Trailer For STAR TREK: VERY SHORT TREKS Amusingly Pays Tribute to the Original Animated Series
The Star Trek franchise is celebrating 50 years of Star Trek: The Animated Series this Star Trek Day with Star Trek: Very Short Treks. This is a series of five animated shorts that will debut weekly and they will “celebrate the bold, the silly, and the unusual across the animated universe of Star Trek.” It looks like it’ll be filled with lot of fun Star Trek ridiculousness.
Star Trek: very Short Treks comes from Casper Kelly (Too Many Cooks, Star Trek: Short Treks) and the shorts are done in the same style of the original Star Trek: The Animated Series and the voice cast includes lots of familiar actors such as Jonathan Frakes as Will Riker, Doug Jones as Saru, Armin Shimerman as Quark, Ethan Peck as Spock, Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher, Celia Rose Gooding as Uhura, Connor Trinneer as Trip Tucker, Bruce Horak as Hemmer, Noël Wells as Tendi, and George Takei as Sulu.
The first Star Trek: very Short Treks episode will air on Star Trek Day, September 8th, on StarTrek.com and the official Star Trek YouTube channel. Four additional animated spots will debut weekly on Wednesdays through October 4th at 10:00 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m. ET. Their titles and the release schedule follow:
September 8th – "Skin a Cat"
September 13th – "Holiday Party"
September 20th – "Worst Contact"
September 27th – "Holograms, All the Way Down"
October 4th – "Walk, Don't Run"
Watch the trailer below!
Kelly also worked with IDW Publishing on Star Trek: The Animated Celebration Presents The Scheimer Barrier. The first chapter of the comic will debut on September 8th on StarTrek.com with additional chapters debuting weekly on Wednesdays on StarTrek.com at 10:00 A.M., PT/1:00 P.M., ET. Physical copies will be available at New York Comic Con in October.
This Star Trek Day marks the 50th anniversary of Star Trek: The Animated Series. In addition to Star Trek: very Short Treks and Star Trek: The Animated Celebration Presents The Scheimer Barrier, Star Trek is celebrating five decades of animation with its current animated hit comedy, Star Trek: Lower Decks. Fans can attend free promotional screenings of Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4, offering sneak peeks, free concessions, giveaways, and more. Fans can register here. The screenings will occur in Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, St. Louis, Washington D.C., Vancouver, Calgary, and London.