- For information dealing with this year in the timeline of the fictional Star Trek universe, see 1979.
1979
SFB game counters.
- Star Fleet Battles, a role-playing game from Task Force Games and the Amarillo Design Bureau, is first released. While authorized to use elements published by Franz Joseph Designs (such as the Star Fleet Technical Manual), this game is not allowed to refer to Star Trek or its main characters, or reference Trek events after the release of Star Trek: The Animated Series.
- The Star Trek book and record sets "Dinosaur Planet" and "The Robot Masters" are released.
- The first Star Trek Annual, a collection of comic book stories is published by Western.
William Shatner and Robert Wise.
- The Star Trek Game released by Milton Bradley.
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture begins production.
- January
- Bantam TOS novel "Trek to Madworld"
- Gold Key TOS comic book issue #59: "To Err is Vulcan"
- February
- Bantam TOS "World Without End"
- Gold Key TOS issue #60: "The Empire Man"
- March
- Gold Key TOS issue #61: "Operation Con Game"
- May
- November
The Motion Picture, the novel.
- December
- The first Pocket Books TOS novel, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, an adaptation of the film novelized by Gene Roddenberry, is released in the US.
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture Peel-Off Graphics Book, by designer Lee Cole, is released.
- 7 December
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture, directed by Robert Wise, premieres in US theaters.
Other events
- 16 January
- Ted Cassidy dies.
- 25 January
- Dick Crockett dies.
- 15 February
- Kaj-Erik Eriksen born.
- 15 April
- William Meader dies.
- 29 May
- Richard Lee Jackson born.
- 6 August
- Drew Howerton born.
- 12 October
- Celia Lovsky dies.
- 8 November
- Erika Flores born.
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