Star Trek movies in order: Chronological and release
Untangle the different timelines and get the popcorn: Here are the Star Trek movies in order — both chronological and release.
- Chronological order
- Prime Timeline
The Original Series movies
The next generation movies.
- Kelvin Timeline
- Release order
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So long as movies stick numbers on the ends of their titles, it’s easy to watch them in order. Once they start branching out, however, things can get a little muddled, especially when reboots come along and start the whole process over from scratch.
You may have heard that the even-numbered ones are good and the odd-numbered ones are not. That’s spot on for the films starring the cast of The Original Series (aka Kirk and friends) falls apart once you reach the tenth entry in the series. It would probably be worth your while to have this list of the Star Trek movies, ranked worst to best around to steer clear of the clunkers. Look, we’re not going to pretend everything here is worth two hours of your day, we’re just letting you know which came out after which.
Should your Trek appetite remain unsatiated after your movie watchathon, feel free to pull from either our list of the best Star Trek: The Original series episode s or best Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes . Either one will set you up for a weekend jam-packed with great Trek moments. Consult our Star Trek streaming guide for all the details on where to watch the movies and shows online
Star Trek movies: Chronological order
Below is the quick version of our list if you just need to check something to win an argument, but it comes with a lot of in-universe time travel-related caveats that we'll explain below.
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Star Trek: Generations
- Star Trek: First Contact
- Star Trek: Insurrection
- Star Trek: Nemesis
- Star Trek Into Darkness
- Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek: Prime Timeline
The first thing you need to know about the Star Trek films is that while they travel back and forth in time, they also diverge into two (for now) different timelines. The films of the original crew (well, the first iteration of them, anyway – more on that later) are all in what is known as the Prime Timeline.
Within the Prime Timeline, the movies are then split between The Original Series movies and The Next Generation movies.
1. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Release date: December 8, 1979
- Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley
This is the film that brought the voyages of the U.S.S. Enterprise to the big screen. An energy cloud is making its way toward Earth, destroying everything in its path. Kirk and crew intercept it and discover an ancient NASA probe at the heart of the cloud. Voyager – known as V’ger now – encountered a planet of living machines, learned all it could, and returned home to report its findings, only to find no one who knew how to answer. It’s a slow-paced film, and the costumes are about as 70s as they come, but there’s classic Star Trek at the heart of this film.
2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Release date: June 4, 1982
- Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban
Ask a Star Trek fan what the best Star Trek movie is and more often than not, you’ll get Khan as your answer. A sequel to the events of the “Space Seed” episode of The Original Series, Khan is a retelling of Moby Dick with Khan throwing reason to the wind as he hunts his nemesis, James T. Kirk. Montalban delivers a pitch-perfect performance, giving us a Khan with charisma and obsession in equal parts.
3. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
- Release date: June 1, 1984
Spock might have died in The Wrath of Khan, but this third entry set up the premise for his return, with the creation of the Genesis planet. Essentially a heist movie in reverse, Search for Spock has the crew defying orders from Starfleet in an attempt to reunite Spock’s consciousness with his newly-rejuvenated body. It’s not a great movie, but it does include two very important events: the rebirth of Spock and the death of Kirk’s son at the hands of the Klingons. That’ll be important a few flicks from now.
4. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- Release date: November 26, 1986
- Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Catherine Hicks
If Star Trek fans don’t say Khan is the best Star Trek movie, odds are very high they say Voyage Home is. It’s a funny film where the mission isn’t destruction, but creation – or more accurately, repairing the devastating effects of humankind’s ecological short-sightedness.
A probe arrives at Earth, knocking out the power of everything in its path as it looks for someone to respond to its message (yeah, it happens a lot). This time, however, the intended recipient is the long-extinct blue whale. To save Earth, Kirk and co. go back in time to 1980s San Francisco to snag some blue whales. The eco-messaging isn’t exactly subtle, but it doesn’t get in the way of a highly enjoyable movie.
5. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
- Release date: June 9, 1989
A writers’ strike and Shatner’s directorial skills (or lack thereof) doomed this film before a single scene was shot. The core plot is actually pretty good: Spock’s half-brother hijacks the Enterprise so that he can meet God, which he believes to be… himself. Some Star Trek fans have an odd fondness for this movie, as it showcases the camaraderie of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy when they’re off-duty.
6. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Release date: December 6, 1991
- Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Christopher Plummer
Right, so if that Star Trek fan you’ve been talking to doesn’t choose either Khan or Voyage Home as the best Star Trek movie ever, they almost certainly name Undiscovered Country (and if they don’t, they have highly questionable taste, frankly). The Klingon moon of Praxis explodes, putting the entire Klingon race at risk. The Enterprise hosts a diplomatic entourage of Klingons, much to Kirk’s discomfort.
Remember how Klingons murdered Kirk’s son? Well, he certainly hasn’t forgotten. Kirk’s lingering rage makes him the perfect patsy for the murder of the Klingon Chancellor, sending him and McCoy to a prison planet and setting the stage for war. Christopher Plummer is perfection as a Shakespeare-quoting Klingon general with no taste for peace.
7. Star Trek: Generations
- Release date: November 18, 1994
- Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner
And thus the torch is passed from the crew of The Original Series to that of The Next Generation. It’s a bit of a fumble, to be honest, but they all did their best to get Kirk and Picard into the same film and have it make sense. Malcolm McDowell plays Soran, a scientist who will stop at nothing to control the Nexus, a giant space rainbow that exists outside of space-time.
Soran lost his family when his home world was destroyed and he wants to re-join them (or at least an illusion of them) in the Nexus. He’s not so much a villain as a tragic figure, but the Nexus makes a meeting between Kirk and Picard possible. Not all that sensible, but possible.
8. Star Trek: First Contact
- Release date: November 22, 1996
- Cast: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Alice Krige
Okay, no, for real, if your Star Trek pal didn’t pick Khan or Voyage Home or… oh, nevermind. Cueing off the iconic two-part episode “Best of Both Worlds,” in which Picard is assimilated by the Borg, First Contact sees the collective traveling back in time in order to disrupt First Contact, the day Earth’s first foray into space attracted the attention of the Vulcans, kicking off the events that would eventually lead to Starfleet’s victory over the Borg. The Borg Queen torments Picard with visions of the past and tempts Data with humanity, going so far as to give him some human skin.
The fight with the Borg aboard the Enterprise is thrilling, and the work on the surface to get first contact back on track is fun. Plus, there’s just nothing like Patrick Stewart turning it up to 11 as he lashes out at the enemy that haunts his dreams.
9. Star Trek: Insurrection
- Release date: December 11, 1998
- Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, F. Murray Abraham
Essentially an episode inflated for the big screen, Insurrection is about the Federation conspiring to displace a planet’s population in order to harvest the planet’s unique resource – super healing metaphasic particles. In addition to the rejuvenating natural resource, the Ba’ku also have access to exceptional technology, which they shun in favor of a more simple lifestyle.
Data malfunctions, the villains are Federation allies (and former Ba’ku!), Picard gets to knock boots with a local – Insurrection is the very definition of “fine.” Chronologically, Insurrection is relevant for rekindling the romance between Riker and Troi, but not much else.
10. Star Trek: Nemesis
- Release date: December 13, 2002
- Cast: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Tom Hardy
Before he mumbled his way into our hearts as Bane, Tom Hardy was Shinzon, a clone of Picard the Romulans created in an eventually abandoned attempt to infiltrate Starfleet. Shinzon is dying, and all that will save him is a transfusion of Picard’s blood. Unfortunately, Shinzon also happens to be a megalomaniac who happens to want to destroy all life on Earth and maybe a few other planets, too, if he’s feeling saucy.
Nemesis is notable mostly for killing Data with a noble sacrifice, only to resurrect him moments later in a duplicate body found earlier by the Enterprise crew.
Star Trek: Kelvin Timeline
The last of the Prime Timeline movies failed to impress at the box office, so it was a few years before anyone tried to bring the Enterprise back to the big screen. Rather than lean on any of the TV crews, this new slate of movies would serve as a reboot, welcoming new audiences while honoring long-time fans. Welcome to the Kelvin Timeline. (For all the ins and outs, check out our Star Trek: Kelvin Timeline explained article).
