Star Trek: Year One – Series Status, Cast, Story & What’s Happening at Paramount

As the Star Trek franchise gears up for a time of limbo, fans are still excited for Star Trek: Year One, a pitch made by Strange New Worlds co-creator Akiva Goldsman. The showrunner mentioned the project back in 2025, stating that it would take place after SNW and would follow Paul Wesley’s Kirk and his first year as Captain of the Enterprise.

Despite fierce campaigning and interest from the fans, Paramount has not greenlit the series yet. SNW still has two seasons left, and after the franchise is set to take a sabbatical of sorts after the second season of Starfleet Academy. Will the show really happen? Is there still hope despite the unclear future of Star Trek? Here is what we know about Year One so far.

What Is Star Trek: Year One About?

Since Star Trek: Enterprise, the franchise has been in prequel mode, with shows like Discovery and Strange New Worlds exploring timelines before TOS. The creators of SNW have long stated that the show will end with James T. Kirk’s first day as captain of the Enterprise. Star Trek: Year One is supposed to take off from there.

Akiva Goldsman mentioned in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that the show was their natural wish after SNW, and mentioned what direction it would take.

Strange New Worlds ends on Jim Kirk’s first day of work as captain of the Enterprise. And if we call ‘Where No Man Has Gone Before’ the second pilot, there’s space and time and relationships and crew that exist, that have been untold. The untold stories of Kirk’s enterprise. So that’s where we would love to situate the show, not really trying to drive into the continuity that we’ve seen, but in that gap between.

The show would take place before TOS’s ‘Where No Man Has Gone Before’ and see Kirk’s beginning days with the crew left behind by Captain Pike.

Who Will Star In Star Trek: Year One?

As mentioned before, the show has not been greenlit yet. However, the show, if made, will center around Captain Kirk, Spock, Uhura, and other characters like Sulu and Scotty. Most of these characters are in Strange New Worlds and are likely to reprise their roles in Year One. Actors like Paul Wesley and Ethan Peck have shown interest.

Star Trek Characters	TOS Actors	SNW Actors
Captain James T. Kirk	William Shatner	Paul Wesley
Spock	Leonard Nimoy	Ethan Peck
Nyota Uhura	Nichelle Nichols	Celia Rose Gooding
Montgomery Scott	James Doohan	Martin Quinn
Christine Chapel	Majel Barrett	Jess Bush

Wesley spoke about his excitement to be part of the project in 2025. He said to TV Insider,

It’s not up to me, but I have expressed my desire, probably all too often, to the showrunners and whomever else asks. I would love nothing more than to do a Kirk series along with our beloved characters in TOS and introduce the characters that we have yet to introduce in TOS, Chekov and Sulu, and, I mean, you name it. And I think it would be fantastic

Other potential cast members include Jess Bush as Christine Chapel, Celia Rose Gooding as Uhura, and Martin Quinn as Montgomery Scott. Anson Mount’s Christopher Pike might also make an appearance, as Pike was first introduced in TOS.

What Is The Update On Star Trek: Year One?

Star Trek, as a franchise, is in a weird state. While there are shows yet to air till 2027, and a potential movie in development, there are no concrete plans after. All of the shows from the streaming era, including Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy, have their end in sight, and no new shows are in development.

Moreover, Trek Movie reported that part of the sets for SNW and Starfleet Academy at Toronto were being dismantled and sold off at an auction.

Co-showrunner Henry Alonso Myers told Trek Movie that the sets of SNW were not destroyed yet and that Year One had been pitched to the new management at Paramount.

Yeah, we’ve brought them a lot. We’ve done a lot to give to them. It’s in their hands right now. They’re taking a look at it, trying to decide it. I mean, there’s a lot of love for our show over there, and obviously a lot of love for Star Trek.

Now that Paramount and Warner Bros. are part of a proposed merger, it is anyone’s guess when Year One might be greenlit.

What do you think about Star Trek: Year One as an idea? Do you think it will be made? Comment below.