It Sure Looks Like This Is the End for the Current Era of ‘Star Trek’

star trekThe current TV era had already ended. Amid a change in corporate governance that has more interest in bringing sci-fi franchises back to the big screen, the two remaining series in the Paramount+ stable have also made their endpoints known. strange new worldwhich has a fourth season coming this year, will end after a brief fifth season; Starfleet Academywhich just finished its first season, will return for just one more installment before bidding farewell.

However, despite this star trekfeature film longings—with Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Filmmaking duo Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are the latest names to come aboard the project—fans are still holding out hope that maybe Travel A new title may still be announced for the small screen. After all, star trek It began a series of events and ushered in a strong new era Search (And picard, short trek, lower deck, Prodigy, strange new worldAnd Starfleet Academy) means that viewers have become accustomed to a lot of new content arriving on Paramount+ recently.

But now, it seems the crop is literally drying up. Although recently there was new enthusiasm for Star Trek: Year Oneintroduced as a follow-up strange new world That it would chart Captain James T. Kirk (played by a young Paul Wesley) during his early days in the captain’s chair might actually happen, well, here’s clear confirmation that this idea is dead on the vine.

As posted by Trek Central on X, set for Canada-shot strange new world (which may have been reused year one) And Starfleet Academy Are in the process of being separated. The second post also notes that “pieces of the set” will be sold, though there are no further details beyond this upcoming auction post.

🖖New- #startrek: : #strange new world The sets are being demolished!

Together #starfleetacademyIt seems that sets from the Captain Pike series are also being removed. According to a crew member, cleaning work of the set is already underway.

“Year one” seems unlikely on this… pic.twitter.com/OlGxJ0DCfp

– Trek Central (@TheTrekCentral) 8 April 2026

🖖 New – set for #startrek: : #starfleetacademy Being taken down!

A crew member from the show reports that teams are already excavating the studio used for the latest Star Trek series.

Additionally, there will be a local online auction on Friday for pieces of the set. pic.twitter.com/Of8IIcgcTT

– Trek Central (@TheTrekCentral) 8 April 2026

Apart from this distressing physical evidence of the end times, there is still the strange fact that both strange new world And Starfleet Academy It may be that they have completed their production forever, they are not gone from the TV set yet. We don’t envy the cast and crew of both series, who are now in the position of promoting brand new seasons of their shows under the shadow of the franchise’s increasingly uncertain future.

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