Ziz said:

SilverWook said:

I really like the idea of seeing the ship return home at the end of the 5 year mission.

Could Kirk's final log entry V.O. from TUC be reworked for this?

As much as I would like to see that as well, you would then expect to see everyone in TOS form getting off the ship and some kind of scene implying that they're going their separate ways for a bit while the ship gets refit. That will be very difficult if not impossible to create from TOS footage.

I need to find my copy of "Star Trek: The Lost Years" audio book. There is audio by one or two of the stars talking about the return of the enterprise on that. My memory is not what it used to be, so I need to check it to see if it could be useful in this scene. Maybe used as a log entry over the CGI shot???