In a couple of weeks, Star Trek is celebrating its 55th birthday, and itās doing so in style with a new event, bringing together icons from across the franchiseās past... and giving us a glimpse of its future.
CBS has revealed that on September 8 it will host a live-streamed Star Trek Day celebration, kicking off at 8:30pm ET. The event, hosted by The Next Generationās Wil Wheaton and actor/host/streamer Mica Burton, will feature āback-to-back in-person conversationsā with members of the cast and crew of present and past Star Trek shows. It will also include a live orchestra performance, as the event celebrates iconic moments from the franchiseās long past, while also promising news for its future, now that thereās more Star Trek than ever on our screens.
Along with a panel with Gene Roddenberryās son Rod Roddenberry examining the legacy of the Trek creator, the event will also include panels for each current Paramount+ Star Trek series: Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks, and Prodigy, as well as the upcoming Strange New Worlds, the prequel series focusing on Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, and Ethan Peckās incarnations of Captain Pike, Number One, and Spock aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. Given that earlier this year Star Trekās āFirst Contact Dayā celebration gave us trailers for both Discoveryās fourth season and Picardās second, there stands a good chance weāll see even more from those shows here, and likely more Prodigy too after its brief glimpse from San Diego Comic-Con. But Strange New Worlds getting its own panel as well gives us hope weāll actually get to see something from this new show too, as if we didnāt have more than enough Star Trek to deal with right now!
What Star Trek news do you want to hear about on Star Trek Day? Let us know in the comments, ahead of the event on September 8.
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