Starfleet Academy Launch Date, Trailer and SNW Clip

Saturday Star Trek held a panel at the New York ComicCon that revealed new information for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. The series will premiere with two episodes on January 15 with new episodes weekly after that. As part of that, the first vid trailer for the new series. After that, turns out Stephen Colbert has joined the cast in a voice role as the Digital Dean of Students giving daily voice announcements during episodes. 

As part of this panel, Entertainment Weekly posted their article with showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau who talked a little about the series. As indicated in the trailer, the U.S.S. Athena is likely the mainset of the series as it doubles both as a starship and campus when it docks on Earth. Chancellor Nahla Ake (Holly Hunter) is both captain of the ship and president of the Academy. 

The series follows the first class of cadets after the Academy opens for the first time in 120 years thanks to the Burn preventing warp travel (storyline from Discovery). one of the leads is Caleb Mir (Sandro Rosta), who joined the Academy in an effort to find his mom (Tatiana Maslany). Her disappearance seemed tied to the Klingon-Tellarite hybrid Nus Braka (Paul Giamatti) who is the big bad of the season. 

Other characters include S.A.M. (Kerrice Brooks) which stands for Series Acclimation Mil. This character is a newborn hologram and first hologram to enroll in the Academy. The main set is a two level atrium that will allow for longer walk and talks then normal due to its size. The series has already been renewed for a second season, but a third will depend on how well it does when it comes out next year. 

Lastly here is a clip for Strange New Worlds season 4 which currently doesn't have a release date but likely mid to late 2026.