Spoilers Starfleet Academy General Discussion Thread

[BillJ]

ENT and NEM were supposed to be the death knells.

Surprise.

Heck, with Discovery there was a new YouTube video almost every day during the first couple of seasons that proclaimed it cancelled and Kurtzman fired.

Besides, I have more than enough Trek to entertain me should the franchise take a couple of years off.

 

[cooleddie74]

I managed over 12 years between ENT and DSC, and about four if you count the first Kelvin Timeline movie. I can manage if the franchise takes another hibernation break.

 

[Danja]

Heck, with Discovery there was a new YouTube video almost every day during the first couple of seasons that proclaimed it cancelled and Kurtzman fired.

They're still at it with SFA ("Kurtzman is out! Starfleet Academy is cancelled! This is the end of Star Trek!")

 

[BillJ]

They're still at it with SFA ("Kurtzman is out! This is the end of Star Trek!")

I’m guessing they’ll eventually be right, but it’ll have taken almost a full decade to get there.

 

[Turtletrekker]

I’m guessing they’ll eventually be right, but it’ll have taken almost a full decade to get there.

Just like with Kathleen Kennedy.

 

[Nerys Myk]

They'll crow about it for sure.

 

[cooleddie74]

"See? We were right. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to take my fiber pill."

 

[Danja]

I’m guessing they’ll eventually be right, but it’ll have taken almost a full decade to get there.

***Something, something*** Broken clocks ***Something, something***

 

[Detached Nacelle]

I’m guessing they’ll eventually be right, but it’ll have taken almost a full decade to get there.

A stuck calendar is right every 28 years.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

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There are several characters from Star Trek's long history that may still be alive in the 32nd century, and pop up in Starfleet Academy.

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AC's February 2026 issue explores the making of 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' and 'Die My Love,' and pays tribute to three 2026 ASC Award honorees.

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[Fateor]

That was the first plan. To rejuvinate Star Trek and make it more accessible to new fans whilst satisfying classic fans in a respectable way.
They could have done a whole-ass reboot like BSG and not a legacy reboot by respecting what came before.
Classic Trek wouldn't go anywhere because nobody can actually erase it. It'd still be there.

nBSG worked because it was a reboot of a show barely anybody watched so vast majority of viewers were coming in fresh.

A full reboot of Star Trek on the other hand just would not work because almost everyone who would become a new fan is already an old one.

 

[I am not Spock]

we have almost a thousand episodes of Trek , and 14 movies . We'll be fine, if it takes another break.
I do hope SFA gets a third season though, and beyond

 

[fireproof78]

If Star Trek stops production tonight my life hardly changes.

 

[Campe]

Paramount balked at the new plan and here we are arguing about our favorite franchise while it's on it's last breath.

God. The negativity is palpable. And eye-rolling.

 

[Danja]

A full reboot of Star Trek on the other hand just would not work because almost everyone who would become a new fan is already an old one.

Thirteen series. Fourteen feature films. Countless novel and comic book tie-ins.

Trek has sixty years of backstory to contend with. Throwing everything over the side simply will not work.

 

[Starflight]

I wonder; a full reboot likely wouldn't work out but a TNG style "this is nominally the same universe, but not really, and we're going to establish our own characters and tone without being bound by existing continuity" approach could be the way forward (you could argue Discovery attempted this, but I think for many people, it was too much of a tonal departure and also just not especially good on its own merits).

The post-Burn setting actually provides a solid opportunity for this but they still seem locked on tying absolutely everything back to TOS - ENT.

 

[fireproof78]

It could work just fine. It's not like the old stuff disappears.

 

[Campe]

Thirteen series. Eleven feature films. Countless novel and comic book tie-ins.

Trek has sixty years of backstory to contend with. Throwing everything over the side simply will not work.

Now on this I disagree. It could work. Using the past 60 years as a jumping off point would definitely work. You use the past as the backdrop. You have Kirk, Spock McCoy, the Enterprise, then you blow the rest of it up and start over.

 

[Danja]

The post-Burn setting actually provides a solid opportunity for this but they still seem locked on tying absolutely everything back to TOS - ENT.

If they didn't, the fans would be complaining, "But what about cAnoN?"

Now on this I disagree. It could work. Using the past 60 years as a jumping off point would definitely work. You use the past as the backdrop. You have Kirk, Spock McCoy, the Enterprise, then you blow the rest of it up and start over.

Sure ... Tell the TNG Faithful, "Hey, guys! We're throwing your show over the side!"

 

[Starflight]

If they didn't, the fans would be complaining, "But what about cAnoN?"

Yeah, it's become a curse for sure. The hyper-insistence on canon adherence among fans baffles me given that TOS and TNG both clearly didn't care about internal continuity and just put out whatever they thought would make a good story even if it contradicted earlier episodes, which is the correct way to go with Star Trek IMO and is part of its strength as a format.