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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Sets a Bigger Season 2 as Paul Giamatti and Tatiana Maslany Sit Out

The already-filmed season broadens beyond campus with big‑concept standalones, away missions, and new characters, with producers noting the absent roles could return in future seasons.

Overview

  • All 10 episodes of Season 1 are now streaming on Paramount+, and production on Season 2 has wrapped in Toronto.
  • Showrunners say Season 2 will venture off campus with more away missions and feature more self‑contained, high‑concept stories alongside a continuing arc.
  • Alex Kurtzman confirms Paul Giamatti’s Nus Braka and Tatiana Maslany’s Anisha Mir will not appear in Season 2, though he says their storylines aren’t finished.
  • Plans include a deeper look at Captain Nahla Ake’s past and the Lanthanites, Sam 2.0 exploring new emotions, Caleb charting his path, plus new characters, romances, and unannounced guest stars.
  • Across the wider Trek slate, Strange New Worlds Season 4 is expected in late summer per its co‑showrunner (not a locked date), Season 5 will be the six‑episode final run, a Kirk‑focused Star Trek: Year One has been formally pitched, and Kurtzman says TV plans are being discussed during corporate transitions.