch collapsed and the nickname lost its steam. See the Oceanside arch

A bar called Pudgy's in Seaside had the nickname the “Star Trek Bar” for a time, as its 70s-like loungy interior was definitely a little reminiscent of the bars at starbases in the original series.

There has been a former guest star of Star Trek living on the north coast. Megan Cole, otherwise known as Liz Cole, has been in the Manzanita / Cannon Beach area for a couple of decades.

Cole was a periodic guest on Seinfeld as Elaine's rather uptight coworker, including the Suzy episode and the germaphobe episode. Cole also played a couple of roles in Star Trek: Next Generation in the '80s and a Romulan in the final episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the '90s.

Probably the most fun connection to the area was when Star Trek: Discovery mentioned “Astoria...on Earth's Oregon coast” by name. The final episode of season 4, during some of the peaking moments, there's a chaotic scene where the ol' bridge is shaking out of control and some officers talk about their bucket list of visits. Lt. Commander Eva Nilsson (Sara Mitich) blurts out “Astoria …. on Earth's Oregon coast....It's heaven.” According to Star Trek: 'Astoria. On Earth's Oregon Coast. It's Heaven'

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