11. Star Trek
- Release date: May 8, 2009
- Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban
Back to the beginning! Star Trek introduces us to James T. Kirk, Spock, and “Bones” McCoy as they meet and join the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Though the plot is a relatively straightforward affair of a Romulan named Nero trying to destroy the Earth. His anger borne out of grief, what matters most is how it all came to be. In the future, Spock – the Prime Timeline version – tries to save Romulus from being destroyed by a supernova, but fails. Both his ship and Nero’s are kicked back in time, setting off a chain of events that diverge from the original, “true” timeline.
The name “Kelvin” refers to the U.S.S. Kelvin, the ship heroically captained by Kirk’s father, which is destroyed in the opening moments of the movie.
12. Star Trek Into Darkness
- Release date: May 16, 2013
- Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch
The benefit of the Kelvin Timeline is that it not only allows Star Trek to explore canon material – such as Khan (he of the Wrath) – but to do something completely new with it. Khan features heavily in Into Darkness, but he has no beef with Kirk. Instead, a Starfleet Admiral is threatening the lives of Khan’s crew, forcing them to craft weapons of mass destruction.
Khan inevitably eludes captivity and strikes out against Starfleet, killing Captain Pike (and a bunch of others) in the process. Kirk and company eventually take Khan down, but not before Kirk sacrifices himself to save his crew. Don’t worry, these things don’t last in either Star Trek timeline, as Kirk gets better moments later thanks to *checks notes* Khan's super blood.
13. Star Trek Beyond
- Release date: July 22, 2016
- Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Idris Elba
Beyond leans into the camaraderie of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy now that they’ve had some time together, much to the movie’s benefit. The Enterprise is lured to Altamid under false pretenses, leading to much of the crew being marooned on the planet. The architect of the deception was Krall, who wants an opportunity to return to a galaxy where war is the order of the day.
Beyond is a significant point in the timeline for two reasons. First, it sadly marked the death of Spock Prime due to the passing of Leonard Nimoy. Second, it culminates in the Enterprise embarking on the five-year-mission that started everything back in 1966.
Star Trek movies: Release order
If you can't be bothered remembering two different orders for the Star Trek movies then we've got good news for you — the release order is identical to the chronological order that we've shown above (accounting for the Kelvin timeline as it's own entity anyway).
The full run of Star Trek films currently tops out at 13 entries; the fate of the 14th was hidden within a nebula of conflicting information. “Star Trek 4” was slated for December 22, 2023, but given that filming had yet to begin as of July 2022, it seems inevitable that date will change. Back in February 2022, Paramount that the principal cast would be returning for the fourth installment of the Kelvin timeline, a claim quickly disputed by the agents of those selfsame actors. Awkward.
Soon after, however, Chris Pine eventually signed on the dotted line, and his shipmates reached their own agreements. As of right now, Kirk (Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), McCoy (Karl Urban, assuming he can make it work around filming of The Boys), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Uhura (Zoe Saldaña), and Sulu (John Cho) are all ready to beam up and get filming. Sadly, this will be the first of the Kelvin films to not feature Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov. Yelchin died in an accident at his home in 2016. It’s currently unclear if Chekov will be recast or if a different character will take his place on the bridge of the Enterprise.
Though the Kelvin timeline is often referred to as “J.J. Abrams Trek,” he won’t be directing Star Trek 4; Matt Shakman will take on that responsibility, leaving Abrams to produce. As for what it will be about, that’s anyone’s guess, but Chris Pine told Deadline he hopes this one tells a smaller story that appeals to the core Trek audience. “Let’s make the movie for the people that love this group of people, that love this story, that love Star Trek,” he said. “Let’s make it for them and then, if people want to come to the party, great.” It’s a strategy that makes sense; the disappointment with recent Trek films hasn’t been their content so much as their box office. A Trek film with a smaller scope (and budget) would almost certainly have a very healthy profit margin while also resonating with the fanbase.
With no new announcements coming from San Diego Comic-Con 2022, it seems that we’ll have to wait for any more insight into the next Star Trek film. Sill, recent comments from Paramount CEO Brian Robbins have us cautiously optimistic: “We’re deep into [Star Trek 4] with J.J. Abrams, and it feels like we’re getting close to the starting line and excited about where we’re going creatively,” he told Variety .
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How to Watch Every Star Trek Series (and Movie) in the Right Order
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Fear not, as we have created a handy binge-watch guide using the Stardate of each series and film. Here is our guide on how to watch every Star Trek series and movie in the right order.
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Abbreviation Guide
The 21st Century
The 22nd century, the 23rd century.
(DIS,SNW,TOS,TAS)
The 24th Century
(TNG,DS9,VOY,LDS,PRO,PIC)
The 25th Century
The 31st century, the 32nd century, introduction.
This Star Trek viewing guide will assist you through watching the entire franchise, based not on production dates, but on in-universe story order, all the way from the 21st to the 32nd centuries. As it is a viewing guide and not a rigid chronology, some episodes are shifted to keep things as clear and fun as possible. The site is updated regularly to stay current.
There is now a print-friendly version without the graphics as well.
To avoid spoilers, I’ve moved discussion of the thinking behind some less clear-cut decisions to a separate “methodology” page . Opinions and feedback are welcome!
Series Overview and Abbreviation Guide
Past Shows:
TOS —> Star Trek - The Original Series (1964, 1966-1969)
TAS —> Star Trek - The Animated Series (1973-1974)
TNG —> Star Trek - The Next Generation (1987-1994)
DS9 —> Star Trek - Deep Space Nine (1993-1999)
VOY —> Star Trek - Voyager (1995-2001)
ENT —> Star Trek - Enterprise (2001-2005)
SHO —> Star Trek - Short Treks (2018-2020)
PIC —> Star Trek - Picard (2020-2023)
MOV —> Theatrical Movies (1979-1991, 1994-2002, 2009-2016)
Current Shows:
DIS —> Star Trek - Discovery (2017-2024)
LDS —> Star Trek - Lower Decks (2020-)
PRO —> Star Trek - Prodigy (2021-)
SNW —> Star Trek - Strange New Worlds (2022-)
April 5th, 2063:
Star Trek essentially begins on this date, when Zefram Cochrane creates faster-than-light travel (“warp drive”) allowing humans to meet extraterrestrial life, the Vulcans, for the first time. We will see this event later in the viewing order, but for now it’s just backstory.
We start with Star Trek: Enterprise (technically just titled Enterprise until season three). While the first in the timeline, this show was actually the sixth Star Trek series made, and includes many fun hints of future events. We will mostly follow the release order, but will skip some episodes in Seasons two and four until later in the viewing order.
- ENT Season 1, episode 1 - Broken Bow, Part 1
- ENT Season 1, episode 2 - Broken Bow, Part 2
- ENT Season 1, episode 3 - Fight or Flight
- ENT Season 1, episode 4 - Strange New World
- ENT Season 1, episode 5 - Unexpected
- ENT Season 1, episode 6 - Terra Nova
- ENT Season 1, episode 7 - The Andorian Incident
- ENT Season 1, episode 8 - Breaking the Ice
- ENT Season 1, episode 9 - Civilization
- ENT Season 1, episode 10 - Fortunate Son
- ENT Season 1, episode 11 - Cold Front
- ENT Season 1, episode 12 - Silent Enemy
- ENT Season 1, episode 13 - Dear Doctor
- ENT Season 1, episode 14 - Sleeping Dogs
- ENT Season 1, episode 15 - Shadows of P'Jem
- ENT Season 1, episode 16 - Shuttlepod One
- ENT Season 1, episode 17 - Fusion
- ENT Season 1, episode 18 - Rogue Planet
- ENT Season 1, episode 19 - Acquisition
- ENT Season 1, episode 20 - Oasis
- ENT Season 1, episode 21 - Detained
- ENT Season 1, episode 22 - Vox Sola
- ENT Season 1, episode 23 - Fallen Hero
- ENT Season 1, episode 24 - Desert Crossing
- ENT Season 1, episode 25 - Two Days and Two Nights
- ENT Season 1, episode 26 - Shockwave, Part I
- ENT Season 2, episode 1 - Shockwave, Part II
- ENT Season 2, episode 2 - Carbon Creek
- ENT Season 2, episode 3 - Minefield
- ENT Season 2, episode 4 - Dead Stop
- ENT Season 2, episode 5 - A Night in Sickbay
- ENT Season 2, episode 6 - Marauders
- ENT Season 2, episode 7 - The Seventh
- ENT Season 2, episode 8 - The Communicator
- ENT Season 2, episode 9 - Singularity
- ENT Season 2, episode 10 - Vanishing Point
- ENT Season 2, episode 11 - Precious Cargo
- ENT Season 2, episode 12 - The Catwalk
- ENT Season 2, episode 13 - Dawn
- ENT Season 2, episode 14 - Stigma
- ENT Season 2, episode 15 - Cease Fire
- ENT Season 2, episode 16 - Future Tense
- ENT Season 2, episode 17 - Canamar
- ENT Season 2, episode 18 - The Crossing
- ENT Season 2, episode 19 - Judgment
- ENT Season 2, episode 20 - Horizon
- ENT Season 2, episode 21 - The Breach
- ENT Season 2, episode 22 - Cogenitor
We are skipping episode 23 (“Regeneration”) for now, but will return to it later.
