Star Trek Day is upon us once again! The new yearly celebration of the Star Trek Universe is expected to bring new looks
at upcoming live-action and animated series,
including both new shows Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Prodigy, but what details can we expect?
Welcome to Trek Central! I’m your host, Captain Jack, and let’s get into it!
September 8th is officially Star Trek Day, as the first episode of the franchise aired on that day!
As the first episode of the franchise aired on that day all those years ago, 55 years to be exact!
Now we’re celebrating it again, just like last year, with a live-stream of events and panels featuring iconic individuals from the franchise.
So when can you watch it? Star Trek Day is taking place on Wednesday September 8th at 17:30 PM PT / 20:30 PM ET and 01:30 AM BST.
If you want to keep up to date on all the latest Star Trek news, lore and more, then make sure to hit that subscribe button to never miss a video from the team here at Trek Central!
You can also follow us on social media for daily updates on the Stat Trek Universe and of course LIVE coverage for StarTrek Day this week!
If you do want to watch Star Trek Day Live, then head over to Star Trek.com/Day on the day to catch it,
though if you’re British like some of us, you may not want to stay up super late.
It is odd they choose such a late time for us International viewers, with last year's Star Trek Day happening in the morning for the US and the afternoon for those of us in Europe.
Returning hosts Wil Wheaton and Mica Burton will present back to back in person conversations with Star Trek cast members and creative personnel from the Star Trek Universe.
The event is set to feature legacy moments with iconics cast members plus apparent surprise appearances and special announcements and reveals,
certainly something to look forward to!
So what can we expect? Let’s dive in with some theories!
The upcoming live-action series of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is something many of us are looking forward to.
The Captain Pike led series recently wrapped filming, and many of us have been eagerly awaiting news from the show.
Thankfully we’ve got a panel that might give us a little tease of what we can expect.
Series stars Anson Mount, Rebecca Romjin and Ethan Peck will be joining the co-showrunners and executive producers Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonson Myers.
What they’ll be discussing is unknown, but hopefully it is new information about the series that we do not know a lot of just yet.
Captain Pike is front and centre on the Star Trek Day poster, so perhaps this is a hint of what we can expect from the panel?
Honestly, I really want some sort of teaser trailer, they should have filmed plenty enough now to give us a little tease of what to expect from the event.
Honestly just Pike standing on that beautiful bridge of the Enterprise would be a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
Are you looking forward to Strange New Worlds! Let us know what you might be expecting in the comment section.
Star Trek: Prodigy, the upcoming Nickelodeon Animated Series is also front and centre for the Star Trek Day Celebrations.
The series is on track it would seem, with trailers and images being released very recently, we even got a look and listen at the opening credits to the show, showing us more of the USS Protostar.
Now the panel for Star Trek Day will see the series voice cast, which includes Brett Gray and Dee Bradley Baker team up with executive producers Kevin and Dan Hageman,
along with co-executive Producer and Director Ben Hibon.
In terms of expectations, many of us are awaiting a confirmed release date for Star Trek: Prodigy.
If this show is to take place after Lower Decks, then it should land in about 6 weeks give or take, but right now,there is no confirmed release date, perhaps there has been a delay to the release schedule, this would not surprise me that much.
What remains a mystery is where the series will air? Now of course if you’re based in the US and Canada you’re sorted,
because it’s airing on Paramount+ and Crave/CTV Sci-Fi, but once again the International fanbase of Trekkies is left in the dark.
I can’t help being a little cynical at this point in time, I mean this happened with Lower Decks, and here we are with a brand new series and it’s happening again.
The International audience of Trekkies who are excited and looking forward to Star Trek: Prodigy have no news on when and where for that matter they can watch the new series.
We’re all Trekkies and we want to support a new show, but the lack of communication around this matter does get frustrating from time to time.
Yes of course it’s down to copyright and distribution agreements with license holders and other business jazz like that,
it is rather irritating. Hopefully we’ll get news on this matter, but it remains to be seen.
