Star Trek: Strange New Worlds gained significant popularity, leading to a fourth season renewal while the third was in production. However, following layoffs in 2025, it was announced that the series would conclude with a fifth abridged season. Co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman stated that they desired to continue indefinitely but appreciated the chance to connect the series to The Original Series. Season 3 features various character developments and genre explorations while legacy characters are expected to appear later in the series. The episodic structure mirrors TOS, allowing shifts in tone and narrative style.
"That was the studio's choice. We would've gone on forever. But what was great was, they gave us the opportunity to get up to TOS."
"You will not see [all] of the original series crew before this show wraps. But he confirmed that other legacy characters will join the show later in the series."
"Our serialized character stories let you move from genre to genre, because we use genre as sort of a lens on emotion."
"I think that the stakes of an episode in one tone and the stakes of an episode in another would be potentially quite incompatible if they were a continuous [narrative]."
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