- ENT Season 2, episode 24 - First Flight
- ENT Season 2, episode 25 - Bounty
- ENT Season 2, episode 26 - The Expanse
- ENT Season 3, episode 1 - The Xindi
- ENT Season 3, episode 2 - Anomaly
- ENT Season 3, episode 3 - Extinction
- ENT Season 3, episode 4 - Rajiin
- ENT Season 3, episode 5 - Impulse
- ENT Season 3, episode 6 - Exile
- ENT Season 3, episode 7 - The Shipment
- ENT Season 3, episode 8 - Twilight
- ENT Season 3, episode 9 - North Star
- ENT Season 3, episode 10 - Similitude
- ENT Season 3, episode 11 - Carpenter Street
- ENT Season 3, episode 12 - Chosen Realm
- ENT Season 3, episode 13 - Proving Ground
- ENT Season 3, episode 14 - Stratagem
- ENT Season 3, episode 15 - Harbinger
- ENT Season 3, episode 16 - Doctor's Orders
- ENT Season 3, episode 17 - Hatchery
- ENT Season 3, episode 18 - Azati Prime
- ENT Season 3, episode 19 - Damage
- ENT Season 3, episode 20 - The Forgotten
- ENT Season 3, episode 21 - E²
- ENT Season 3, episode 22 - The Council
- ENT Season 3, episode 23 - Countdown
- ENT Season 3, episode 24 - Zero Hour
In its fourth and final season, Enterprise, under the guidance of a new showrunner, really takes advantage of its ability to foreshadow events in later chronologically-placed stories. Please pay attention to the episode numbers as we skip episodes 18, 19, and 22 for now and watch them later.
- ENT Season 4, episode 1 - Storm Front, Part 1
- ENT Season 4, episode 2 - Storm Front, Part 2
- ENT Season 4, episode 3 - Home
- ENT Season 4, episode 4 - Borderland
- ENT Season 4, episode 5 - Cold Station 12
- ENT Season 4, episode 6 - The Augments
- ENT Season 4, episode 7 - The Forge
- ENT Season 4, episode 8 - Awakening
- ENT Season 4, episode 9 - Kir'Shara
- ENT Season 4, episode 10 - Daedalus
- ENT Season 4, episode 11 - Observer Effect
- ENT Season 4, episode 12 - Babel One
- ENT Season 4, episode 13 - United
- ENT Season 4, episode 14 - The Aenar
- ENT Season 4, episode 15 - Affliction
- ENT Season 4, episode 16 - Divergence
- ENT Season 4, episode 17 - Bound
- ENT Season 4, episode 20 - Demons
- ENT Season 4, episode 21 - Terra Prime
Although we will be moving on from Enterprise for now, we will return to watch the skipped episodes and the series finale later. Even so, the two-parter above is near-universally considered a better end-point for this point in the story.
The Earth-Romulan War, which was first mentioned in the original 1960s series, occurs here. Enterprise intended to cover this starting in the fifth season, but was unfortunately cancelled after Season Four. While we don't get to see the conflict on screen, its impact is felt throughout Enterprise and beyond. During the war, Humans, Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites form a loosely structured Coalition of Planets which manages to push back the Romulans. This Coalition leads directly to…
…the formation of the United Federation of Planets, the primary political setting of the Star Trek franchise.
From this point on, Star Trek focuses on the Federation, depicting its periods of peace, war, expansion, and decline, which will set the agenda for much of the franchise.
Early 2230s
An adaptation of an (actual) ancient African legend, told to a young girl we will meet again later as an adult, this is our first “Short Treks” episode. These mini-episodes are not tied to any specific time or place in the Star Trek franchise and will appear occasionally throughout this list.
- SHO Season 2, episode 5 - The Girl Who Made the Stars
2233 - A sidenote about universes/timelines:
There are two main “universes” in the Star Trek franchise: the Kelvin timeline (consisting of three feature films) and the Prime timeline (covering everything else). This year, 2233, is when events occur which split the universe into the Kelvin and Prime timelines. For now, we will stay with the Prime timeline in this viewing order, but keep in mind the Kelvin timeline for later. Note that there is a third universe, the "Mirror" universe, and occasional alternate timelines. However, for simplicity, our visits there will not be separated from the Prime episodes.
2233 (Prime)
The USS Kelvin flies through space, exploring strange new worlds.
Nothing happens.
All is well.
- SHO Season 1, episode 3 - The Brightest Star
After a quick Short Trek in which we meet a young ensign reporting to his new ship, we reach the very first Star Trek episode produced: The Cage, dating from 1964-65. Rejected by NBC for being "too cerebral," studio owner Lucille Ball convinced the network to give the show another chance at a pilot. While much of The Cage’s footage is reused in a later episode, "The Menagerie," we recommend that you don't skip either one. The character of Captain Pike becomes highly significant shortly, and both episodes offer valuable insights into him and Spock.
Viewing notes: When referring to the original 1960s "Star Trek," this guide uses the abbreviation TOS (The Original Series). TOS is available in two versions: the classic 1960s version and a CGI- enhanced remastered version made from 2006-08. The remastered versions do not alter the stories in any way making the version you choose a matter of personal preference.
- SHO Season 2, episode 1 - Q&A
- TOS Season 0, episode 1 - The Cage
We now begin Star Trek: Discovery, which is the seventh Star Trek series produced, but only the second series chronologically. It also is the first series to significantly revamp the visual designs, departing from the previous assumption that the 23rd century looked the same as it did in the original 1960s series. Discovery updates the designs, and we are trusted to accept that they have "always" looked this way, affecting uniforms, ships, alien makeup, and more. The Klingons, in particular, received a dramatic redesign, though it was significantly backtracked after the first season. These are not continuity issues, and should not be viewed as such, though we could certainly nitpick details if we chose to.
- DIS Season 1, episode 1 - The Vulcan Hello
- DIS Season 1, episode 2 - Battle at the Binary Stars
- DIS Season 1, episode 3 - Context is for Kings
- DIS Season 1, episode 4 - The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry
- DIS Season 1, episode 5 - Choose Your Pain
- DIS Season 1, episode 6 - Lethe
- DIS Season 1, episode 7 - Magic to Make the Sanest Man go Mad
- DIS Season 1, episode 8 - Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
- DIS Season 1, episode 9 - Into the Forest I Go
Watching Trek in this order presents a quirk in episode 10, where the USS Defiant is, to avoid spoilers, somewhere it shouldn't be. The show assumes that we know the explanation, but don't worry about it. We will learn why when we reach 2268, but in the meantime, it is entirely unimportant to how the story in Discovery unfolds.
- DIS Season 1, episode 10 - Despite Yourself
- DIS Season 1, episode 11 - The Wolf Inside
- DIS Season 1, episode 12 - Vaulting Ambition
- DIS Season 1, episode 13 - What's Past is Prologue
- DIS Season 1, episode 14 - The War Without, The War Within
- DIS Season 1, episode 15 - Will You Take My Hand?
