It may not immediately seem that way, butStar Trekactually had a great 2024. Between Paramount+ and Netflix,Star Trekspanned two streaming services in 2024, with three series delivering a total of 40 episodes.Star Trek: Discoveryseason 5 was the franchise’s only live-action outing, offering 10 hour-long episodes and an extended series finale.Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2dropped 20 half-hour episodes on Netflix, the mostStar Trekever in one day. Finally,Star Trek: Lower Decksseason 5 closed out the year with its final 10 half-hour episodes on Paramount+.
2024 isn’t regarded as prolific a year as 2022 and 2023 were forStar Trek.In 2022, allfive Paramount+Star Trekseriesdropped a new episode nearly every Thursday of the calendar year. 2023 kicked off with the blockbusterStar Trek: Picardseason 3, galvanizing fans old and new by reuniting thecast ofStar Trek: The Next Generationaboard the USS Enterprise-D.Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2 made history withStar Trek’s first-ever musical and a comedy crossover withStar Trek: Lower Decks, which later delivered a stellar season 4.2024, however, was a series of highs forStar Trek.
Star Trek: Discovery, Prodigy & Lower Decks All Delivered Excellent Seasons
Despite the dark cloud thatStar Trek: DiscoveryandStar Trek: Lower Decksheld their final seasons on Paramount+, andNetflix has made no noise about renewingStar Trek: Prodigy,all three series delivered the highest qualityStar Trek,and some episodes were among the bestStar Trekaudiences have ever seen.Star Trek: Discoveryseason 5 was an energetic romp through the 32nd-century galaxy, tying intoStar Trek: The Next Generation,the Mirror Universe, and closing out with a powerful and emotional denouement for Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the USS Discovery.
Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Finale Ending & Shocking Epilogue Explained
Star Trek: Discovery comes to an end with season 5’s finale wrapping up the Progenitors treasure hunt and an epilogue concluding the entire series.
Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2 was 20 half-hours of vaulting ambition, featuring several two-part episodes, and the return ofStar Trek: The Next Generation’s Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton).Prodigyseason 2 was a truly cosmic and epic journey that touched upon the breadth ofStar Trek’s history and franchise, culminating in a powerful full-circle conclusion and literal relaunch for the heroic young crew of the USS Protostar.Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2 also madeStar Trek: Voyagerfans' dreams come true by reuniting Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and Captain Chakotay (Robert Beltran).
Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2’s ending set up a new direction for the young crew of the Protostar Class USS Prodigy.
Star Trek: Lower Decksknew going into season 5 that it would be the animated comedy’s final season on Paramount+, and they never considered resting on their laurels.Star Trek: Lower Decksalso went big by throwing the USS Cerritos intoStar Trek’s multiverse of timelines, going places the series hadn’t before. Smashing all expectations,Star Trek: Lower Decksseason 5 warped into its finale with the biggest crossover ofStar Treklegacy characters ever, and closed out with a satisfyingly poignant ending, setting up the Cerritos' next chapter.
Star Trek’s Animated Series Proved Why They Should Continue
Animated Star Trek Leaned Into The Multiverse
Perhaps the biggest tragedy ofStar Trek’s 2024 is that it marks the current all-stop ofStar Trek’s animation renaissance.Star Trek: ProdigyandStar Trek: Lower Deckshave made animatedTrekessential, taking full advantage of the few limits animation offers. Jaw-droppingStar Treklegacy guest stars like Wil Wheaton’s Wesley Crusher, Robert Picardo’s The Doctor, Brent Spiner’s Data,Jolene Blalock’s T’Pol, and Alfre Woodard’s Lily Sloane returned inStar Trek: ProdigyandStar Trek: Lower Decks. InStar Trekanimation, the impossible became very possible.
Star Trek’s scope has never felt bigger or more joyous thanks to animated Star Trek.
