Spinoff....

[drt]

If they did this continuation I would assume all the contracts would need to be renegotiated, giving them room to cut out more expensive actors/crew and lowering salaries of some of the others.

The only main cast that has to return are Peck, Gooding, Bush and Quinn; of those, only Peck would likely cost anything to retain. Wesley gets moved up to main cast from recurring. Everyone else on SNW could be dropped via death, reassignment or going to Vulcan for an additional medical residency. Freeing salary space for McCoy (sorry, nobody gives a shit about Mark Piper, he'll just get swapped in at the end of the final episode to satisfy canon) and Mitchell as new series leads. Neither Sulu and Chekov are regular bridge crew, so they could be recurring. Chong and Navia likely also wouldn't be crazy expensive if they wanted to keep Ortegas and/or La'an for some additional female balance (or add in a new female character entirely).

 

[UssGlenn]

Yeah Chekov was 22 in season 2, Implying he was a new graduate but, like Uhura, he could be on board at a younger age while a cadet.

We could take the "Generations" exchange literally.
Chekov:" I was never that young"
Kirk: "No, you were younger"

 

[DarKush]

I would rather not see a Year One spin-off. I'm not into Wesley's Kirk and I don't care much for the SNW showrunners' approach to Trek. That being said, if there has to be a spin-off, I think there's far more flexibility to spin-off Number One, La'An, Pelia, and Ortegas on a different ship and it could be a parallel series to the Original Series, with the occasional crossover with Kirk's Enterprise. They aren't running into as many imposed constraints, and they could use the series to delve deeper into many of the species and stories that are in the Original Series, as well as have their own stories with new opponents.

After finishing SNW, I don't think we need to see yet another series set on a 23rd century Enterprise, unless it's movie era or the Enterprise-B. I would rather they make another Constitution class ship a hero ship and save the next Enterprise adventure for Legacy.

 

[V'Lias]

The only main cast that has to return are Peck, Gooding, Bush and Quinn; of those, only Peck would likely cost anything to retain. Wesley gets moved up to main cast from recurring. Everyone else on SNW could be dropped via death, reassignment or going to Vulcan for an additional medical residency. Freeing salary space for McCoy (sorry, nobody gives a shit about Mark Piper, he'll just get swapped in at the end of the final episode to satisfy canon) and Mitchell as new series leads. Neither Sulu and Chekov are regular bridge crew, so they could be recurring. Chong and Navia likely also wouldn't be crazy expensive if they wanted to keep Ortegas and/or La'an for some additional female balance (or add in a new female character entirely).

I could easily see a scenario like this happening if they decide to continue. I do hope that they transfer all the non TOS characters out instead of killing them off.

I would rather not see a Year One spin-off. I'm not into Wesley's Kirk and I don't care much for the SNW showrunners' approach to Trek. That being said, if there has to be a spin-off, I think there's far more flexibility to spin-off Number One, La'An, Pelia, and Ortegas on a different ship and it could be a parallel series to the Original Series, with the occasional crossover with Kirk's Enterprise. They aren't running into as many imposed constraints, and they could use the series to delve deeper into many of the species and stories that are in the Original Series, as well as have their own stories with new opponents.

You about read my mind on this! I remember laying out a similar idea somewhere, not sure if it was here or elsewhere. I have come to enjoy Wesley's Kirk, and I do enjoy most of SNW's stories, but I think a companion series like this would be the way to go if they want to stay in the same era.

 

[Uhura's Song]

What are your opinions? For me this is a big yes.

'Star Trek: Year One' series with Paul Wesley's Kirk is '100 percent' dream plan (exclusive)

A 'Star Trek: Year One' series, about the first year of Paul Wesley's Kirk as captain, is '100 percent' the dream plan. 'Nothing would make us happier,' showrunners say.

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I prefer Legacy.

But I will likely like Kidk more than Academy.

Wonder if La'An and Ortegas would carry over?

 

[Mr J]

In the same way the upcoming Star Fleet Academy could be thought of/seen as Star Trek Discovery Season 6?

So yeah, there appears to be a precedent for things like this in the Kurtzman Trek era.

Hmmm no I don't think so really.