- SHO Season 1, episode 1 - Runaway
- SHO Season 1, episode 4 - Escape Artist
- DIS Season 2, episode 1 - Brother
- DIS Season 2, episode 2 - New Eden
- DIS Season 2, episode 3 - Point of Light
- DIS Season 2, episode 4 - An Obol for Charon
- DIS Season 2, episode 5 - Saints of Imperfection
- DIS Season 2, episode 6 - The Sound of Thunder
- DIS Season 2, episode 7 - Light and Shadows
- DIS Season 2, episode 8 - If Memory Serves
- DIS Season 2, episode 9 - Project Daedalus
- DIS Season 2, episode 10 - The Red Angel
- DIS Season 2, episode 11 - Perpetual Infinity
- DIS Season 2, episode 12 - Through the Valley of Shadows
- DIS Season 2, episode 13 - Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1
- DIS Season 2, episode 14 - Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2
I will avoid spoilers, but after watching the episode listed just above, it will be clear why we are pausing our viewing of Discovery, even though there are more episodes left to watch. We will come back to the series at the appropriate time to continue the series.
- SHO Season 2, episode 2 - The Trouble with Edward
- SHO Season 2, episode 3 - Ask Not
We now move away from the Discovery crew to follow Capt. Pike, back in command of the Enterprise, for an absolutely delightful series that deliberately throws back to 1960s Trek in many ways, including the first appearances of some characters we will continue to see for many years to come.
- SNW Season 1, episode 1 - Strange New Worlds
- SNW Season 1, episode 2 - Children of the Comet
- SNW Season 1, episode 3 - Ghosts of Illyria
- SNW Season 1, episode 4 - Memento Mori
- SNW Season 1, episode 5 - Spock Amok
- SNW Season 1, episode 6 - Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach
- SNW Season 1, episode 7 - The Serene Squall
- SNW Season 1, episode 8 - The Elysian Kingdom
- SNW Season 1, episode 9 - All Those Who Wander
- SNW Season 1, episode 10 - A Quality of Mercy
- SNW Season 2 episode 1 - The Broken Circle
- SNW Season 2, episode 2 - Ad Astra per Aspera
- SNW Season 2, episode 3 - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
- SNW Season 2, episode 4 - Among the Lotus Eaters
- SNW Season 2, episode 5 - Charades
- SNW Season 2, episode 6 - Lost in Translation
Skipping Episode 7 for later…
Pay attention to the possible future laid out in this next episode; we see how the timeline actually plays out later in this chronology.
- SNW Season 2, episode 8 - Under the Cloak of War
- SNW Season 2, episode 9 - Subspace Rhapsody
- SNW Season 2, episode 10 - Hegemony
Here’s that second Original Series pilot Lucille Ball fought for, now with (most) of the classic 1960’s Star Trek crew. Still no Dr. McCoy, Uhura, or Chekov, Kirk has a different middle initial, the uniforms and sets still aren’t quite right… but we are for the first time recognizably in the world of the show that started it all.
- TOS Season 1, episode 3 - Where No Man Has Gone Before
2266-Notes on The Original Series
Just to clarify - the original Star Trek will appear less advanced in terms of its designs and aesthetic compared to the other Star Trek shows we have watched so far, but this is only due to the limitations of television production at the time. This is not “true” in story terms - the technology and society in TOS should be read as on par with Discovery and Strange New Worlds, which all take place at roughly this point in the timeline, and the Enterprise, despite looking different, should be accepted as the exact same ship Pike commanded in Strange New Worlds.
As for the actual viewing order, to fully appreciate the development of the show, it's recommended to watch TOS in production order instead of by air date. In general, don’t get too hung up on continuity with the rest of the franchise in these early days - they take quite a while to pin some stuff down that the rest of the franchise takes for granted.
The Menagerie is largely reedited from The Cage, which we watched a while back, but don’t skip it - after spending so much time with Spock and Pike since, this episode is absolutely essential.
- TOS Season 1, episode 10 - The Corbomite Maneuver
- TOS Season 1, episode 6 - Mudd's Women
- TOS Season 1, episode 5 - The Enemy Within
- TOS Season 1, episode 1 - The Man Trap
- TOS Season 1, episode 4 - The Naked Time
- TOS Season 1, episode 2 - Charlie X
Next we revisit SNW’s season 1 finale, “A Quality of Mercy”, and see how differently events play out with Kirk in command of the Enterprise.
- TOS Season 1, episode 14 - Balance of Terror
- TOS Season 1, episode 7 - What Are Little Girls Made of?
- TOS Season 1, episode 9 - Dagger of the Mind
- TOS Season 1, episode 8 - Miri
- TOS Season 1, episode 13 - The Conscience of the King
- TOS Season 1, episode 16 - The Galileo Seven
- TOS Season 1, episode 20 - Court Martial
- TOS Season 1, episode 11 - The Menagerie (Part I)
- TOS Season 1, episode 12 - The Menagerie (Part II)
- TOS Season 1, episode 15 - Shore Leave
- TOS Season 1, episode 17 - The Squire of Gothos
- TOS Season 1, episode 18 - Arena
- TOS Season 1, episode 27 - The Alternative Factor
- TOS Season 1, episode 19 - Tomorrow is Yesterday
- TOS Season 1, episode 21 - The Return of the Archons
- TOS Season 1, episode 23 - A Taste of Armageddon
- TOS Season 1, episode 22 - Space Seed
- TOS Season 1, episode 24 - This Side of Paradise
- TOS Season 1, episode 25 - Devil in the Dark
- TOS Season 1, episode 26 - Errand of Mercy
- TOS Season 1, episode 28 - The City on the Edge of Forever
- TOS Season 1, episode 29 - Operation: Annihilate!
- TOS Season 2, episode 7 - Catspaw
- TOS Season 2, episode 9 - Metamorphosis
- TOS Season 2, episode 11 - Friday's Child
- TOS Season 2, episode 2 - Who Mourns for Adonais?
- TOS Season 2, episode 1 - Amok Time
- TOS Season 2, episode 6 - The Doomsday Machine
- TOS Season 2, episode 14 - Wolf in the Fold
- TOS Season 2, episode 3 - The Changeling
- TOS Season 2, episode 5 - The Apple
- TOS Season 2, episode 4 - Mirror, Mirror
- TOS Season 2, episode 12 - The Deadly Years
- TOS Season 2, episode 8 - I, Mudd
- TOS Season 2, episode 15 - The Trouble with Tribbles
- TOS Season 2, episode 25 - Bread and Circuses
- TOS Season 2, episode 10 - Journey to Babel
- TOS Season 2, episode 19 - A Private Little War
- TOS Season 2, episode 16 - The Gamesters of Triskelion
- TOS Season 2, episode 13 - Obsession
- TOS Season 2, episode 18 - The Immunity Syndrome
- TOS Season 2, episode 17 - A Piece of the Action
- TOS Season 2, episode 22 - By Any Other Name
- TOS Season 2, episode 20 - Return to Tomorrow
- TOS Season 2, episode 21 - Patterns of Force
- TOS Season 2, episode 24 - The Ultimate Computer
- TOS Season 2, episode 23 - The Omega Glory
- TOS Season 2, episode 26 - Assignment: Earth
While Mirror, Mirror is the episode that first introduces the Mirror universe, we’ve already been there on Discovery. Enterprise had a two-part episode there too, actually, but that’s one of the ones we skipped for later viewing and will be arriving at shortly.
- TOS Season 3, episode 6 - Spectre of the Gun
- TOS Season 3, episode 13 - Elaan of Troyius
- TOS Season 3, episode 3 - The Paradise Syndrome
- TOS Season 3, episode 2 - The Enterprise Incident
- TOS Season 3, episode 4 - And the Children Shall Lead
- TOS Season 3, episode 1 - Spock's Brain
- TOS Season 3, episode 5 - Is There in Truth No Beauty?
- TOS Season 3, episode 12 - The Empath
- TOS Season 3, episode 8 - For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky
- TOS Season 3, episode 7 - Day of the Dove
- TOS Season 3, episode 10 - Plato's Stepchildren
- TOS Season 3, episode 11 - Wink of An Eye
- TOS Season 3, episode 17 - That Which Survives
- TOS Season 3, episode 15 - Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
- TOS Season 3, episode 14 - Whom Gods Destroy
- TOS Season 3, episode 16 - The Mark of Gideon
- TOS Season 3, episode 18 - The Lights of Zetar
- TOS Season 3, episode 21 - The Cloud Minders
- TOS Season 3, episode 20 - The Way to Eden
- TOS Season 3, episode 19 - Requiem for Methuselah
- TOS Season 3, episode 22 - The Savage Curtain
- TOS Season 3, episode 23 - All Our Yesterdays
- TOS Season 3, episode 24 - Turnabout Intruder
In one of the more fun examples of the shows tying together, the next three episodes we watch have a TOS episode leading into two of the Enterprise episodes we skipped, PLUS they finally explain why the Discovery detected the USS Defiant in the Mirror Universe.
