Kurtzman says Starfleet Academy mirrors a divided world and hopes for Archer return

Alex Kurtzman told Movieweb that Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, the 12th series in the franchise and part of the expanded universe he oversees, uses a 32nd-century setting to reflect a divided real world. Kurtzman said, "Absolutely 100% that you know Star Trek always reflects a moment right, and the moment that we're dealing with right now is a generation that's inheriting a very divided world.

And so if you're going to, if you're going to write a show about what young characters, what young people are facing, then in the best tradition of Star Trek, it better be allegorical, and it better it better mirror what's going on now. And this idea that they have to carry the mantle into the future and bring that optimism back felt extremely topical." The series is set in the 32nd century, a period briefly shown at the end of Star Trek: Discovery, and premiered on Jan.

15; it will run as a 10-episode season concluding on Mar. 12 on Paramount+. Critical reception has been mixed, with critics scoring it 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, while some social media responses have included cries of "not my Star Trek" and "far-left woke garbage." Kurtzman also said he would love to see Enterprise's Jonathan Archer return, praising Scott Bakula: "First of all, I love Scott [Bakula].

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