Starfleet Academy Archives

While promoting his latest sci-fi comedy Operation Taco Gary's, Jones spoke to Bleeding Cool about how perplexing it was how Paramount never approached him about the franchise until Discovery emerged as the flagship series for their streaming service Paramount+, what other Star Trek race he would like to play, his love for Leonard Nimoy's Spock,[...]

In the latest Star Trek: Starfleet Academy episode "Come, Let's Away," the young cadets at the institution, along with the War College, are in a training exercise to a derelict Federation ship when they stumble upon an ambush from the Furies and the one person Captain Nahla Ake (Holly Hunter) has to reluctantly turn to[...]

Embracing his role as a writer, Jake carried on his own legacy, and we find more about that in the Starfleet Academy episode "Series Acclimation Mil," which focused on the mystery behind his father's disappearance at the DS9 finale following his ascension as Emissary of the Prophets Lofton, who has appeared in Trek fan projects[...]

While fans continue to discuss and process last week's "Deep Space Nine"-heavy chapter, Paramount+ is already giving fans an early look at what's ahead with this week's episode of Showrunners/EPs Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau's Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti-starring Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Based on the images and overview released for S01E06: "Come, Let's Away," our[...]

The journey didn't end there, as we have Discovery's first 32nd-century spinoff, Starfleet Academy, which provided the kind of epilogue DS9 never had in its latest episode, "Series Acclimation Mil," with SAM (Kerrice Brooks) set on her journey to find out what happened to Capt Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks), since his ascension as the Emissary of the Prophets following the[...]

While we did see the animated returns of certain DS9 and Enterprise favorites on Lower Decks, like DS9's Nana Visitor (Kira), Armin Shimerman (Quark), Chase Masterson (Leeta), Max Grodénchik (Rom), Alexander Siddig (Bashir), Andrew Robinson (Garek), and Enterprise's Jolene Blalock (T-Pol). At the very least, creator Gaia Violo, and showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau looked[...]

Earlier today, we passed along a look at the official overview and image gallery for this week's episode of Showrunners/EPs Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau's Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti-starring Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Now, we have the teaser trailer for S01E05: "Series Acclimation Mil," which gives us a crystal-clear understanding of the ancient mystery SAM (Kerrice[...]

Showrunners/EPs Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau's Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti-starring Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is back this week with a new episode With that in mind, we have a look at what's ahead for S01E05: "Series Acclimation Mil." Along with an official overview, we also have the official image gallery for the upcoming chapter, a chance to[...]

As part of the new crop of cadets on Starfleet Academy, Karim Diané plays Jay-Den Kraag, the first Klingon member of Starfleet and featured as part of the cast since Dorn in a Star Trek series and co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman devised the perfect way to acclimate the young actor by pairing him up with the[...]

She's also been pouring as much effort into her latest TV series, Starfleet Academy, with her recurring role as Lt Ya (credited as her real name, Rebecca Quin), the bridge officer on the USS Athena Among the series' admirers, WWE's current and greatest Women's Intercontinental Champion (x2) shared that a certain star from The Next[...]

While it could easily be shunted away into obscurity, Starfleet Academy creator Gaia Violo and showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau allowed for a physical monument wall immortalizing the names of the franchise's past characters from The Original Series to Discovery, the latter is the latest in the Prime timeline, taking place in the 32nd[...]

We've got a new episode of Showrunners/EPs Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau's Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti-starring Star Trek: Starfleet Academy hitting on Thursday, so what better way to kick off the week than with the official image gallery for S01E03: "Vitus Reflux"? It looks like we've got the Starfleet Academy cadets and the students over at War[...]

In the case of Starfleet Academy, the Gaia Violo-created series has no shortage of moments with lead Holly Hunter, who plays Nahla Ake, who not only is captain of the USS Athena, but is also Chancellor of Starfleet Academy Alongside Discovery alum Tig Notaro (Jett Reno) and Mary Wiseman (Sylvia Tilly), and Voyager alum Robert[...]

There's always something to be said about how much of an institution Star Trek has become, still going on strong after 60 years since the premiere of The Original Series on NBC, and it speaks to its relevance when it attracts powerhouses like Holly Hunter to play the lead Captain Nahla Ake for its latest[...]

With the ongoing changes in sensibilities in the streaming era, we have Starfleet Academy, which, at its core, is an opportunity for fans to reunite at a gateway level, one that is strongly character-driven As previous attempts of exploring the Federation institution were made at the scrapped sixth Star Trek film following the 1989 disaster[...]