- TOS Season 3, episode 9 - The Tholian Web
- ENT Season 4, episode 18 - In a Mirror, Darkly, Part I
- ENT Season 4, episode 19 - In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II
We finish Kirk's Five-Year Mission with Star Trek: The Animated Series. Is TAS in continuity? Debatable. In later years, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry liked to say it was not, but later works in the franchise certainly seemed to disagree, with Enterprise’s Vulcan arc as well as the first of the Kelvin films borrowing heavily from Yesteryear, Robert April appearing in Strange New Worlds, numerous references in Lower Decks, etc., so I see no reason not to consider it as canon as everything else. Besides, “La mort de l'auteur” means we don’t have to listen to Gene.
- TAS Season 1, episode 5 - More Tribbles, More Troubles
- TAS Season 1, episode 6 - The Survivor
- TAS Season 1, episode 7 - The Infinite Vulcan
- TAS Season 1, episode 8 - The Magicks of Megas-tu
- TAS Season 1, episode 9 - Once Upon a Planet
- TAS Season 1, episode 10 - Mudd's Passion
- TAS Season 1, episode 11 - The Terratin Incident
- TAS Season 1, episode 12 - The Time Trap
- TAS Season 1, episode 13 - The Ambergris Element
- TAS Season 1, episode 14 - The Slaver Weapon
- TAS Season 1, episode 15 - The Eye of the Beholder
- TAS Season 1, episode 16 - The Jihad
- TAS Season 2, episode 1 - The Pirates of Orion
- TAS Season 2, episode 2 - Bem
- TAS Season 2, episode 3 - The Practical Joker
- TAS Season 2, episode 4 - Albatross
- TAS Season 2, episode 5 - How Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth
- TAS Season 2, episode 6 - The Counter-Clock Incident
- TAS Season 1, episode 1 - Beyond the Farthest Star
- TAS Season 1, episode 2 - Yesteryear
- TAS Season 1, episode 3 - One of Our Planets is Missing
- TAS Season 1, episode 4 - The Lorelei Signal
Movie time! Some background here. Paramount was planning on making a new network, and intended a new Star Trek series, "Star Trek Phase II", to anchor it. Scripts were written, sets were built, and actors cast. When network plans fell through, and Star Wars became a hit, they decided to take one of those scripts and streeeeeeeeeetch it out into a movie.
So…. Is it way too long for the amount of plot it has? Yes, though it has its charms. And isn’t it basically a retread of Nomad from the episode "The Changeling" anyway? It is. And hey, isn’t that the pedophile Dad from 7th Heaven? mm-hmm. Anyway, if you have access to it I recommend the Director’s Cut, in which pacing is much improved and some particularly flawed effects are redone, but either version works story-wise.
- MOV Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Following The Motion Picture, the franchise underwent a significant transformation with the release of the next film, adopting a different style and tone that many, including the author, believe resulted in the best Star Trek movie to date.
- MOV Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- MOV Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Ephraim and Dot ’s continuity really makes no sense anywhere, but it’s cute so who cares. Anyway, this seemed the BEST place to put it.
- SHO Season 2, episode 4 - Ephraim and Dot
- MOV Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Or, to use the all-but-official secondary title, “The One With The Whales”
- MOV Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
A criminally underrated film.
- MOV Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Sidenote: The opening sequence of the film. Star Trek: Generations takes place this year, a few months after The Undiscovered Country. I very much do not expect people to watch things in pieces, but as there IS a clear delineation in the film, you can, optionally, watch the beginning of Generations and stop when the “78 years later” caption comes up. Or you can just not worry about it, and watch the whole film in one sitting when we reach 2371.
We now jump forward 70-odd years to see a far more established Federation, and perhaps the most popular and beloved Star Trek series of all, Star Trek - The Next Generation. That said, it is extremely rough at the outset, so you’ll need to give it some time. I promise you, the series gets a lot better later on and absolutely earns the affection it still receives to this day.
- TNG Season 1, episode 9 - The Battle
- TNG Season 1, episode 10 - Hide and Q
- TNG Season 1, episode 11 - Haven
- TNG Season 1, episode 12 - The Big Goodbye
- TNG Season 1, episode 13 - Datalore
- TNG Season 1, episode 14 - Angel One
- TNG Season 1, episode 15 - 11001001
- TNG Season 1, episode 16 - Too Short a Season
- TNG Season 1, episode 17 - When the Bough Breaks
- TNG Season 1, episode 18 - Home Soil
- TNG Season 1, episode 19 - Coming of Age
- TNG Season 1, episode 20 - Heart of Glory
- TNG Season 1, episode 21 - The Arsenal of Freedom
- TNG Season 1, episode 22 - Symbiosis
- TNG Season 1, episode 23 - Skin of Evil
- TNG Season 1, episode 24 - We'll Always Have Paris
- TNG Season 1, episode 25 - Conspiracy
- TNG Season 1, episode 26 - The Neutral Zone
- TNG Season 1, episode 1 - Encounter at Farpoint, Part 1
- TNG Season 1, episode 2 - Encounter at Farpoint, Part 2
- TNG Season 1, episode 3 - The Naked Now
- TNG Season 1, episode 4 - Code of Honor
- TNG Season 1, episode 5 - The Last Outpost
- TNG Season 1, episode 6 - Where No One Has Gone Before
- TNG Season 1, episode 7 - Lonely Among Us
- TNG Season 1, episode 8 - Justice
This season introduces the most popular and iconic character of the entire Star Trek franchise: Riker’s Beard. More seriously, due to a writers strike this year the producers had to dip into episodes written for the early 70’s Phase II series that was never made. Will Riker and Troi were ALWAYS a revamp of the original plans for Will Decker and Ilia, but the season opener was literally written in the 70s with Ilia in the place of Troi.
The series doesn’t truly find its footing until Season 3, but “The Measure of a Man” is widely considered TNG’s first “great” episode, a sign of many more to come.
- TNG Season 2, episode 9 - The Measure of a Man
- TNG Season 2, episode 10 - The Dauphin
- TNG Season 2, episode 11 - Contagion
- TNG Season 2, episode 12 - The Royale
- TNG Season 2, episode 13 - Time Squared
- TNG Season 2, episode 14 - The Icarus Factor
- TNG Season 2, episode 15 - Pen Pals
- TNG Season 2, episode 16 - Q Who?
- TNG Season 2, episode 17 - The Samaritan Snare
- TNG Season 2, episode 18 - Up the Long Ladder
- TNG Season 2, episode 19 - Manhunt
- TNG Season 2, episode 20 - The Emissary
- TNG Season 2, episode 21 - Peak Performance
- TNG Season 2, episode 22 - Shades of Gray
- TNG Season 2, episode 1 - The Child
- TNG Season 2, episode 2 - Where Silence Has Lease
- TNG Season 2, episode 3 - Elementary, Dear Data
- TNG Season 2, episode 4 - The Outrageous Okona
- TNG Season 2, episode 5 - Loud as a Whisper
- TNG Season 2, episode 6 - The Schizoid Man
- TNG Season 2, episode 7 - Unnatural Selection
- TNG Season 2, episode 8 - A Matter of Honor
- TNG Season 3, episode 1 - Evolution
- TNG Season 3, episode 2 - The Ensigns of Command
- TNG Season 3, episode 3 - The Survivors
- TNG Season 3, episode 4 - Who Watches the Watchers?
