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Original Star Trek icon George Takei welcomes the cast of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy on Star Trek’s 60th anniversary. Executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premieres with two episodes on January 15 on Paramount+.
2026 is Star Trek‘s 60th anniversary year, marking the United States premiere of Star Trek: The Original Series on September 8, 1966. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is the 12th Star Trek TV series, and the 6th show executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Secret Hideout streaming as a Paramount+ original.
On Star Trek‘s official Instagram, George Takei delivered a special welcome to the cast of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, wishing the next generation will «live long and prosper.» Check out Takei’s video below:
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy introduces an all-new cast of young Starfleet cadets played by Sandro Rosta, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, Bella Shepard, Karim Diané, and Zoë Steiner. Starfleet Academy is the first Star Trek series told from the point of view of young adults.
Leading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’s cast is Academy Award winner Holly Hunter as Captain Nahla Ake, with Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti as Nus Braka, season 1’s villain. Starfleet Academy also boasts Star Trek legacy characters, including The Doctor (Robert Picardo) from Star Trek: Voyager.
George Takei played Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek: The Original Series, and he’s one of only three living TOS cast members, along with William Shatner and Walter Koenig. Sulu’s Starfleet career, rising from helmsman of the USS Enterprise to Captain of the USS Excelsior, is one that Starfleet Academy’s cadets would do well to emulate.
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is set in the 32nd century, which is the farthest ongoing point of Star Trek‘s canonical Prime universe timeline. It’s fitting for a legend like George Takei, who helped start it all, to pass the torch to the future of Starfleet and the next generation of Star Trek heroes.
