About this episode

Anthony and Laurie discuss the cancellation of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and various news related to the Star Trek franchise.

Anthony and Laurie have a lot of news to catch up on. They start with the cancellation of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, looking at statements from Paramount as well as reactions from both the cast and the show’s fans, and have a brief debate about whether or not that factored into the decision. Robert Picardo’s recent comments about Star Trek taking “a pause” sparked a broader discussion of what might happen next with the franchise both on TV and in movies. They also take a look at a new interview with Paul Giamatti about Academy‘s Nus Braka. They chat about Project Hail Mary author Andy Weir’s comments on this era of Trek, along with his subsequent apology to Alex Kurtzman, and Tony goes through the latest on new comics and games. They recap some of the Trek Talks panels, particularly the Deep Space Nine “Trials and Tribble-ations discussion where Ira talked about nervously calling Leonard Nimoy to get his approval and the Enterprise writers panel where they talked about their pitches for season 5. Laurie gives a full Trek Talks update and then urges everyone to go check out the footage and images from the Artemis mission.

People in this episode

Hosts: Anthony Pascale, Laurie Ulster

Topics covered

• Star Trek news
• Starfleet Academy cancellation
• franchise discussion
• comics and games
• Trek Talks recap

Keywords

• Star Trek
• Starfleet Academy
• Robert Picardo
• Paul Giamatti
• Andy Weir
• Trek Talks
• Deep Space Nine
• comics
• games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Paramount

Books & works: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Project Hail Mary, Deep Space Nine, Trials and Tribble-ations, Enterprise

Places: Artemis

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