- TNG Season 3, episode 5 - The Bonding
- TNG Season 3, episode 6 - Booby Trap
- TNG Season 3, episode 7 - The Enemy
- TNG Season 3, episode 8 - The Price
- TNG Season 3, episode 9 - The Vengeance Factor
- TNG Season 3, episode 10 - The Defector
- TNG Season 3, episode 11 - The Hunted
- TNG Season 3, episode 12 - A Matter of Perspective
- TNG Season 3, episode 13 - The High Ground
- TNG Season 3, episode 14 - Deja Q
- TNG Season 3, episode 15 - Yesterday's Enterprise
- TNG Season 3, episode 16 - The Offspring
- TNG Season 3, episode 17 - Sins of the Father
- TNG Season 3, episode 18 - Allegiance
- TNG Season 3, episode 19 - Captain's Holiday
- TNG Season 3, episode 20 - Tin Man
- TNG Season 3, episode 21 - Hollow Pursuits
- TNG Season 3, episode 22 - The Most Toys
- TNG Season 3, episode 23 - Sarek
- TNG Season 3, episode 24 - Ménage à Troi
- TNG Season 3, episode 25 - Transfigurations
- TNG Season 3, episode 26 - The Best of Both Worlds, Part 1
- TNG Season 4, episode 1 - The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2
- TNG Season 4, episode 2 - Family
- TNG Season 4, episode 3 - Brothers
- TNG Season 4, episode 4 - Suddenly Human
- TNG Season 4, episode 5 - Remember Me
- TNG Season 4, episode 6 - Legacy
- TNG Season 4, episode 7 - Reunion
- TNG Season 4, episode 8 - Future Imperfect
- TNG Season 4, episode 9 - Final Mission
- TNG Season 4, episode 10 - The Loss
- TNG Season 4, episode 11 - Data's Day
- TNG Season 4, episode 12 - The Wounded
- TNG Season 4, episode 13 - Clues
- TNG Season 4, episode 14 - Devil's Due
- TNG Season 4, episode 15 - First Contact
- TNG Season 4, episode 16 - Galaxy's Child
- TNG Season 4, episode 17 - Night Terrors
- TNG Season 4, episode 18 - Identity Crisis
- TNG Season 4, episode 19 - The Nth Degree
- TNG Season 4, episode 20 - Qpid
- TNG Season 4, episode 21 - The Drumhead
- TNG Season 4, episode 22 - Half a Life
- TNG Season 4, episode 23 - The Host
- TNG Season 4, episode 24 - The Mind's Eye
- TNG Season 4, episode 25 - In Theory
- TNG Season 4, episode 26 - Redemption, Part 1
- TNG Season 5, episode 1 - Redemption, Part 2
- TNG Season 5, episode 2 - Darmok
- TNG Season 5, episode 3 - Ensign Ro
- TNG Season 5, episode 4 - Silicon Avatar
- TNG Season 5, episode 5 - Disaster
- TNG Season 5, episode 6 - The Game
- TNG Season 5, episode 7 - Unification I
- TNG Season 5, episode 8 - Unification II
- TNG Season 5, episode 9 - A Matter of Time
- TNG Season 5, episode 10 - New Ground
- TNG Season 5, episode 11 - Hero Worship
- TNG Season 5, episode 12 - Violations
- TNG Season 5, episode 13 - The Masterpiece Society
- TNG Season 5, episode 14 - Conundrum
- TNG Season 5, episode 15 - Power Play
- TNG Season 5, episode 16 - Ethics
- TNG Season 5, episode 17 - The Outcast
- TNG Season 5, episode 18 - Cause and Effect
- TNG Season 5, episode 19 - The First Duty
- TNG Season 5, episode 20 - Cost of Living
- TNG Season 5, episode 21 - The Perfect Mate
- TNG Season 5, episode 22 - Imaginary Friend
- TNG Season 5, episode 23 - I, Borg
- TNG Season 5, episode 24 - The Next Phase
- TNG Season 5, episode 25 - The Inner Light
- TNG Season 5, episode 26 - Time's Arrow, Part 1
2369, Part 1
We now reach my personal favorite series: Star Trek - Deep Space Nine, which will eventually feature Star Trek’s first significant attempt at serialized storytelling. Like other shows in the franchise, it has a slow start, but once it gets going it’s a real joy. To stay in the correct chronological order, we’ll be bouncing between TNG and DS9, and later DS9 and Voyager, with occasional minor tweaks to avoid interrupting story arcs in progress.
- TNG Season 6, episode 1 - Time's Arrow, Part 2
- TNG Season 6, episode 2 - Realm of Fear
- TNG Season 6, episode 3 - Man of the People
- TNG Season 6, episode 4 - Relics
- TNG Season 6, episode 5 - Schisms
- TNG Season 6, episode 6 - True-Q
- TNG Season 6, episode 7 - Rascals
- TNG Season 6, episode 8 - A Fistful of Datas
- TNG Season 6, episode 9 - The Quality of Life
- TNG Season 6, episode 10 - Chain of Command, Part 1
- TNG Season 6, episode 11 - Chain of Command, Part 2
- DS9 Season 1, episode 1 - Emissary, Part 1
- DS9 Season 1, episode 2 - Emissary, Part 2
- DS9 Season 1, episode 3 - Past Prologue
- DS9 Season 1, episode 4 - A Man Alone
- DS9 Season 1, episode 5 - Babel
- TNG Season 6, episode 12 - Ship in a Bottle
- TNG Season 6, episode 13 - Aquiel
2369, Part 2
Pay attention to this next episode - it will be important (much, much) later.
- DS9 Season 1, episode 6 - Captive Pursuit
- DS9 Season 1, episode 7 - Q-Less
- TNG Season 6, episode 14 - Face of the Enemy
- DS9 Season 1, episode 8 - Dax
- TNG Season 6, episode 15 - Tapestry
- DS9 Season 1, episode 9 - The Passenger
- TNG Season 6, episode 16 - Birthright, Part 1
- TNG Season 6, episode 17 - Birthright, Part 2
- DS9 Season 1, episode 10 - Move Along Home
- DS9 Season 1, episode 11 - The Nagus
- TNG Season 6, episode 18 - Starship Mine
- TNG Season 6, episode 19 - Lessons
- DS9 Season 1, episode 12 - Vortex
- DS9 Season 1, episode 13 - Battle Lines
- DS9 Season 1, episode 14 - The Storyteller
- TNG Season 6, episode 20 - The Chase
- TNG Season 6, episode 21 - Frame of Mind
- TNG Season 6, episode 22 - Suspicions
- DS9 Season 1, episode 15 - Progress
- TNG Season 6, episode 23 - Rightful Heir
- DS9 Season 1, episode 16 - If Wishes Were Horses
- TNG Season 6, episode 24 - Second Chances
- DS9 Season 1, episode 17 - Dramatis Personae
- DS9 Season 1, episode 18 - The Forsaken
- DS9 Season 1, episode 19 - Duet
- TNG Season 6, episode 25 - Timescape
- DS9 Season 1, episode 20 - In the Hands of the Prophets
- TNG Season 6, episode 26 - Descent, Part 1
2370, Part 1
By the end of this year we’ll have bid farewell to The Next Generation with the fantastic series finale “All Good Things,” we’ll have finally watched Enterprise’s far less popular finale “These are the Voyages…”, and we will have been introduced to The Dominion, the major story driver for most of Deep Space Nine.
- TNG Season 7, episode 5 - Interface
- TNG Season 7, episode 6 - Phantasms
- DS9 Season 2, episode 6 - Melora
- TNG Season 7, episode 7 - Dark Page
- DS9 Season 2, episode 7 - Rules of Acquisition
- DS9 Season 2, episode 8 - Necessary Evil
- TNG Season 7, episode 8 - Attached
- TNG Season 7, episode 9 - Force of Nature
- DS9 Season 2, episode 9 - Second Sight
- DS9 Season 2, episode 10 - Sanctuary
- TNG Season 7, episode 10 - Parallels
- DS9 Season 2, episode 11 - Rivals
- DS9 Season 2, episode 12 - The Alternate
- TNG Season 7, episode 11 - Inheritance
- TNG Season 7, episode 12 - Homeward
- TNG Season 7, episode 13 - The Pegasus
- ENT Season 4, episode 22 - These Are the Voyages...
