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Star Trek is getting five new ‘very Short Treks’

Star Trek is getting five new ‘very Short Treks’

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The five animated shorts from the ‘Too Many Cooks’ guy feature voice actors from a bunch of Star Trek shows and are ‘anything but canon.’

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Clip from “very Short Treks” depicting an animated Neelix
Animated Neelix!
Image: CBS Studios

CBS Studios just announced Star Trek: very Short Treks, a set of five animated shorts from Casper Kelly (the “Too Many Cooks” guy). The first of them will debut this Friday — Star Trek Day — in honor of the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Animated Series. You can catch the (brief) trailer below.

The shorts will feature characters from The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, The Original Series, Discovery, and The Lower Decks. Animation styles visible in the trailer run the gamut from “indistinguishable from The Animated Series” to “just the regular Lower Decks style.”

After the first episode (“Skin a Cat”) launches Friday, the rest will follow on Wednesdays, starting on September 13th; they’ll stream on StarTrek.com and the Star Trek YouTube channel.

In terms of cast, here’s who’s listed on the press release:

  • George Takei as Sulu
  • Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher
  • Jonathan Frakes as Will Riker
  • Doug Jones as Saru
  • Armin Shimerman as Quark
  • Ethan Peck as Spock
  • Celia Rose Gooding as Uhura
  • Connor Trinneer as Trip Tucker
  • Bruce Horak as Hemmer
  • Noël Wells as Tendi

Notably not listed in the announcement but present in the trailer and our hearts: Neelix. Oh, Neelix.