‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Debuts Hopeful First Trailer
With Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti
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“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,” the newest series in the nearly
60-year-old franchise, warped into San Diego Comic-Con on
Saturday with an introduction of its full cast and the first
trailer for the show, which will debut in early 2026.

Teaser Trailer: (1min 58secs)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkBU8lvXm7M>

The series takes place in the 32nd century after the events of
“Star Trek: Discovery,” with Starfleet relaunching the titular
educational institution outside of San Francisco after the
Federation’s absence on Earth for more than 120 years. 

“We look at the generation now that is inheriting all of this
division and all these major issues,” executive producer Alex
Kurtzman said on the Hall H stage. “We wanted to create a show
that anchored us back to [Gene] Rodneyberry’s essential vision
of hope. How do you find it, how do you rebuild it?”

Oscar-winner Holly Hunter plays Nahla Ake, the school’s
chancellor and the captain of the USS Athena; she greets the new
class of cadets in the teaser, as it cuts to the cast exploring
various parts of the campus. The teaser ends with a shot of Paul
Giamatti as the season’s main villain, Nus Braka, who is
part-Klingon, part-Tellarite and is described in a Paramount
release as “a man with an ominous past connected to one of our
cadets.”

The main cadets on the show were revealed as:
- Caleb Mir (Sandro Rosta), “an orphan with a troubled
past, and unlikely Starfleet cadet.” Rosta said that
Caleb is “disillusioned” with Starfleet, but his
journey to find his mother brings him into Starfleet
Academy due to his connection to Nahla. “You’re going
to be entering a Starfleet through the eyes of Caleb,
who is an outsider,” he said.

- Jay-Den Kraag (Karim Diane), “a Klingon cadet who
dreams of becoming a medical officer.”

- Series Acclimation Mil (Kerrice Brooks), a.k.a. Sam,
“the first of her kind to ever attend Starfleet
Academy.” In the panel, Brooks — who was overcome with
tears after seeing the trailer for the first time —
explained that Sam is Kasqian, which is apparently
another name for a hologram. “She was literally only
created, like, weeks ago,” she said. “She brings
absolutely no baggage. he brings such a freshness and
a levity to so many things.”

- Darem Reymi (George Hawkins), “an aspiring captain
from a wealthy home world.”

- Genesis Lythe (Bella Shepard),” an admiral’s daughter
determined to make her own name in Starfleet.”

Other new characters include Tarima Sadal (Zoe Steiner),
“a Betazoid and daughter of the president of Betazed” and
Commander Lura Thok (recurring guest star Gina Yashere),
“a Klingon/Jem’Hadar hybrid who is the chancellor’s First
Officer and Cadet Master.” Picardo is recurring his “Star Trek:
Voyager” character the Doctor, and Tig Notaro and Oded Fehr are
reprising their “Discovery” roles of Jett Reno and Admiral
Vance, respectively. �



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