- TNG Season 7, episode 1 - Descent, Part 2
- DS9 Season 2, episode 1 - The Homecoming
- DS9 Season 2, episode 2 - The Circle
- DS9 Season 2, episode 3 - The Siege
- TNG Season 7, episode 2 - Liaisons
- TNG Season 7, episode 3 - Gambit, Part 1
- TNG Season 7, episode 4 - Gambit, Part 2
- DS9 Season 2, episode 4 - Cardassians
- DS9 Season 2, episode 5 - Invasive Procedures
2370, Part 2
- DS9 Season 2, episode 13 - Armageddon Game
- TNG Season 7, episode 14 - Sub Rosa
- TNG Season 7, episode 15 - Lower Decks
- DS9 Season 2, episode 14 - Paradise
- DS9 Season 2, episode 15 - Whispers
- DS9 Season 2, episode 16 - Shadowplay
- TNG Season 7, episode 16 - Thine Own Self
- TNG Season 7, episode 17 - Masks
- DS9 Season 2, episode 17 - Playing God
- TNG Season 7, episode 18 - Eye of the Beholder
- DS9 Season 2, episode 18 - Profit and Loss
- TNG Season 7, episode 19 - Genesis
- DS9 Season 2, episode 19 - Blood Oath
- TNG Season 7, episode 20 - Journey's End
- DS9 Season 2, episode 20 - The Maquis, Part 1
- DS9 Season 2, episode 21 - The Maquis, Part 2
- TNG Season 7, episode 21 - Firstborn
- TNG Season 7, episode 22 - Bloodlines
- DS9 Season 2, episode 22 - The Wire
- TNG Season 7, episode 23 - Emergence
- DS9 Season 2, episode 23 - Crossover
- TNG Season 7, episode 24 - Preemptive Strike
- DS9 Season 2, episode 24 - The Collaborator
- DS9 Season 2, episode 25 - Tribunal
- DS9 Season 2, episode 26 - The Jem’Hadar
- TNG Season 7, episode 25 - All Good Things, Part 1
- TNG Season 7, episode 26 - All Good Things, Part 2
2371, Part 1
Like Phase II was intended to do, and Discovery does again a few decades later, Star Trek Voyager is launched as the centerpiece of a new network: the short-lived UPN, home of Shasta McNasty and The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfieffer. Note that Voyager episode orders, particularly in season two, jump around a bit due to some production weirdness.
- DS9 Season 3, episode 8 - Meridian
- VOY Season 1, episode 3 - Parallax
- MOV Star Trek: Generations
- DS9 Season 3, episode 9 - Defiant
- DS9 Season 3, episode 10 - Fascination
- DS9 Season 3, episode 11 - Past Tense, Part 1
- DS9 Season 3, episode 12 - Past Tense, Part 2
- VOY Season 1, episode 4 - Time and Again
- DS9 Season 3, episode 13 - Life Support
- DS9 Season 3, episode 14 - Heart of Stone
- VOY Season 1, episode 5 - Phage
- DS9 Season 3, episode 15 - Destiny
- VOY Season 1, episode 6 - The Cloud
- DS9 Season 3, episode 16 - Prophet Motive
- VOY Season 1, episode 7 - Eye of the Needle
- DS9 Season 3, episode 17 - Visionary
- VOY Season 1, episode 8 - Ex Post Facto
- DS9 Season 3, episode 1 - The Search, Part 1
- DS9 Season 3, episode 2 - The Search, Part 2
- DS9 Season 3, episode 3 - The House of Quark
- DS9 Season 3, episode 4 - Equilibrium
- DS9 Season 3, episode 5 - Second Skin
- DS9 Season 3, episode 6 - The Abandoned
- DS9 Season 3, episode 7 - Civil Defense
- VOY Season 1, episode 1 - Caretaker, Part 1
- VOY Season 1, episode 2 - Caretaker, Part 2
2371, Part 2
- VOY Season 1, episode 9 - Emanations
- VOY Season 1, episode 10 - Prime Factors
- DS9 Season 3, episode 18 - Distant Voices
- VOY Season 1, episode 11 - State of Flux
- DS9 Season 3, episode 19 - Through the Looking Glass
- VOY Season 1, episode 12 - Heroes and Demons
- DS9 Season 3, episode 20 - Improbable Cause
- DS9 Season 3, episode 21 - The Die is Cast
- VOY Season 1, episode 13 - Cathexis
- DS9 Season 3, episode 22 - Explorers
- VOY Season 1, episode 14 - Faces
- DS9 Season 3, episode 23 - Family Business
- VOY Season 1, episode 15 - Jetrel
- DS9 Season 3, episode 24 - Shakaar
- VOY Season 1, episode 16 - Learning Curve
- VOY Season 2, episode 3 - Projections
- VOY Season 2, episode 4 - Elogium
- DS9 Season 3, episode 25 - Facets
- DS9 Season 3, episode 26 - The Adversary
- VOY Season 2, episode 6 - Twisted
- VOY Season 2, episode 1 - The 37’s
2372, Part 1
- VOY Season 2, episode 2 - Initiations
- VOY Season 2, episode 5 - Non Sequitur
- DS9 Season 4, episode 1 - The Way of the Warrior, Part 1
- DS9 Season 4, episode 2 - The Way of the Warrior, Part 2
- DS9 Season 4, episode 3 - The Visitor
- DS9 Season 4, episode 4 - Hippocratic Oath
- VOY Season 2, episode 7 - Parturition
- DS9 Season 4, episode 5 - Indiscretion
- VOY Season 2, episode 8 - Persistence of Vision
- VOY Season 2, episode 9 - Tattoo
- VOY Season 2, episode 10 - Cold Fire
- DS9 Season 4, episode 6 - Rejoined
- VOY Season 2, episode 11 - Maneuvers
- DS9 Season 4, episode 7 - Starship Down
- DS9 Season 4, episode 8 - Little Green Men
- DS9 Season 4, episode 9 - The Sword of Kahless
- VOY Season 2, episode 12 - Resistance
- DS9 Season 4, episode 10 - Our Man Bashir
- DS9 Season 4, episode 11 - Homefront
- DS9 Season 4, episode 12 - Paradise Lost
- VOY Season 2, episode 13 - Prototype
- VOY Season 2, episode 18 - Death Wish
- VOY Season 2, episode 14 - Alliances
- DS9 Season 4, episode 13 - Crossfire
- VOY Season 2, episode 15 - Threshold
- DS9 Season 4, episode 14 - Return to Grace
2372, Part 2
- VOY Season 2, episode 16 - Meld
- VOY Season 2, episode 17 - Dreadnought
- VOY Season 2, episode 19 - Lifesigns
- VOY Season 2, episode 20 - Investigations
- VOY Season 2, episode 21 - Deadlock
- DS9 Season 4, episode 15 - Sons of Mogh
- DS9 Season 4, episode 16 - Bar Association
- DS9 Season 4, episode 17 - Accession
- VOY Season 2, episode 22 - Innocence
- DS9 Season 4, episode 18 - Rules of Engagement
- DS9 Season 4, episode 19 - Hard Time
- DS9 Season 4, episode 20 - Shattered Mirror
- VOY Season 2, episode 23 - The Thaw
- DS9 Season 4, episode 21 - The Muse
- VOY Season 2, episode 24 - Tuvix
- DS9 Season 4, episode 22 - For the Cause
- VOY Season 2, episode 25 - Resolutions
- DS9 Season 4, episode 23 - To the Death
- DS9 Season 4, episode 24 - The Quickening
- DS9 Season 4, episode 25 - Body Parts
- DS9 Season 4, episode 26 - Broken Link
- VOY Season 2, episode 26 - Basics, Part 1
2373, Part 1
- VOY Season 3, episode 8 - Future's End, Part 1
- VOY Season 3, episode 9 - Future's End, Part 2
- DS9 Season 5, episode 7 - Let He Who is Without Sin
- DS9 Season 5, episode 8 - Things Past
- VOY Season 3, episode 10 - Warlord
- MOV Star Trek: First Contact
- VOY Season 3, episode 1 - Basics, Part 2
- DS9 Season 5, episode 1 - Apocalypse Rising
- DS9 Season 5, episode 2 - The Ship
- VOY Season 3, episode 7 - Sacred Ground
- VOY Season 3, episode 5 - False Profits
- VOY Season 3, episode 2 - Flashback
- VOY Season 3, episode 3 - The Chute
- VOY Season 3, episode 6 - Remember
- VOY Season 3, episode 4 - The Swarm
- DS9 Season 5, episode 3 - Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places
- DS9 Season 5, episode 4 - Nor the Battle to the Strong
- DS9 Season 5, episode 5 - The Assignment
- DS9 Season 5, episode 6 - Trials and Tribble-ations
Only took 222 years, but after this next episode, we’ll have completed all of Star Trek Enterprise.
