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Paramount Pictures Corp. and CBS are suing a group of “Star Trek” fans set to make a crowd-funded film called “Axanar,” based on the popular franchise.

The studios have filed suit against Alec Peters and his company Axanar Productions, citing its “unabashed” use of intellectual property and its aim for the movie to “look and feel like a true ‘Star Trek’ movie.” The planned project, which raised more than $1 million on sites like Kickstarter and had the support of former cast member George Takei, plans to tell the story of a Starfleet captain’s war with the Klingon Empire.

Peters released a statement saying it’s the Trekkies who “are most affected here,” and the studios “are suing the very people who have enthusiastically maintained the universe created by Gene Roddenberry so many years ago.”

One entity allowed to use the space odyssey’s icons: the US Postal service, which will be releasing four stamps based on “Star Trek,” including one of a Vulcan salute, it just announced.

The next official installment, “Star Trek Beyond,” starring Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana, comes out next summer.