In response to Joyce – to your final sentence: "There is no Canon. Star Trek is not a church."

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I understand your point. But some might disagree, as there are significant parallels between the consumer base of Star Trek & those who attend church, both in 'beliefs & practices' that may warrant the use of "canon" (& even other religious ), & this is all due to their followers' commitment to the beliefs portrayed by either of these mediums (Star Trek or Church).

Here are just two examples who for comparison...

– There are people that attend/view regularly in order to be comforted & surrounded by their belief of a better world, before returning again to this often horrid one.

– There are others who are inspired to 'become better', by deeply considering the examples of ethical dilemmas portrayed (on-screen). These are the people:

• who stand up for their beliefs;

• who construct, & grow upon, their own moral code – that they conduct their lives by.

• who examine their concepts & adapt their beliefs of 'what is right' when confronted with situations that are alien to them.

• who avail their & attentiveness to hearing the plight of those in distress.

• who never give up, or give in, on what they believe is fundamentally right.

...In short, these certainly sound like the 'concepts'

that most – gods/messiahs/churches/ministers – as well as 'those who understand what Trek truly represents' – would really 'wish/prefer' their attendees/viewers to actually practice.

So I think the word "canon" is acceptable in this context (defined as 'genuinely a part of'). Star Trek after all is a show about 'the principles of right vs wrong – & the efforts undertaken to live-up to those principles'.

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I understand Koenig is upset he got no personal insights into what made Chekov tick. But I think Uhura & Sulu came off worse.

What I've never seen mentioned is that Chekov had the most diverse resume in Star Trek. From navigator in TOS, to Weapons Officer/Security Chief in The Motion Picture, to XO of Reliant in Wrath of Khan, to Acting Communications Officer in the Search for Spock (when the crew stole the Enterprise to get to Genesis, poor Uhura missed out on the main action, merely bookending their mission on Earth&Vulcan, but Chekov took her role onboard). The Voyage Home was closest to an ensemble film for all. Then in Final Frontier, Chekov played Acting Captain. To finally returning as Security Chief in The Undiscovered Country (geez, he had many scenes with just about every main actor during his search for the assassins).

I think he got much closer to Scotty, in of humour & meaningful roles. The only things he missed out on was having a personal or family life, & that was one of the most significant embedded stories about this crew, that they sacrificed it all to serve in Starfleet, on the Enterprise, & honour the legends of Kirk, Spock, Bones & Scotty (that was kinda what Kirk was saying in Final Frontier & later in Generations when he was shocked that Sulu had a family of his own).