Today is the first day of contact for the Star Trek franchise, a celebration where people learned about the extraterrestrial volcanic species and set the stage for the United Federation of Planets a few centuries later. Sure, the April 5th meeting won’t be for 42 years, but Paramount + is still celebrating with a day of panels and revelations. We’ve already watched Star Trek: Picard season two and Discovery season three, and now even one of the animated episodes is fun with a solid release date this summer: August 12th, only on Paramount +.
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A trailer was shown at the end of the panel discussing the role of humor in Star Trek on the lower decks and throughout the franchise. It looks like Tendi, Rutherford, and Mariner grew their old hijinks on the USS Cerritos, minus Boimler, who is still stationed on Titan with jazz-loving Captain Riker. Jonathan Frakes returns and puns follow.
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This is the earliest of the premieres announced to date. The production of the live-action series was delayed last year thanks to COVID. All seasons announced today will debut first on Paramount +, while the panels for the first contact day will be streamed on Twitch and later posted on YouTube. The first season of Lower Decks will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 18th.