AsStar Trekenters 2025, there remain 4 big things fans want. 2025 marks the 59th year sinceStar Trek: The Original Seriespremiered on NBC, and the franchise on Paramount+ is transitioning into a limited number ofStar Trekcurrently scheduled for the year. Only one series,Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3, and the firstStar Trekstreaming movie,Star Trek: Section 31, are known to premiere on Paramount+ in 2025.
WhileStrange New Worldsremains popular, and takesStar Trek: Discovery’s place as Paramount+’s new flagshipStar Trekseries,the franchise has ended four of the five shows that sparked a newStar Trekrenaissance from 2017-2024.Star Trek: Picardended its 3-season run in 2023, and bothStar Trek: DiscoveryandStar Trek: Lower Deckswrapped their respective 5-season cycles on Paramount+in 2024. In 2023, Paramount+ also abruptly canceledStar Trek: Prodigy,which was then ported over to Netflix after a passionate fan campaign.
Meanwhile,Star Trek: Starfleet Academyis filming two back-to-back seasons in Toronto, with season 1 potentially debuting in 2026 (or even possibly late 2025). ThenextStar Trekseriesis reinventing the storied school that Starfleet Officers attend and continuing the distant 32nd century ofStar Trek: Discovery. Yet even with all this newStar Trekon the way,fans have been continuously vocal about theStar Trekthey want,and their calls to action look to continue in 2025.
Fans Still Want Star Trek: Legacy
Legacy Is The Star Trek Show Fans Want Most
Star Trekfans' desire forStar Trek: Legacyhas not abated.Star Trek: Picardseason 3 was easily the most well-received season of the Patrick Stewart-led series. Thanks to the long-awaited reunion ofStar Trek: The Next Generation’s castand brilliant writing led by showrunner Terry Matalas,Picardseason 3 also ranks as one of the most celebratedStar Trekevents since the Star Trek on Paramount+ era began.Picardseason 3’s ending set up a continuation about the USS Enterprise-G commanded by Captain Seven of Nine(Jeri Ryan).
Star Trek Picard Season 3 Ending Explained (In Detail)
Star Trek: Picard season 3’s finale concludes the story of TNG in grand style and sets up the next generation’s legacy, along with a big surprise.
Unfortunately,Star Trek: Legacywas not on Paramount+’s agenda, and the streamer didn’t move forward with theStar Trek: Picardsequel series. Despite the vocal support from not just fans, butStar Trek: Picard’s actors like Todd Stashwick, Jonathan Frakes, and Jeri Ryan, as well asPicard’s producing team,Star Trek: Legacystill isn’t on the horizon.Nevertheless, hope springs eternal, and the continuation ofStar Trek: Picard’s 25th century remains something both fans andStar Trek’s talent ardently want.
Netflix Needs To Renew Star Trek: Prodigy
Star Trek: Prodigy’s Future Has To Be Confirmed
Netflix savingStar Trek: Prodigyin 2023 was a triumph for the beloved all-ages animated series and its passionate fan base who twice rented an airplane to fly over Los Angeles to promote the show. Netflix gave fans a Merry Christmas in 2023 by premiering all 20 episodes ofStar Trek: Prodigyseason 1. On July 24, 2025,all 20 episodes of the acclaimedStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2 premiered on Netflix in the largest single drop ofStar Trekepisodes ever.LikeStar Trek: Picard,Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2 endedwith a brilliant setup for season 3.
Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2 is the only currentStar Trekseries to garner a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
However, the calendar turned to 2025 with no word fromNetflix on renewingStar Trek: Prodigyfor season 3. Before 2024 ended,Star Trek: Prodigyexecutive producer Aaron J. Waltke urged fans on social media to continue binging the series to help boost its viewing numbers.Evidently, Netflix still has not made a decision about continuingStar Trek: Prodigy.After the effort to bringStar Trek: Prodigyto Netflix, ending the show now would be a crushing disappointment to the most passionate supporters of a modernStar Trekseries. But hopefully, Netflix will let the USS Prodigy fly again.
Star Trek: Lower Decks Needs A New Streaming Home
No One Thinks Star Trek: Lower Decks Deserved To End
In 5 seasons,Star Trek: Lower Deckstransformed from a show fans didn’t know what to make of -a Star Trek animated comedy?!- intoone of the most essential and innovative entries into modernStar Trek’s canon.Star Trek: Lower Decksnot only introduced some of the most beloved new characters in Starfleet, butStar Trek: Lower Decksseason 5 endedby boldly opening upStar Trek’s multiverse for exploration while changing the paradigm of the USS Cerritos in exciting ways.
Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 6 - Will It Happen & Everything We Know
Star Trek: Lower Decks has concluded its fifth and final season on Paramount+. Here’s what we know about a possible season 6.
WhileStar Trek: Lower Decks' run on Paramount+ is over, Mike McMahan’s animated series is obviously bursting with even more stories to tell. AlthoughStar Trek: Lower Deckshasn’t received the same kind of intense fan support that broughtStar Trek: Prodigyto Netflix, it’s clear that McMahan andStar Trek: Lower Decks' casthave a palpable desire to return.PerhapsStar Trek: Lower Deckscan become likeFuturamaand make comebacks on different networks and streaming services. Hopefully, 2025 will deliver word that the USS Cerritos will indeed return somewhere, somehow.
Star Trek 4’s Almost Decade-Long Wait Has To End
Relaunch Chris Pine’s Starship Enterprise Already
Paramount Pictures has to finally move forward onStar Trek 4.2025 marks 9 years sinceStar Trek Beyond- the last adventure of the USS Enterprise led by Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) - left theaters.Star Trek 4has been drydocked in constant development hell,with directors like S.J. Clarkson, Matt Shakman, and evenQuentin Tarantino exitingStar Trek 4over creative differences. While J.J. Abrams’Star Trekactors want to return, there has been no word onStar Trek 4since a report early in 2024 that screenwriter Steve Yockey was hired to write a new script.
2025 has to be the year when Star Trek 4 finally gets a greenlight and stops being yesterday’s Enterprise.
Star Trekmoviesare finally making a comeback in 2025.Star Trek: Section 31,the first-everStar Trekstreaming movie led by Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh, premieres January 24 on Paramount+. Reportedly, theStar Trek Originprequel movie directed by Toby Haynes could also enter production for a possible 2026 release. It’s likely too late forStar Trek 4to make it to theaters in time to celebrateStar Trek’s 60th anniversary in 2026, but 2025 has to be the year whenStar Trek 4finally gets a greenlight and stops being yesterday’s Enterprise.
