60 Years Later, 'Star Trek: Year One' Could Work, But There's A Big Catch

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Will Ethan Peck, Paul Wesley, Celia Rose Gooding, Martin Quinn, and Jess Bush continue to play Spock, Kirk, Uhura, Scotty, and Chapel in a sequel series to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds? Ever since SNW was announced, this has been a somewhat reasonable, if initially premature question. Because the series is set before the classic adventures of Kirk and Spock, how does Strange New Worlds segue into the era of the original 1966 Star Trek?

The short answer is that next year, in 2027, Strange New Worlds Season 5 will provide a special six-episode season leading up to the moment Kirk takes command of the USS Enterprise. Right now, Season 4’s tagline is, “Boldly go one step closer to where it all began,” suggesting that the connective tissue between SNW and TOS is already getting stronger.