Star Trek: Discovery will take the stage during the day’s celebrations.
Wil Wheaton will be joined by Executive Producer and showrunner Michelle paradise, as well as series cast members, Blu-Del Barrio, Ian Alexander and Wilson Cruz as they all share updates on the current state of Star Trek: Discovery.
Of course we know that Discovery recently wrapped filming its 4th season out in Toronto, with many cast and crew sharing the news via social media.
Perhaps we’ll be getting another teaser trailer at Star Trek Day, as we’ve already seen a little glimpse earlier this year at what will be the fourth season.
So far we know the fourth season will focus on Michael Burnham once again, this time in her new position as Captain of the USS Discovery.
The newly appointed captain and her crew are going to be faced with some sort of massive gravitational anomaly in the 32nd century.
It’s already been spoken about how the crew will deal with a massive problem, rather than a specific villain, though we’re still awaiting more details on what to expect so far.
Star Trek: Picard is set to be a focus of the day as well, with filming for the second season just wrapping earlier last week.
Now we did get news that Annie Wersching will be joining the series as a recurring character, that character being the Borg Queen.
We recently did a theory video on what the inclusion of the Borg Queen might mean for the new Season of Picard, so if you haven’t watched it, check it out!
Obviously I think it’s safe to say that this news was meant to be released later in Star Trek Day,
but likely was leaked ahead of time, forcing ViacomCBS to release it early.
. Perhaps this means we’ll be getting another trailer for Season 2 of Star Trek: Picard, or perhaps more plot details shared by the cast? Either way, it is something to look forward to.
Speaking of which, actress Isa Briones who played Soji and Dahj in Season One of the series,
will be giving a live performance of the song Blue Skies, which was associated with Lieutenant Commander Data. I can’t wait to listen to this personally!
We do know that Season 3 of Picard is due to start filming this week or next, as actor John De Lancie previously confirmed that they’ll be shooting Season Two and Season Three back to back.
So expect to see more of Q, as well as many of the cast members. Sir Patrick Stewart and Jeri Ryan are also joined by Akiva Goldsman on the panel.
Lower Decks will be getting its own dedicated panel, this time with an update on the second half of Season 2.
Noel Wells and Eugene Cordero will join series creator Mike McMahan to talk all about what’s next for the crew of the USS Cerritos in the next 6 episodes of the series so far, certainly something to keep in mind!
We’re doing our weekly reviews here on Trek Central for Star Trek: Lower Decks, to be sure to tune into them to see what we think so far on this second season.
In terms of additional content for Star Trek Day on September 8th, you can expect many panels exploring the many iconic “legacy moments” from the Star Trek Universe.
These include Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Enterprise, Voyager, The Next Generation and of course The Original Series, each of which will feature actors and actresses from their respective shows.
A special panel will also focus on the legacy of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the Star Trek Franchise,
and what he brought to the Star Trek Universe. That is certainly a panel to keep an eye on for sure!
As is tradition with each major Star Trek event in the last 2 years, the Star Trek United Gives campaign is back in action once again.
Essentially that means that for every tweet on September 8th that contains the hashtag #StarTrekUnitedGives, $1 will be donated and divided equally by Paramount+ and the Roddenberry Foundation to organisations who do the real-world work of championing equality and social justice, the arts and innovation.
Honestly the campaign is really good for what it does, and it only takes a tweet! So why not get involved?
Just share some kind words on why Star Trek is special to you! Perhaps do what I do and tweet your favourite Star Trek gif on the day, tag me if you want, because you’ll be helping charity while sharing the magic of Star Trek.
What do you think of the lineup for Star Trek Day this year? Are you going to be watching the panels live? If you’re in the UK like myself,
it might be a bit of a push, but if not you’re more than welcome to stick around the Trek Central socials as we’ll be covering everything LIVE for you and ensuring we’ve got the latest news right away!
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For now, I’ve been Captain Jack, thanks for watching and we’ll see you next time! Live Long and prosper my friends!