Paramount Plus may soon get another Star Trek prequel series. Producers have reportedly pitched Star Trek: Year One to the streaming service. The show would follow Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and would star Paul Wesley as Captain Kirk and Ethan Peck as Spock. The story is said to cover the year before the episode Where No Man Has Gone Before. That second pilot came 11 years after the first one called The Cage.
Henry Alonso Myers serves as executive producer and co-showrunner for Strange New Worlds. He spoke at the 53rd Saturn Awards. Myers said he and Akiva Goldsman gave the pitch to Paramount Plus. The network now reviews it. He noted a lot of support for Star Trek there. Myers added that the sets from Strange New Worlds still stand. They filmed at CBS Stages Canada near Toronto. Both shows take place on the USS Enterprise. This setup cuts costs for new production.
Strange New Worlds finished its fifth and final season last Christmas. The team shot seasons four and five together, with 10 episodes for season four and only six for season five. Some fans like the series, but many others see problems. The show feels comedic, Spock acts as the butt of jokes, the writers mishandled Vulcan culture, like all of Alex Kurtzman’s shows, the dialogue sounds far too modern. Junior officers are insubordinate and talk smack to senior officers, not at all like a military ship. Gimmick episodes and musicals are NOT Star Trek to most fans.
Alex Kurtzman’s era of Star Trek stands as a failed experiment. Secret Hideout has mishandled this franchise. Look no further than the likes of Section 31 and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. While they could produce Year One on the cheap, reusing existing sets, its future may rest on how season four of Strange New Worlds performs.
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