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Star Trek: Section 31

Star Trek: Section 31 is a 2025 Paramount+ streaming film, the franchise's first, directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and starring Michelle Yeoh as Emperor Philippa Georgiou of Star Trek: Discovery; retooled from a planned series, it became the worst-reviewed Star Trek film.

Star Trek: Short Treks

Star Trek: Short Treks is a CBS All Access anthology of ten 10-15 minute standalone shorts (2018-2020) tied to Star Trek: Discovery, announced by Alex Kurtzman, spanning prequels, animation, and a Picard tie-in.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is a Paramount+ series (premiered January 15, 2026) following cadets including Caleb Mir under Chancellor Nahla Ake (Holly Hunter) in the 32nd century after Discovery; canceled, ending with season 2 in March 2027.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a Paramount+ episodic Star Trek prequel (2022–2027) following Captain Pike, Spock, and Number One on the Enterprise before Kirk, ending with a six-episode fifth season in 2027.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, the 2025 Paramount+ season of the Star Trek series, premiered 17 July 2025 with 10 weekly episodes, continuing the Gorn cliffhanger and ending with a shortened fifth season announced.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4

Fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, also called SNW season 4: 10 episodes on Paramount+, premiered July 23, 2026, finale September 24, 2026; penultimate season before a six-episode season 5; Metacritic score 72.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 5

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 5 is the announced six-episode final season of the Paramount+ Pike-era prequel, renewed June 12, 2025, filmed in Toronto through December 2025, expected 2027, ending at Kirk's first day of command.

Star Trek: The Animated Series

Star Trek: The Animated Series (TAS), Filmation's 1973-1974 NBC cartoon continuing the Original Series with the original cast's voices, 22 episodes, first Trek series to win an Emmy, now on Paramount+.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Robert Wise's first Star Trek feature, reunited the original cast against the V'Ger cloud; fourth-highest grosser of 1979, three Oscar nominations, restored as the 2022 4K Director's Edition.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) is Gene Roddenberry's 1987–1994 syndicated science fiction series, 178 episodes over 7 seasons, starring Patrick Stewart as Captain Picard; it became the highest-rated syndicated drama and inspired Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise.

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) is Gene Roddenberry's NBC science fiction series (1966–1969, 3 seasons, 79 episodes) starring William Shatner as Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Spock aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, canceled after low ratings but revived by 1970s syndication into a franchise.

Star Trek: Very Short Treks

Star Trek: Very Short Treks (2023) is a series of five animated promotional comedy shorts by CBS Studios, led by Casper Kelly, marking the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Animated Series, with franchise voice actors and a companion IDW comic.

Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager, also called ST:VOY, is the fourth live-action Star Trek series (1995-2001, UPN), following Captain Kathryn Janeway's stranded crew making a 70-year journey home from the Delta Quadrant.

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Star vs. the Forces of Evil is a Disney XD animated series created by Daron Nefcy, starring interdimensional princess Star Butterfly (Eden Sher) and Marco Diaz (Adam McArthur). 77 episodes, 2015 to 2019, shifting from episodic comedy to serialised political fantasy.

Star Wars

Star Wars is the American space-opera media franchise created by George Lucas with A New Hope (1977), comprising the Skywalker saga trilogies, stand-alone films, television, games, and merchandising, owned by Disney since its 2012 Lucasfilm acquisition.

Star Wars (film)

Star Wars (1977), later Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, is George Lucas's space-opera film produced by Lucasfilm for 20th Century-Fox; it became 1977's highest-grossing film and returns in its original cut in 2027.

Star Wars Forces of Destiny

Star Wars Forces of Destiny is a canon Lucasfilm Animation micro-series (2017-2018) of 2-3 minute shorts about female Star Wars heroes like Rey, Leia, and Ahsoka, with original actors reprising roles, launched on Disney YouTube with Hasbro toys.

Star Wars Holiday Special

The Star Wars Holiday Special is a 1978 CBS musical-variety program, also called the Star Wars Christmas Special, following Chewbacca's family and Life Day on Kashyyyk; aired once, never officially re-released, and introduced Boba Fett in animation.

Star Wars opening crawl

The Star Wars opening crawl is the yellow scrolling text introducing the nine Skywalker saga films, an homage to Flash Gordon serials, rewritten with Brian De Palma's help, filmed over black paper in 1977, and reserved for saga films only.

Star Wars original trilogy

The Star Wars original trilogy: A New Hope (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983), George Lucas's space-fantasy films that created Lucasfilm's franchise, ILM, and the modern blockbuster model.

Star Wars prequel trilogy

Star Wars prequel trilogy: Episodes I–III (1999, 2002, 2005), written and directed by George Lucas, telling Anakin Skywalker's fall to Darth Vader; known for pioneering digital cinematography, mixed-to-improving reviews, and later fan reappraisal.

Star Wars Rebels

Star Wars Rebels: Lucasfilm Animation's 3D CGI animated series (2014–2018), four seasons on Disney XD, set five years before A New Hope, following the Ghost crew against the Galactic Empire.

Star Wars Resistance

Star Wars Resistance: Dave Filoni's anime-inspired animated series (2018-2020, two seasons, 40 episodes) following pilot Kazuda Xiono spying on the First Order from the Colossus platform, set before The Force Awakens.

Star Wars sequel trilogy

Star Wars sequel trilogy: Episodes VII-IX, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker (2015-2019), Lucasfilm's Disney-era Skywalker Saga conclusion, announced in 2012, commercially successful but marked by abandoned George Lucas treatments, unplanned storyline, and critical divisiveness.

Star Wars Tales

Star Wars Tales: Disney+ animated anthology by Dave Filoni and Lucasfilm Animation, three six-episode volumes (Tales of the Jedi 2022, Tales of the Empire 2024, Tales of the Underworld 2025), 18 shorts; distinct from the 1999–2005 Dark Horse comic of the same name.

Star Wars: Ahsoka season 1

Star Wars: Ahsoka season 1, Dave Filoni's Disney+ live-action series starring Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano. Eight episodes premiered August 2023; set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, hunting Grand Admiral Thrawn; 85% Tomatometer, 68 Metacritic.

Star Wars: Ahsoka season 2

Star Wars: Ahsoka season 2, the second season of the Lucasfilm Disney+ series, premieres January 20, 2027. Dave Filoni writes; Rory McCann replaces Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll; trailer debuted at D23 2026.

Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)

Star Wars: Clone Wars is a 2D-animated micro-series of 25 short chapters directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, set in the Clone Wars between the prequel films and later classed as Legends.

Star Wars: Dark Forces

Star Wars: Dark Forces is LucasArts' 1995 first-person shooter and the first Star Wars FPS, starring mercenary Kyle Katarn against the Dark Trooper Project on the in-house Jedi engine, remastered by Nightdive in 2024.

Star Wars: Droids

Star Wars: Droids (Droids: The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3PO) is a 1985 Lucasfilm-Nelvana animated ABC series following R2-D2 and C-3PO before A New Hope; 13 episodes plus The Great Heep, non-canon, streaming on Disney+.