The voyages of the starship Enterprise have just been extended!Star Trek: Strange New Worldshas been renewed for Season 3 ahead of its season two premiere. The show, which serves as a prequel toThe Original Series, followsAnson Mountas Christopher Pike the Captain of the USS Enterprise. The news comes as the third and final season ofStar Trek: Picardcomes to a close.
Strange New Worldsis a spinoff series featuring characters fromStar Trek: Discovery’s second season that originally appeared in the un-airedStar Trekpilot “The Cage.” The series is set about a decade before Captain Kirk set off on his five-year mission with the Enterprise—the Season 1 finale saw Pike flash to an alternate future and introducedPaul Wesleyas the new Jim Kirk. These iterations of Pike, Spock (Ethan Peck), and Una (Rebecca Romijn) were introduced in the second season ofDiscovery, which began as a prequel toThe Original Seriesbefore sending its lead characters 900 years into the future.Discoverywas recently announced to beending with its upcoming fifth seasonwhich is expected to arrive early in 2024.
In addition to Mount, Peck, and Romijn, series regulars onStrange New WorldsincludeJess Bushas Nurse Chapel,Babs Olusanmokunas Dr. M’Benga,Celia Rose Goodingas Uhura,Christina Chongas La’an Noonien-Singh, andMelissa Naviaas Erica Ortegas. It was announced last year thatUnbreakable Kimmy SchmidtstarCarol Kanewould be joining the castas “a highly educated and intelligent engineer named Pelia who suffers no fools.”
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What to Expect fromStrange New WorldsSeason 2
While exact plot details for Season 2 ofStrange New Worldsremain under wraps at this time, we can expect the season to follow up on the cliffhanger ending which saw Una arrested for hiding her Illyrian lineage from Starfleet, with Captain Pike vowing to get her back. Back in March 2022fans spotted Wesley filmingwith Chong for Season 2, leading to the announcement of hiscasting as Kirk. The series still managed to surprise fans by revealing Wesley in the role in the Season 1 finale—given that his appearance there was set years in the future, it’s worth wondering how the crew of the Enterprise will run into Kirk again in Season 2.
Time travel is certainly on the table as it was announced atSDCCthat Season 2 ofStrange New Worldswould feature a crossover episode with the franchise’s beloved adult animated seriesStar Trek: Lower Decks.Lower Deckscast membersTawny NewsomeandJack Quaidjoined Mount on stage during the Star Trek Universe panel to debut the news, revealing that the episode will feature the lower deckers playing themselves in live-action as well as animated versions of theStrange New Worldscast.
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsreturns for Season 2 on June 15. Stay tuned at Collider for further updates on Season 3 and check out the trailer for the final season ofPicardbelow:
