Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Reveals First Look Images & Secrets

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy reveals first-look images revealing secrets from the next Star Trek series coming to Paramount+. Executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, Starfleet Academy stars Academy Award winner Holly Hunter and Academy Award nominee Paul Giamatti, who lead a new young cast as well as several Star Trek legacy characters.

Ahead of Star Trek's San Diego Comic-Con Hall H panel, Entertainment Weekly dropped a dozen first-look images showcasing Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's eclectic cast and sets, which are the biggest sets ever made for Star Trek. While reveals of Starfleet Academy's character names, species, and specifics are being saved for Hall H, the images offer many tantalizing teases for Star Trek fans. Check them out below:

What Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's New Images Reveal About The Upcoming Series

Starfleet Academy Is Expected To Premiere In 2026 On Paramount+

Set in the late 32nd century after the end of Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy introduces a new generation of young heroes who "are facing a lot of challenges right now and they are our hope for the future," says Noga Landau. The young cast includes Sandro Rosta (Starfleet Academy's POV character), Karim Diané (who plays a Klingon), Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, Bella Shepard, and Zoë Steiner (who appears to be a Betazoid).

Intriguing Easter eggs and clues in Starfleet Academy's first-look images include Gina Yashere playing a possible hybrid of a Klingon and a Jem-Hadar. Alex Kurtzman hints in EW that "Klingon hybrid species who are several of our main characters," including possibly Paul Giamatti's mystery villain, are part of Starfleet Academy.

Confirmed Star Trek legacy characters who will appear in Starfleet Academy include Robert Picardo as The Doctor from Star Trek: Voyager, Mary Wiseman, Oded Fehr, and Tig Notaro from Star Trek: Discovery. Tatiana Maslany from She-Hulk: Attorney at Law also plays another mystery character, who could be the mother of one of Starfleet Academy's cadets.

Our Take On Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's First-Look Images

Starfleet Academy Will Honor Star Trek's Past

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy will now chart the farthest point in Star Trek's future, but one of the most exciting aspects of the new series is how it will honor Star Trek's past. Noga Landau says, "We made sure that the halls of our school are properly named for the most legendary people in Starfleet."

Indeed, the first-look image of George Santos and Zoë Steiner shows them in front of a wall with the names of Star Trek legends like Captain Will Decker, Captain John Harriman, Captain Carol Freeman, Captain Cristobal Rios, Captain Amina Ramsay, Commander Hugh Culber, Lt. Commander B'Elanna Torres, Captain Sonya Gomez, Ambassador Garak, and Commander Beckett Mariner.

With a combination of Oscar-caliber actors, a compelling young cast, several familiar faces from the Star Trek franchise, and a production pulling out all the stops by filming on Star Trek's biggest sets ever, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy looks extremely promising. Paramount+ has already renewed Starfleet Academy for season 2, which begins filming later this year, and much more will be revealed at San Diego Comic-Con.