5 years ago, Star Trek teased a new season of DS9 that may never happen

Five years ago, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine teased season 8, which, unfortunately, can’t happen. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ended in 1999, after seven seasons, ending the saga of the space station commanded by Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks). Different Star Trek: The Next Generation, DS9 did not become a film franchise. Star Trek: Deep Space NineThe cast went their separate ways, but the series lives on in streaming and has found even greater appreciation from audiences 30 years after its first airing.

In 2019, 455 films released What We Left Behind: A Deep Space Nine Retrospective. The documentary was led by DS9Showrunner Ira Steven Behr and brought together most of the show’s actors and creative team to look back at the triumphs and controversies of Deep Space Nine. What we left behind’Behr’s centerpiece was bringing together his key writers, Rene Echevarria, Hans Beimler, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and Ronald D. Moore on March 8, 2015. Together, DS9The creative nexus of Plotted the first apocryphal episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 8.

What was Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 8?

DS9 continues 20 years later

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 8 was an exercise in DS9writers to launch the first episode of a new continuation series DS9 could be done today. Set 20 years after the end of DS9, Season 8 begins with Captain Nog (Aron Eisenberg) in command of the USS Defiant, while the DS9 space station itself has become a Bajoran religious shrine honoring the Emissary of the Prophets, Captain SIsko. After the DS9 crew gathers at the station, they witness the sudden destruction of the Defiant and the death of Captain Nog.

As Star Trek: Deep Space Nine As the first episode of Season 8 continues, a conspiracy involving the Jem’Hadar on Bajor begins to emerge, DS9 season 8 follows the characters from the series, revealing that Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) is now a Vedek, Ezri Dax (Nicole de Boer) is a Starfleet captain married to Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) and Jake Sisko ( Cirroc Lofton) meets his now-adult half-brother, Joseph Yates-Sisko. As tensions lead to an armed standoff at the station, Captain Sisko suddenly materializes on Deep Space Nine in a moment of distress.

Why can’t Star Trek: DS9 Season 8 happen?

Many obstacles prevent DS9 Season 8 from becoming real

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 8 can’t happen for several reasons, and one of them is that a lot has changed since DS9the writers released their story in 2015. Tragically, a little DS9 actors died. Aron Eisenberg passed away in September 2019 and was soon followed by Rene Auberjonois in December 2019. In September 2024, James Darren also passed away. All three actors and their characters, Captain Nog, Odo and Vic Fontaine, were instrumental in DS9 season 8 story.

Additionally, Avery Brooks retired from acting and distanced himself from Star Trek. Even if Brooks wanted to come back, he is now 76 years old, while Captain Sisko theoretically would not have aged at all since he ascended into a non-linear being when he became one with the Prophets of Bajor. Next, DS9 season 8’s story, set in roughly 2395, was contradicted by canon established in Star Trek: Picardwith regards to the state of the galaxy and that Worf (Michael Dorn) has become captain of the USS Enterprise-E.

Which Star Trek: DS9 characters returned?

Star Trek: Lower Decks brought back some DS9 characters

A handful of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine characters returned thanks to Star Trek: Lower Decks. Star TrekThe animated comedy series is set about 5 to 6 years after the end of DS9. In Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3, Episode 6, the USS Cerritos makes a special trip to Deep Space Nine, where Colonel Kira is in command of the station and Quark (Armin Shimerman) is still serving synthehol at his bar on the Promenade. Lower decks spared no expense in delivering theand Star Trek: Deep Space Nine nostalgia that touched the hearts of fans.

Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4, Episode 6, “Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place” brought the USS Cerritos to Ferenginar, a famous DS9 planet. While Lower Decker lieutenants Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Bradward Boimler (Jack Quaid), Samanthan Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) and D’Vana Tendi (Noel Wells) explored the capitalist world of the Ferengi, Captain Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) negotiated Ferenginar joining the United Federation of Planets with Grand Nagus Rom (Max Grodenchik) and Prime Minister Leeta (Chase Masterson).

Will a Star Trek: DS9 Revival ever happen?

DS9 getting back together remains a Star Trek dream

How Star Trek on Paramount+ Reduced Its Content to Just Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Starfleet Academyand Star Trek: Section 31 over the next two years, the chances of a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine the revival gets even thinner. The end of the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks on Paramount+ and the possibility that Netflix will not renew Star Trek: Prodigy for season 3 would also kill the chances of more DS9 characters returning in animated form. However, most DS9the cast would still love to reprise their iconic roles if given the opportunity.

Unfortunately, without the delay DS9 actors and if Avery Brooks doesn’t return as Captain Sisko in the same way that Patrick Stewart and Kate Mulgrew revived Admiral Jean-Luc Picard and Admiral Kathryn Janeway, any Star Trek: Deep Space Nine the revival would not be a true and complete reunion. Unfortunately, the ship left for DS9 to gather the way Star Trek: The Next Generationthe cast did in Star Trek: Picard season 3. But while Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 8 cannot happen the way it was conceived What We Leave Behind, DS9The legions of fans would still be thrilled to watch any reunion, be it animated or live-action.