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Fans have been looking forward toStar Trek: Starfleet Academyfor a while now and areexcited about the talented cast. An editor gave a recent interview that gives fans an idea of the tone of the Paramount+ series.
In an interview withBleeding Cool News,Star Trek: Starfleet AcademyeditorJon Dudkowski compared the series toBuffy The Vampire Slayer. He said:
“The new series I’m working on ‘Starfleet Academy’ has it has some great comedic moments. The young cadets and their energy. It’s got a little bit of that ‘Buffy’ banter and fun where every week something insane is happening, and they’re looking at each other and going, ‘Is this happening?! Did you see what just happened down the hallway?! Oh, my God!'”
He continued:
“It’s funny, and I enjoy that.”
WhileBuffy The Vampire Slayerhad sad episodesand some gruesome character deaths, the beloved series does have a great sense of humor, and it’s great to hear that so doesStar Trek: Starfleet Academy.The Paramount+ series is set during the 32nd centuryandfocuses on cadets learning how to work as officers.Buffy’s intense moments were always balanced out by humorous ones, and it sounds like the same thing is true of Paramount+’s upcomingStar Trekseries. As Dudkowski mentioned, the clever and fast-paced dialogue between characters such as Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon), Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter), and Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan) makesBuffystand out among many other supernatural or sci-fi series.
Dudkowski has lent his editing talents to several popular series, includingBuffy The Vampire Slayer,The Umbrella Academy, Fringe, White Collar, andThe Man in the High Castle.He has said many positive things about the WB/CW drama starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and has also talked aboutthe upcomingBuffyrevival. He toldBleeding Cool News, “Buffywas near and dear to my heart” and “If anybody can pull it off, they’re the ones.”
Star Trek: Starfleet Academyincludes cast membersPaul Giamatti who is playing a villainandHolly Hunter, who is the Starfleet Academy chancellor and captain. Tatiana Maslany, Tig Notaro, Kerrice Brooks, George Hawkins, and Robert Picardo also star in the series.Robert Picardo is reprising hisStar Trek: Voyagerrole of the Emergency Medical Hologram, The Doctor. Co-showrunner Alex Kurtzman has a long history with theStar Trekuniverse. Kurtzman wrote, directed, and produced an episode ofStar Trek: Discovery, wrote several episodes of Star Trek: Short Treks, and worked as a writer onStar Trek: Strange New WorldsandStar Trek: Picard.Co-showrunnerNogaLandau developed The CW dramaNancy Drewalong with Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz, and was the co-showrunner along with Melinda Hsu Taylor.
WhileStar Trek: Starfleet Academydoesn’t have a release date, Robert Picardo said during an appearance onThe Agendain 2024,“I’ve heard early 2026.“In October 2024,Varietyreported that the series had beenrenewed for a second season. It sounds like the show will definitely be worth the wait.
