At the “Official 50th Star Trek Animated Celebration” panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2023, Trekkies got a sneak peek at five promotional spots planned for the upcoming commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Star Trek’s first animated series, Star Trek: The Animated Series.
Those Animated Scientists
The promotional spots will feature iconic Trek characters like William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Saru (Doug Jones) of Star Trek: Discovery, and Quark (Armin Shimerman) of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Scheduled to be released later in 2023, the spots come from Creative Consultant Casper Kelly (Too Many Cooks, Star Trek: Short Treks). According to the press release, Trekkies can expect more news about these spots on Star Trek Day (September 8th, 2023).
Plus, with IDW, Kelly is also releasing a Star Trek comic, “Star Trek: The Animated Celebration Presents The Scheimer Barrier.” The comic will first appear on StarTrek.com in September 2023, with physical copies to be available at New York Comic Con 2023 in October 2023. Two first-look images were revealed during the panel.
Additional panelists included Vice President of Star Trek Brand Development John Van Citters, IDW Group Editor Heather Antos, Lead Narrative Designer for Star Trek Fleet Command Scopley’s Brian Lelas, and the Community Manager for Fleet Command Rebekah Plants.
Additional Star Trek Animation Celebration announcements
This was far from the only exciting annoucement to come out of the panel. For one thing, Star Trek: Prodigy season 1 part 2 (episodes 11 – 20) is now available for digital purchase, and will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on September 26th, 2023. For fans who have been disappointed that they haven’t been able to watch enjoy this episodes after they were removed from Paramount+ roughly a month ago, this is very good news, indeed.
In addition, the panel revealed that Trekkies can anticipate Lower Decks screeners on September 8th.
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