SDCC 2026 Panel Brings SNW Season 4 Sneak Peak

Saturday Star Trek held its 60th anniversary Hall H panel with about 30 minutes devoted to Trek alumni and then the last half devoted to Star Trek upcoming shows including Strange New Worlds. The alumni panel included George Takei (TOS), Michael Dorn (TNG, DS9), Robert Picardo (VOY, PRO, SFA), Cirroc Lofton (DS9), Dominic Keating (ENT), Doug Jones (DSC), Michelle Hurd (PIC), Jerry O’Connell (LDS), Christina Chong (SNW) and Karim Diané (SFA). The SNWs portion had  the main bridge crew with Anson Mount (Pike), Rebecca Romijn (Una Chin-Riley), Ethan Peck (Spock), Christina Chong (La’an Noonien-Singh), Celia Rose Gooding (Uhura), Melissa Navia (Ortegas) and Paul Wesley (James T. Kirk) along with executive producers Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers and Alex Kurtzman.

As part of the panel they released an interestingly edited video celebrating 60 years of Trek. They also provided a sneak peak vide of the upcoming season 4 of Strange New Worlds where the first episode is now available on Paramount+. Both are below. 

On the news front, they revealed a new Star Trek: Starfleet Academy cast member "Ruaridh Aldington joins season 2 of Starfleet Academy as a series regular playing Keats, a young alien our cadets encounter on an away mission who possesses a mysterious backstory. When the cadets make the risky decision to bring him back to Starfleet Academy, they realize he’s a wanted man, and his life is in danger.” They also revealed that Star Trek Scouts, a series for pre-schoolers, will have its second season 2 premiere on September 8. The 30 episode season of 3 minute length vids was likely ordered with the first so this will probably be its final season due to Paramount ending Trek productions for the foreseeable future.

Star Trek Movie Script Update at SDCC 2026

In a panel for "Directors on Directing" at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, writers and directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley spoke for the first time about their work on a Star Trek movie script. The update can best be summed up as "still in progress" and they re-iterated that its new characters in a new setting. 

Its unlikely the now ending run of last ten years of TV shows factor in anyway in their plans and it remains unknown if the movie is a reboot, set in prime universe or elsewhere. Really the below is the most information have on a new Star Trek movie in years.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 Premiere Now Available

The first episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4 is now available on Paramount+. A new episode will premiere each Thursday on the streaming service. The first episode called "Valles Marineris". Below is a clip from the episode which is not a western but just the opening scene of the season and really doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the episode. This episode will probably be called the one with dinosaurs.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 Official Trailer

Here is the new trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4. The 10 episode season begins its run on July 23 with new episodes released weekly until September 24. The already filmed final season does not yet have a date for its six episode run but at this time its assumed to be in 2027. 

That and the final season of Starfleet Academy will bring this ten year run of Trek to a close for at least the rest of this decade as the merged Paramount/WB will have different priorities due to estimated $79 billion in debt the company will have to pay monthly interest on when their summed value is currently around $80 billion.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1 Available On Digital

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1 is now available to purchase on digital platforms including Amazon, Google Play, Apple and all the others. The cost is around $22.99 for all 10 seasons. Bonus features include "First Year" BTS feature, featurette on show's props, gag reel, two deleted scenes and an extended scene. 

Currently no word on if the season will be released on Blu-ray. Also currently no release date for second and final season that is expected to close out this iteration of Star Trek for the foreseeable future.