For Gina Yashere, it was a bold new frontier playing the first female Jem'Hadar in Star Trek as Lura Thok, the Jem'Hadar-Klingon first officer of the USS Athena and cadet master at Starfleet Academy For Robert Picardo, it's not only returning to the role for the first time in live-action in nearly a quarter-century as[...]

With Strange New Worlds wrapping production on its fifth and final season as fans anticipate the fourth season, that leaves Starfleet Academy as the only active live-action Star Trek series for the foreseeable future as Paramount rolls out the final seasons of SNW, and that puts incredible pressure on the latest crop of cadets, which[...]

This week, viewers will be "enrolled" in the first two episodes of Showrunners/EPs Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau's Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti-starring Star Trek: Starfleet Academy To help make sure you're up to speed on everything you need to know, we're passing along the official image galleries for the first two episodes: S01E01: "Kids These Days"[...]

Before Star Trek dedicated the idea of a dedicated series to the Federation's training institution of Starfleet Academy, the idea was explored several times (not counting the 1997 video game of the same name) initially as a proposed reboot following the failure of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) before it was scrapped in[...]

With less than three weeks to go until the series premiere of Showrunners/EPs Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau's Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti-starring Star Trek: Starfleet Academy hits Paramount+ screens, we're getting a fresh look at what we can expect In a social media post from earlier today, Chancellor Nahla Ake (Hunter) welcomes the incoming Starfleet Academy[...]

It's difficult enough as an actor to tackle one of Star Trek's most storied cultures like the Klingons, but to also play a hybrid as half-Tellarite, presents its own set of challenges as a featured villain, Nus Braka, in the upcoming Paramount+ series Starfleet Academy The two-time Oscar nominee appeared at CCXP to break down[...]

As we inch closer to the January 2026 premiere of Showrunners/EPs Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau's Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti-starring Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, we're getting a brand new look at what's to come (courtesy of this weekend's CCXP Brazil 2025 In the clip below, Captain Nahla Ake (Hunter) faces an attack on the U.S.S[...]

With a little more than a month to go until Showrunners/EPs Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau's Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti-starring Star Trek: Starfleet Academy hits Paramount+ screens, fans are expecting to learn much more about the upcoming series during this weekend's CCXP Brazil But before any of that happens, the streamer wanted to set the right mood[...]

Ya on the upcoming Paramount+ series Starfleet Academy At the very least, we see her, credited as her real name, Rebecca Quin, in her 32nd-century yellow Starfleet uniform The 11-time WWE champion, and the company's sixth Women's Grand Slam Champion, spoke to Collider about growing up on fan favorite Colm Meaney, who played Chief Miles[...]

Kirsten Beyer is one of the most accomplished creatives in Star Trek, having a hand in every Paramount+ live-action series, including Discovery, Picard, Strange New Worlds, and the upcoming Starfleet Academy As difficult as it can be to build into the existing canon in the franchise as an original concept, it could be pretty tricky[...]

Writer and executive producer Kirsten Beyer has done so much in terms of worldbuilding of the new Star Trek canon at Paramount+ from Discovery, Picard, Strange New Worlds, and the upcoming Starfleet Academy, but when it came to help fill in the gap between The Original Series episode "Space Seed" and 1982's The Wrath of[...]

First, following season two, we got Strange New Worlds to pick up The Original Series prequel story in the 23rd century, and now, the upcoming Starfleet Academy, set in the 32nd century, where Discovery left off in 2024 What is already known is that a few of the crew of the USS Discovery plan to[...]

With Discovery's first 32nd-century spinoff in Starfleet Academy, the narrative now shifts to a new character, Captain Nahla Ake, played by Holly Hunter, who's not only taking charge of the USS Athena but also acts as Starfleet Academy's chancellor, leading a growing class of cadets to lead the next generation of explorers. While promoting his work[...]

Paramount+'s "Star Trek" Universe panel during New York Comic-Con brought some big news regarding Showrunners/EPs Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau's Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti-starring Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. First, the streaming series will launch its first two episodes on January 15th, 2026, with new episodes dropping weekly after that (through March 12th)[...]

She was also co-created Short Treks and the TNG sequel series Picard, not to mention contributing to every other live-action series for the streamer, including Strange New Worlds and the upcoming Starfleet Academy, the first 32nd-century spinoff from Discovery While promoting her work on the audio drama Star Trek: Khan alongside The Wrath of Khan[...]