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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 the first series to feature both live-action and animated episodes.
Premiering in October 2018, four live-action episodes were released monthly, running approximately fifteen to twenty minutes each. The series was announced in July 2018 at San Diego Comic-Con, Star Trek: Short Treks at StarTrek.com [1] and details of the four initial shorts were revealed in September 2018. [2]
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. [3]
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. [4]
Main cast
- Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly ("Runaway")
- Yadira Guevara-Prip as Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po ("Runaway")
- Mimi Kuzyk as Siobhan ("Runaway")
- Aldis Hodge as Craft ("Calypso")
- Annabelle Wallis as Zora ("Calypso")
- Doug Jones as Saru ("The Brightest Star")
- Hannah Spear as Siranna ("The Brightest Star")
- Robert Verlaque as Aradar ("The Brightest Star")
- Michelle Yeoh as Lt. Philippa Georgiou ("The Brightest Star")
- Rainn Wilson as Harry Mudd ("The Escape Artist")
- Harry Judge as Tevrin Krit ("The Escape Artist")
- Barbara Mamabolo as Bounty hunter ("The Escape Artist")
- Jonathan Watton as Federation officer ("The Escape Artist")
- Dan Abramovici as Guard ("The Escape Artist")
- Myrthin Stagg as New guard ("The Escape Artist")
- Anson Mount as Christopher Pike ("Q&A", "The Trouble with Edward", "Ask Not")
- Ethan Peck as Spock ("Q&A", "Ask Not")
- Rebecca Romijn as Una ("Q&A", "Ask Not")
- H. Jon Benjamin as Edward Larkin ("The Trouble with Edward")
- Rosa Salazar as Lynne Lucero ("The Trouble with Edward")
- Amrit Kaur as Thira Sidhu ("Ask Not")
- Kenric Green as Mike Burnham (voice) ("The Girl Who Made the Stars")
- Kyrie McAlpin as Young Michael Burnham (voice) ("The Girl Who Made the Stars")
- Kirk Thatcher as Narrator (voice) ("Ephraim and Dot")
- Ilamaria Ebrahim as Kima ("Children of Mars")
- Sadie Munroe as Lil ("Children of Mars")
Episode list
ST Season 1, 4 episodes
ST Season 2, 6 episodes
| Title | Episode | Date | Runtime | Original airdate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ||||||
| "Runaway" | 1x01 | 2257 | 15:32 | 2018-10-04 | ||
| "Calypso" | 1x02 | Far future | 18:05 | 2018-11-08 | ||
| "The Brightest Star" | 1x03 | 2239 | 14:44 | 2018-12-06 | ||
| "The Escape Artist" | 1x04 | 2250s | 15:33 | 2019-01-03 | ||
| Season 2 | ||||||
| "Q&A" | 2x01 | 2253 | 14:07 | 2019-10-05 | ||
| "The Trouble with Edward" | 2x02 | 2250s (1421.9) | 14:38 | 2019-10-09 | ||
| "Ask Not" | 2x03 | 2250s | 9:18 | 2019-11-14 | ||
| "Ephraim and Dot" | 2x04 | 2267–2285 | 8:43 | 2019-12-12 | ||
| "The Girl Who Made the Stars" | 2x05 | 2230s | 7:45 | 2019-12-12 | ||
| "Children of Mars" | 2x06 | 2385 | 8:19 | 2020-01-09 | ||
Crew
Promotional logo for the series
- Alex Kurtzman – executive Producer, co-writer ("Runaway", "Children of Mars")
- Jenny Lumet – co-writer ("Runaway", "Children of Mars")
- Maja Vrvilo – director ("Runaway")
- Michael Chabon – writer ("Calypso", "Q&A")
- Olatunde Osunsanmi – director ("Calypso", "The Girl Who Made the Stars") [5]
- Bo Yeon Kim – co-writer ("The Brightest Star")
- Erika Lippoldt – co-writer ("The Brightest Star")
- Douglas Aarniokoski – director ("The Brightest Star")
- Mike McMahan – writer ("The Escape Artist")
- Rainn Wilson – director ("The Escape Artist")
- Mark Pellington – director ("Q&A", "Children of Mars")
- Graham Wagner – writer ("The Trouble with Edward")
- Daniel Gray Longino – director ("The Trouble with Edward")
- Kalinda Vazquez – writer ("Ask Not") Star Trek: Short Treks at StarTrek.com
- Sanji Senaka – director ("Ask Not") Star Trek: Short Treks at StarTrek.com
- Michael Giacchino – director ("Ephraim and Dot") [6]
- Kirsten Beyer – co-writer ("Children of Mars")
Media
- "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 have been released beyond CBS All Access.
| Star Trek television series |
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| The Original Series • The Animated Series • The Next Generation • Deep Space Nine • Voyager • Enterprise • Discovery • Picard • Lower Decks • Prodigy • Strange New Worlds |
| Companion series: After Trek • Short Treks • The Ready Room |
| Web content: very Short Treks |
| In development: Starfleet Academy |