Star Trek: Short Treks

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Star Trek: Short Treks is a short series set in the Star Trek universe, acting as a companion to Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard. It is the second Star Trek companion series, the eighth series set in the Star Trek universe, and will be the first series to feature both live-action and animated episodes.

Premiering in October 2018, four live-action episodes were released monthly, running approximately ten to fifteen minutes each. The series was announced in July 2018 at San Diego Comic-Con, [1] [2] and details of the four initial shorts were revealed in September 2018. [3]

Following the conclusion of the second season of Discovery, it was initially announced that two new animated Short Treks would air in the spring of 2019. [4]

In a June 2019 interview, Alex Kurtzman stated that a total of six more episodes would be produced and air in the period prior to the premiere of the third season of Discovery. The two animated episodes of those six would be directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and Michael Giacchino. [5]

Main cast Edit

• Doug Jones as Saru
• Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly
• Rainn Wilson as Harry Mudd
• Aldis Hodge as Craft
• Anson Mount as Christopher Pike
• Ethan Peck as Spock
• Rebecca Romijn as Una
• H. Jon Benjamin as Edward Larkin
• Rosa Salazar as Lynne Lucero

Episode list Edit

ST Season 1, 4 episodes
ST Season 2, 6 episodes

Crew Edit

• Alex Kurtzman – executive Producer, co-writer ("Runaway")
• Jenny Lumet – co-writer ("Runaway")
• Maja Vrvilo – director ("Runaway")
• Bo Yeon Kim – co-writer ("The Brightest Star")
• Erika Lippoldt – co-writer ("The Brightest Star")
• Douglas Aarniokoski – director ("The Brightest Star")
• Michael Chabon – writer ("Calypso", "Q&A")
• Olatunde Osunsanmi – director ("Calypso", "The Girl Who Made the Stars") [6]
• Mike McMahan – writer ("The Escape Artist")
• Rainn Wilson – director ("The Escape Artist")
• Mark Pellington – director ("Q&A")
• Michael Giacchino – director ("Ephraim and Dot") [7]

Media Edit

• "Runaway" and "The Brightest Star" are included as part of the Star Trek: Discovery season 2 DVD and Blu-ray releases. To date, only these episodes from season 1 will have a release beyond CBS All Access.

Links and references Edit

Related topicsEdit

• ST directors
• ST performers
• ST writers

External links Edit

• Star Trek: Short Treks at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
• Star Trek: Short Treks at Wikipedia
• Star Trek: Short Treks at the Internet Movie Database