Starfleet Academy is clearly a spin-off. It has a distinct new location, a new main cast, and only a few characters carried over from Discovery. It’s not the same show at all. The focus is different—centered on younger characters and aimed at a different demographic—which opens up the potential for entirely new types of stories.

Star Trek: Year One, on the other hand, is very much a continuation of SNW. It picks up after the five-year mission, once Pike’s era (aka the interesting USP bit of the SNW concept) has been fully explored. The creators have even mentioned reusing the same sets and continuing with much of the same main cast. In essence, it’s SNW Season 6, still set on the Enterprise (NCC-1701), and still pre-TOS.

And we already know where this story leads: it transitions into TOS. The scope is clearly very much narrower than SFA.

SFA, despite being a spin-off from Discovery, has far more room to explore new territory. It’s not just “more Discovery”—at least, it has the potential not to be. In contrast, Year One is more constrained.

That’s not to say Year One couldn’t feel fresh—if they change the tone, the characters, or the storytelling style, it could evolve. But with the same sets, same location, and mostly the same cast, it feels much more like a continuation than a new show. Plus, the post-Pike era has a limited window before we reach WNMHGB - how much can you really mine in that year or so story-wise?. It feels more like just carrying on from where SNW should be ending up anyway than a new show.

Meanwhile, the 32nd century setting of SFA offers much broader scope, especially with a new target audience, mostly new locations, and a largely new cast - as well as of course being set in an era we only got 3 seasons of DISCO to explore, which inherently has some more scope for freshness. I don't think its a fair comparison.

Now a one-off movie for Year 1 could be fun and make a lot more sense IMO if we want to tell that first year story - and relatively inexpensive for a TV movie as long as the cast cooperate and they keep hold of the sets long enough. That could be a way you could make it sufficiently new inherently just by shaking up the format into a feature length.

 

[Mage]

I would rather not see a Year One spin-off. I'm not into Wesley's Kirk and I don't care much for the SNW showrunners' approach to Trek. That being said, if there has to be a spin-off, I think there's far more flexibility to spin-off Number One, La'An, Pelia, and Ortegas on a different ship and it could be a parallel series to the Original Series, with the occasional crossover with Kirk's Enterprise. They aren't running into as many imposed constraints, and they could use the series to delve deeper into many of the species and stories that are in the Original Series, as well as have their own stories with new opponents.

After finishing SNW, I don't think we need to see yet another series set on a 23rd century Enterprise, unless it's movie era or the Enterprise-B. I would rather they make another Constitution class ship a hero ship and save the next Enterprise adventure for Legacy.

Even though I do enjoy Wesley's Kirk and SNW's stories, I agree with your post. I've mentioned this before, but this is the third set of Kirk/Spock and co we've had. I know, we don't have all the TOS characters yet, but I'm pretty sure we will at the end of SNW. Star Trek has so much potential, keeping it locked in the TOS era again (first two seasons of Discovery, SNW and of course TOS itself) is not needed I feel. The caveat being, like you said and I mentioned elsewhere on the forum, a show set during TMP and TWOK. Or Lost Era. I would prefer those over Legacy myself.

 

[FederationHistorian]

(sorry, nobody gives a shit about Mark Piper, he'll just get swapped in at the end of the final episode to satisfy canon)

It’s the job of the writers to make the audience give a shit about Piper.

 

[Nerys Myk]

It’s the job of the writers to make the audience give a shit about Piper.

They did it for Chapel, so who knows?

 

[gweeps]

Please don't Star Wars Star Trek...

 

[Scanlan]

SFA, despite being a spin-off from Discovery, has far more room to explore new territory. It’s not just “more Discovery”—at least, it has the potential not to be. In contrast, Year One is more constrained.

The other side of the coin here is that Starfleet Academy may be a new concept for a Star Trek show, but there are a lot of shows these days that have a "young adults handling interpersonal issues in a work/study environment" angle to them.

By comparison, episodic sci fi is a very rare thing even if it might seem worn out within the context of the history of Star Trek. Considering we're talking about having only 10 or less episodes every year or two it's not like we're anywhere near it feeling stale.

 

[fireproof78]

Please don't Star Wars Star Trek...

Too late with the prequel craze and Enterprise.