Star Trek has long embraced the belief that we can do better, even when the world insists otherwise. And as the franchise nears its 60th anniversary, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is making that idea its driving force. As described, it's a new generation stepping into a future they didn’t break, but still have to fix.
In a MovieWeb interview by Joe Deckelmeier, showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau described Starfleet Academy as a series built on the emotional reality young people are living with right now. 'Star Trek always reflects a moment, right?' Kurtzman said. 'And the moment that we’re dealing with right now is a generation that’s inheriting a very divided world.' The cadets at the heart of the show are 'inheriting a broken world that they didn’t create,' as Scott put it.
Then she added what she thinks is the key to Trek. ‘In the best tradition of Star Trek,’ she said,’ ‘we need to carry the mantle into the future and bring that optimism back.’
Kurtzman didn’t hesitate: 'Absolutely, 100%.'
Kurtzman explained that if you’re going to tell a story about young characters, it has to follow Trek’s long tradition of allegory: 'In the best tradition of Star Trek, it better be allegorical and it better mirror what’s going on now.' The challenge for these new cadets is deciding what Starfleet should mean in a fractured era. 'This idea that they have to carry the mantle into the future and bring that optimism back felt extremely topical,' he said.
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Landau, stepping into a universe with six decades of canon, said her personal rule was to protect the feeling of Trek while still expanding what it can be. 'Everything I’ve learned as a writer and about storytelling really comes from Star Trek,' she said, but she also wanted to 'push forward what is possible in Trek,' whether that meant 'an episode that feels stylistically bold' or 'doing something with a character we’ve never done before.' Representation, she added, was foundational to Gene Roddenberry’s original vision, and it remains a priority to 'continue to do that to push that forward.'
Oh, and that moment in a recent episode that fans have been buzzing about? Scott asked about the audio tied to Avery Brooks in Episode 5. Kurtzman and Landau confirmed it wasn’t pulled from Deep Space Nine, and it wasn’t newly recorded dialogue either. With Brooks’ permission, they used 'a piece of spoken word poetry that he recorded himself,' Landau said.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is streaming exclusively on Paramount+. Season 1 premiered January 15, 2026, dropped two episodes on launch day, and continues with weekly Thursday releases through March 12, 2026.
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