Summary
The USS Enterprise becomesStar Trek’s only big-name starship once again in 2025.Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 premieres in 2025 on Paramount+.Strange New WorldsandStar Trek: Section 31,the firstStar Trekstreaming movie, are Star Trek on Paramount+’s only 2025 projects scheduled.Star Trek: Picardended in 2023,Star Trek: Lower Deckswill be over by the end of 2024, andStar Trek: Prodigyseason 3 is years away even if Netflix renews it.
WhenStar Trek: Strange New Worldspremiered in 2022, the prequel set in the 23rd century,brought back the Starship Enterprise as its hero ship. Enterprise, commanded by Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), is the same starship that Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) leads inStar Trek: The Original Series.Strange New Worlds' USS Enterprisejoined the USS Discovery inStar Trek: Discovery, La Sirena inStar Trek: Picard, the USS Cerritos inStar Trek: Lower Decks, and the USS Protostar inStar Trek: Prodigy. Star Trek: Picardseason 3 even brought back the USS Enterprise-D and turned the USS Titan-A into the USS Enterprise-G.Star Trek on Paramount+ used to be full of hero starships.
Every Upcoming Star Trek Movie & TV Show
Star Trek is ending series like Discovery and Lower Decks but renewed Strange New Worlds while setting up new streaming and theatrical movies.
USS Enterprise In Strange New Worlds Becomes Star Trek’s Only Ship Again In 2025
Enterprise has no other big name starships to compete with
WhenStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 premieres in 2025, theUSS Enterprise will beStar Trek’s one and only starship featured in newStar Trekepisodesonce more. It’s not clear ifStar Trek: Section 31will feature a hero ship of its own. And even if it does, it’s unlikelySection 31will have a ship as famous as the Enterprise, unless it brings back the USS Enterprise-B or introduces the USS Enterprise-C inStar Trek’s 24th century ‘lost era.’ But even if that happens, it just reinforces the legacy of the Starship Enterprise asStar Trek’s main ship.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academywill possibly premiere in 2026, and it’s unknown if the series will feature its own hero starship.
UntilStar Trek: Deep Space Ninegot the USS Defiant andStar Trek: Voyagerpremiered in 1995, the USS Enterprise dominatedStar Trek: The Original SeriesandStar Trek: The Next Generationwith the Enterprise-D.In the 1990s,Star Trekgrew to become about more than the voyages of the EnterpriseuntilDS9andVoyagerended. Starting in 2001,Star Trek: Enterprise’s NX-01 became the franchise’s hero ship. AfterEnterprisewas canceled, J.J. Abrams’Star Trek(2009) brought back the 23rd century USS Enterprise in the alternate Kelvin Timeline. Then, whenStar Trek: Discoverydebuted in 2017,Star Trekbecame about other ships and crews along with the USS Enterprise.
The USS Enterprise returned at the end ofStar Trek: Discoveryseason 1 and recurred in season 2 before spinning off inStar Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Will Star Trek Fans See USS Discovery, Cerritos, Prodigy, Or Enterprise-G Again?
Star Trek is scaling down
With onlyStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3andStar Trek: Section 31streaming on Paramount+ in 2025, andStar Trek: Starfleet Academypossibly in 2026, audiences are saying goodbye to many starships andStar Trekcharacters they’ve fallen in love with sinceStar Trek: Discoverypremiered in 2017. Exiting the stage, but hopefully not forever, are the crews and starships ofStar Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Lower Decks,andStar Trek: Prodigy.The USS Discovery, USS Enterprise-G, USS Cerritos, USS Voyager-A, and USS Prodigy are all going into drydock, butcan some of them return?
The Starship Enterprise will keep Star Trek’s flag flying on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Star Trek: Discovery’s endingsent the USS Discovery to its ultimate fate as seenStar Trek: Short Treks' “Calypso”. The USS Enterprise-G’s future is dependent onStar Trek: Legacy, the proposed spinoff ofStar Trek: Picard, happening. Audiences dearly hope Netflix greenlightsStar Trek: Prodigyseason 3 so the young crew of the USS Protostar can return. Meanwhile,Star Trek: Lower Decksending on Paramount+ may lead to a future on another streaming service, if the audience supports the USS Cerritos' final season. Until any of that happens, the Starship Enterprise will keepStar Trek’s flag flying onStar Trek: Strange New Worlds.
