Paramount Stage 8 Paramount Stage 8 is located on the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood , California . Stage 8 was used in most " Star Trek " productions including the first seven feature films , and . It was used through the four year run of , and most recently for the film . 1978 . According to blueprints published in the book " " by Judith and Garfield Reeves - Stevens , sets intended for use in " Phase II " were to have been built on Stage 8 . It is unclear as to whether any construction actually took place , but when that series gave way to production of , the stage provided several key locations . The office of Admiral Nogura , the interior sets of " V ' ger " ( which included the full - size mock up of the " Voyager 6 " probe ) , and the refit " Enterprise " rec deck were all built within Stage 8 . 1988 - 1994 . Beginning with the second season of " Star Trek : The Next Generation " , Stage 8 housed several key sets that stood for the duration of that series and the next , and that also served in the production of several feature films . While in season one , Stage 6 contained the ' s main bridge , captain ' s ready room , and living quarters sets , those sets were moved to the larger Stage 8 where the ship ' s observation lounge and Ten Forward lounge could be added . Despite the additional room provided by the new stage , however , the observation lounge set could not be attached to the bridge and was positioned a few feet away from the bridge ' s starboard side . Ten Forward was constructed across the corridor from the existing living quarters sets , which featured wild walls that could be moved to create different spaces to represent different quarters . The observation lounge set was redressed in for use in the film as the ' s mess hall . The Ten Forward lounge was also redressed for use as the UFP President ' s office . Both were later restored for the rest of TNG , the observation lounge with minor changes . Also in 1990 , on 7 December , Stage 8 was used for second unit and insert shots for the episodes and . The sets included the shuttle interior , the holodeck , the Atheneum , and the computer display scenes in the replicating center . The next major redress of the sets in Stage 8 came in for the following motion picture , . The redress included minor changes made to the main bridge for its transition to the big screen . 1994 - 2001 . After its use in " Generations " , the " Enterprise " bridge set was struck and a new set was constructed in its place . Roughly the same size as the original set , the bridge for the featured two additional sets , the ship ' s briefing room and captain ' s ready room , attached to and flanking its port and starboard sides . Both sets , however , featured elements left over from the old Ten Forward set , which itself was heavily modified to become the " Voyager " mess hall . The living quarters and corridor outside of the mess hall remained mostly unchanged , the most significant modification being made to the shape and design of the windows so that they would match the exterior model . The quarters doubled as Chakotay ' s and Tuvok ' s respective offices . In , " Voyager " s observation lounge and ready room interiors underwent temporary modification for the ninth " Star Trek " feature , . The sets became Commander Riker ' s quarters and Counselor Troi ' s office , respectively . 2001 - 2005 . In , following the end of " Voyager " s final season , Stage 8 underwent its most significant reconstruction in recent years . All of the sets used in " Voyager " were struck and replaced for the next series , " Enterprise " . Rather than housing the main bridge , however , Stage 8 was occupied by " Enterprise " s sickbay , crew quarters , mess hall , and captain ' s dining room , as well as a complex of corridor sets constructed in two concentric rings representing the structure of ' s saucer section . All of these sets were connected as they were supposed to be on the " real " starship allowing for longer , continuous scenes to be shot within the stage . Paramount Stage 18 housed the remaining NX - 01 interior sets used in " Enterprise " . Additional room in Stage 8 was used for temporary swing sets needed for various episodes , such as the interior and the balconies of Jonathan Archer ' s and Keyla Terrana ' s apartments on Risa in the episode as well as the Vulcan auxiliary control room in . Following the end of " Enterprise " s fourth season , the NX - 01 interiors were struck and , for the first time in more than a decade , non - " Star Trek " productions began filming within Stage 8 . 2007 - 2008 . In , The Trek Movie Report website reported that J . J . Abrams ' film , , would – in part – be filmed on Paramount ' s Stage 8 . Set construction reportedly began in , utilizing other " historic " " Star Trek " sound stages including Stages 9 , 11 , 14 , 15 , and 18 . The film wrapped production on .