Star Trek: ProdigyandStar Trek: Lower Decksboth leaned into the multiverse in 2024, with unbelievably rewarding results. Free of the real-world practicalities of live-action, the USS Protostar and USS Cerritos each went to places previously considered unthinkable, withStar Trekcharacters that seemed improbable.Star Trek’s scope has never felt bigger or more joyous thanks to animatedStar Trek.The prevailing question is what the future holds. Will Netflix renewStar Trek: Prodigyfor season 3? WillStar Trek: Lower Decksfind a new streaming home?Star Treknow seems like a starship missing both nacelles withoutLower DecksandProdigy.
Star Trek Gave Kirk & Spock The Ending Canon Denied Them
765874 - Unification Gives Kirk, Spock And Fans Closure
Produced by The Roddenberry Archive and OTOY, in association with Paramount, theStar Trekshort film titled765854 - UnificationgaveCaptain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) the endingtheir respective destinies denied them. Working with OTOY,William Shatner helped ensure the technical and creative accuracy of Captain Kirk, with Sam Witwer performing the role of Kirk in costume and aided by physical and digital prosthetics. Witwer studied and mimicked Shatner’s exact movements as Kirk.
With Spock (Lawrence Selleck), Saavik (Robin Curtis), Gary Mitchell (Gary Lockwood), Kirk’s friend-turned-enemy inStar Trek: The Original Series' second pilot, “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” J.M. Colt (Mahe Thassia) fromStar Trek’s original pilot, “The Cage,” and Spock’s son Sorak (Mark Cinnery) also appearing,765854 - Unificationis an emotionally powerful and moving love letter toStar Trekand the eternal friendship between Kirk and Spock.
2024 Set Up Star Trek’s Exciting Next 2 Years
Star Trek Has A Plan For Its 60th Anniversary
Along withStar Trek: Discovery,Star Trek: Prodigy,andStar Trek: Lower Decks, the next two years ofStar Trekexcitingly began to take shape in 2024.Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, the nextStar Trekseries, announced a stunning cast led by Academy Award-caliber actors Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti. They are joined byStar Treklegacy actors like Robert Picardo and Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany.Already renewed for season 2 by Paramount+,Star Trek: Starfleet Academyis targeting a premiere in 2026 to markStar Trek’s 60th anniversary.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Cast, Story & Everything We Know
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Star Trek: Strange New Worldsalso received an early season 4 renewal,with filming to commence in early 2025. In all likelihood, Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the Starship Enterprise will also help ring inStar Trek’s 60th anniversary in 2026 withStrange New Worldsseason 4. Meanwhile, Paramount Studios announced aStar Trek Originprequel movie which may start filming in 2025 for a 2026 premiere. If it happens, it would mark the firstStar Trekmoviein theaters sinceStar Trek Beyondin 2016.
What Star Trek Will Look Like In 2025
Will Less Be More?
There are only two Star Trekon Paramount+ projects in 2025, but both are crucial for the franchise. On January 24th,Star Trek: Section 31premieres as the first made-for-streamingStar Trekmovie on Paramount+. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi,Section 31is also the comeback for Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh, who reprises herStar Trek: Discoveryanti-heroine, Emperor Philippa Georgiou.Section 31introduces a new team of outsider secret operatives to defend the United Federation of Planets inStar Trek’s 24th-century"lost era.“Section 31’s potential success could open the door for sequels and more streaming movies about otherStar Trekcharacters.
Star Trek: Section 31 - Everything You Need To Know
Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh headlines Star Trek: Section 31, and here’s what we know about Paramount+’s first Star Trek streaming movie.
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3, delayed a year due to 2023’s SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, finally premieres sometime in 2025. As Star Trek on Paramount+’s new flagship series, the pressure’s on forStrange New Worldsto match or exceed the acclaim of season 2’s musical episode andStar Trek: Lower Deckscrossover.Strange New Worldsseason 3 is up to the challenge with more"big swings"like a Vulcan comedy episode and a Hollywood murder mystery episode directed by Jonathan Frakes.Star Trek’s 2024 is comparatively more varied and plentiful compared to what’s on tap for the coming year, but 2025 will hopefully also be a very good year forStar Trek.
