It may not immediately seem like this, but Star Trek In fact, I had a great 2024. Between Paramount+ and Netflix, Star Trek spanned two streaming services in 2024, with three series delivering a total of 40 episodes. Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 was the franchise's only live-action release, offering 10-hour-long episodes and an extended series finale. Star Trek: Prodigy the second season had 20 half-hour episodes on Netflix, the most Star Trek always in one day. Finally, Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5 closed out the year with its final 10 half-hour episodes on Paramount+.
2024 is not considered as prolific a year as 2022 and 2023 were for Star Trek. In 2022, all five Paramount+ Star Trek the series released a new episode almost every Thursday of the calendar year. 2023 started with the blockbuster Star Trek: Picard third season, galvanizing fans old and new by reuniting the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation aboard the USS Enterprise-D. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds the second season made history with Star TrekThe first musical and comedy crossover with Star Trek: Lower Deckswhich later delivered a stellar 4th season. 2024, however, was a series of highs for Star Trek.
Star Trek had three shows in 2024 and they were all great
Star Trek: Discovery, Prodigy and Lower Decks all delivered excellent seasons
Despite the dark cloud that Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Lower Decks aired their final seasons on Paramount+, and Netflix made no noise about the renewal Star Trek: Prodigy, all three series offered the highest quality Star Trek, and some episodes were among the best Star Trek the public has already seen. Star Trek: Discovery season 5 was an energetic romp through the 32nd century galaxy, tied to Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Mirror Universe, and ending with a powerful and emotional outcome for Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the USS Discovery.
Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 was 20 half hours of leaping ambition, featuring several two-part episodes and the return of Star Trek: The Next GenerationWesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton). Prodigy season two was a truly cosmic and epic journey that touched on the breadth of Star Trek'history and franchiseculminating in a powerful full-circle conclusion and the literal relaunch of the heroic young crew of the USS Protostar. Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 also did Star Trek: Voyager Fans' dreams come true as they reunite Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and Captain Chakotay (Robert Beltran).
Star Trek: Prodigy The season 2 finale established a new direction for the young crew of the Protostar-class USS Prodigy.
Star Trek: Lower Decks They knew at the start of 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 Decks was also big in launching the USS Cerritos in Star Trekmultiverse of timelines, going places the series hasn't gone before. Breaking all expectations, Star Trek: Lower Decks the 5th season came to an end with the biggest crossover of Star Trek legacy characters of all time, and ended with a satisfyingly moving finale, setting up the Cerritos' next chapter.
The Star Trek Animated Series Proved Why They Should Continue
Animated Star Trek leaned into the multiverse
Perhaps the greatest tragedy Star TrekThe year 2024 marks the current stop of Star TrekThe rebirth of animation. Star Trek: Prodigy and Star Trek: Lower Decks did animation Walk essentialmaking the most of the few limits that animation offers. Jaw-dropping Star Trek Legacy guest stars such as 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 in Star Trek: Prodigy and Star Trek: Lower Decks. In Star Trek animation, the impossible became very possible.
The scope of Star Trek has never been bigger or more joyful thanks to animated Star Trek.
Star Trek: Prodigy and Star Trek: Lower Decks both have leaned into the multiverse in 2024, with unbelievably rewarding results. Freed from the real-world practicalities of live action, the USS Protostar and USS Cerritos each went to places previously considered unthinkable, with Star Trek characters that seemed unlikely. Star TrekThe scope never looked bigger or happier thanks to the animation Star Trek. The prevailing question is what the future holds. Will Netflix renew Star Trek: Prodigy for season 3? Go Star Trek: Lower Decks find a new streaming home? Star Trek now it looks like a starship without the two nacelles Lower decks and Prodigy.
Star Trek gave Kirk and Spock the ending Canon denied them
765874 – Unification gives closure to Kirk, Spock and fans
Produced by The Roddenberry Archive and OTOY, in association with Paramount, the Starmac walk short film titled 765854 – Unification gave Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) the ends their respective fates denied them. Working with OTOY, William Shatner helped ensure the technical and creative precision of Captain Kirkwith Sam Witwer playing the role of Kirk in costume and aided by physical and digital prosthetics. Witwer studied and imitated Shatner's exact movements as Kirk.
With Spock (Lawrence Selleck), Saavik (Robin Curtis), Gary Mitchell (Gary Lockwood), Kirk's friend-turned-enemy in Star Trek: The Original Series' second pilot, “Where No Man Has Gone Before”, JM Colt (Mahe Thassia) from Star Trekthe original pilot, “The Cage”, and Spock's son Sorak (Mark Cinnery) also appear, 765854 – Unification is an emotionally powerful and moving love letter to Star Trek and the eternal friendship between Kirk and Spock.
2024 sets up the exciting next 2 years of Star Trek
Star Trek has a plan for its 60th anniversary
Together with Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Prodigy, and Star Trek: Lower Decksthe next two years of Star Trek began to take shape in exciting ways in 2024. Star Trek: Starfleet Academythe next Star Trek series, announced an impressive cast led by Oscar-caliber actors Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti. They are accompanied by Star Trek legacy actors like Robert Picardo and Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany. Already renewed for season 2 by Paramount+, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy targets a debut in 2026 to mark Star Trek60th anniversary.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds also received a renewal at the beginning of season 4, with filming beginning in early 2025. Most likely, Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the starship Enterprise will also help get in touch Star Trek60th anniversary in 2026 with Strange new worlds season 4. Meanwhile, Paramount Studios announced a Origin of Star Trek prequel film that could begin filming in 2025 for a 2026 premiere. If that happens, it would mark the first Star Trek film in cinemas since Star Trek Beyond in 2016.
What Star Trek will be like in 2025
Will less be more?
There are only two Starmac walk in Paramount+ projects in 2025but both are crucial to the franchise. On January 24th, Star Trek: Section 31 debuts as the first made for streaming Star Trek film on Paramount+. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, Section 31 is also the return of Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, who reprises it Star Trek: Discovery anti-heroine, Emperor Philippa Georgiou. Section 31 introduces a new team of foreign secret agents to defend the United Federation of Planets in Star Trek24th century “was lost.” Section 31The potential success of could open the door for sequels and more streaming films over others Star Trek characters.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3, delayed a year due to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA attacks from 2023, finally premieres in 2025. Like Star Trek on Paramount+'s new flagship series, the pressure mounts to Strange new worlds equal or exceed the acclaim of the Season 2 musical episode and Star Trek: Lower Decks crossing. Strange new worlds season 3 is up to the challenge with more “big swings” as a Vulcan comedy episode and a Hollywood murder mystery episode directed by Jonathan Frakes. Star TrekThe year 2024 is comparatively more varied and abundant compared to what is coming next yearbut we hope that 2025 will also be a very good year for Star Trek.