- ENT Season 2, episode 23 - Regeneration
- DS9 Season 5, episode 9 - The Ascent
- VOY Season 3, episode 11 - The Q and the Grey
- DS9 Season 5, episode 10 - Rapture
- DS9 Season 5, episode 11 - The Darkness and the Light
- VOY Season 3, episode 12 - Macrocosm
- VOY Season 3, episode 13 - Fair Trade
2373, Part 2
- VOY Season 3, episode 14 - Alter Ego
- DS9 Season 5, episode 12 - The Begotten
- DS9 Season 5, episode 13 - For the Uniform
- VOY Season 3, episode 15 - Coda
- VOY Season 3, episode 16 - Blood Fever
- DS9 Season 5, episode 14 - In Purgatory's Shadow
- DS9 Season 5, episode 15 - By Inferno's Light
- VOY Season 3, episode 17 - Unity
- VOY Season 3, episode 18 - Darkling
- DS9 Season 5, episode 16 - Doctor Bashir, I Presume
- VOY Season 3, episode 19 - Rise
- DS9 Season 5, episode 17 - A Simple Investigation
- DS9 Season 5, episode 18 - Business as Usual
- DS9 Season 5, episode 19 - Ties of Blood and Water
- VOY Season 3, episode 20 - Favorite Son
- DS9 Season 5, episode 20 - Ferengi Love Songs
- DS9 Season 5, episode 21 - Soldiers of the Empire
- DS9 Season 5, episode 22 - Children of Time
- VOY Season 3, episode 21 - Before and After
- VOY Season 3, episode 22 - Real Life
- VOY Season 3, episode 23 - Distant Origin
- VOY Season 3, episode 24 - Displaced
- DS9 Season 5, episode 23 - Blaze of Glory
- VOY Season 3, episode 25 - Worst Case Scenario
- DS9 Season 5, episode 24 - Empok Nor
- DS9 Season 5, episode 25 - In the Cards
- DS9 Season 5, episode 26 - Call to Arms
- VOY Season 3, episode 26 - Scorpion, Part 1
2374, Part 1
Voyager gets a much needed shot in the arm with the introduction of Seven of Nine, and Deep Space Nine delivers a great season as the Dominion War arc reaches full swing.
- DS9 Season 6, episode 6 - Sacrifice of Angels
- VOY Season 4, episode 6 - The Raven
- VOY Season 4, episode 7 - Scientific Method
- DS9 Season 6, episode 7 - You are Cordially Invited
- VOY Season 4, episode 8 - Year of Hell, Part 1
- VOY Season 4, episode 9 - Year of Hell, Part 2
- DS9 Season 6, episode 8 - Resurrection
- VOY Season 4, episode 10 - Random Thoughts
- DS9 Season 6, episode 9 - Statistical Probabilities
- VOY Season 4, episode 11 - Concerning Flight
- DS9 Season 6, episode 10 - The Magnificent Ferengi
- DS9 Season 6, episode 11 - Waltz
- VOY Season 4, episode 12 - Mortal Coil
- VOY Season 4, episode 14 - Message in a Bottle
- VOY Season 4, episode 1 - Scorpion, Part 2
- VOY Season 4, episode 2 - The Gift
- VOY Season 4, episode 3 - Day of Honor
- VOY Season 4, episode 4 - Nemesis
- VOY Season 4, episode 5 - Revulsion
- DS9 Season 6, episode 1 - A Time to Stand
- DS9 Season 6, episode 2 - Rocks and Shoals
- DS9 Season 6, episode 3 - Sons and Daughters
- DS9 Season 6, episode 4 - Behind the Lines
- DS9 Season 6, episode 5 - Favor the Bold
2374, Part 2
- VOY Season 4, episode 13 - Waking Moments
- DS9 Season 6, episode 12 - Who Mourns for Morn?
- DS9 Season 6, episode 13 - Far Beyond the Stars
- DS9 Season 6, episode 14 - One Little Ship
- VOY Season 4, episode 15 - Hunters
- DS9 Season 6, episode 15 - Honor Among Thieves
- DS9 Season 6, episode 16 - Change of Heart
- VOY Season 4, episode 16 - Prey
- VOY Season 4, episode 17 - Retrospect
- VOY Season 4, episode 18 - The Killing Game, Part 1
- VOY Season 4, episode 19 - The Killing Game, Part 2
- DS9 Season 6, episode 17 - Wrongs Darker than Death or Night
- DS9 Season 6, episode 18 - Inquisition
- DS9 Season 6, episode 19 - In the Pale Moonlight
- VOY Season 4, episode 20 - Vis À Vis
- VOY Season 4, episode 21 - The Omega Directive
- DS9 Season 6, episode 20 - His Way
- VOY Season 4, episode 22 - Unforgettable
- DS9 Season 6, episode 21 - The Reckoning
- DS9 Season 6, episode 22 - Valiant
We are skipping Voyager episode 23 (“Living Witness”) for now, and will be watching it later.
- VOY Season 4, episode 24 - Demon
- DS9 Season 6, episode 23 - Profit and Lace
- VOY Season 4, episode 25 - One
- DS9 Season 6, episode 24 - Time's Orphan
- VOY Season 4, episode 26 - Hope and Fear
- DS9 Season 6, episode 25 - The Sound of her Voice
- DS9 Season 6, episode 26 - Tears of the Prophets
2375, Part 1
- VOY Season 5, episode 1 - Night
- VOY Season 5, episode 2 - Drone
- VOY Season 5, episode 3 - Extreme Risk
- VOY Season 5, episode 4 - In the Flesh
- VOY Season 5, episode 5 - Once Upon a Time
- VOY Season 5, episode 8 - Nothing Human
- VOY Season 5, episode 6 - Timeless
- DS9 Season 7, episode 1 - Image in the Sand
- DS9 Season 7, episode 2 - Shadows and Symbols
- DS9 Season 7, episode 3 - Afterimage
- DS9 Season 7, episode 4 - Take Me Out to the Holosuite
- DS9 Season 7, episode 5 - Chrysalis
- DS9 Season 7, episode 6 - Treachery, Faith, and the Great River
- DS9 Season 7, episode 7 - Once More Unto the Breach
- DS9 Season 7, episode 8 - The Siege of AR-558
- VOY Season 5, episode 9 - Thirty Days
- DS9 Season 7, episode 9 - Covenant
- VOY Season 5, episode 7 - Infinite Regress
- VOY Season 5, episode 10 - Counterpoint
- DS9 Season 7, episode 10 - It's Only a Paper Moon
There’s no place where Insurrection’s references to the Dominion War and the presence of Worf really make perfect sense, but this is probably the closest to working. I’m not going to go too nuts about it.
- MOV Star Trek: Insurrection
- DS9 Season 7, episode 11 - Prodigal Daughter
- VOY Season 5, episode 11 - Latent Image
- VOY Season 5, episode 12 - Bride of Chaotica
- DS9 Season 7, episode 12 - The Emperor's New Cloak
- VOY Season 5, episode 13 - Gravity
- DS9 Season 7, episode 13 - Field of Fire
- VOY Season 5, episode 14 - Bliss
- DS9 Season 7, episode 14 - Chimera
- VOY Season 5, episode 17 - The Disease
- DS9 Season 7, episode 15 - Badda-Bing Badda-Bang
- DS9 Season 7, episode 16 - Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges
2375, Part 2
- VOY Season 5, episode 18 - Course: Oblivion
- VOY Season 5, episode 15 - Dark Frontier, Part 1
- VOY Season 5, episode 16 - Dark Frontier, Part 2
- VOY Season 5, episode 19 - The Fight
- VOY Season 5, episode 20 - Think Tank
- DS9 Season 7, episode 17 - Penumbra
- DS9 Season 7, episode 18 - 'Til Death Do Us Part
- DS9 Season 7, episode 19 - Strange Bedfellows
- DS9 Season 7, episode 20 - The Changing Face of Evil
- DS9 Season 7, episode 21 - When it Rains
- DS9 Season 7, episode 22 - Tacking into the Wind
- DS9 Season 7, episode 23 - Extreme Measures
- DS9 Season 7, episode 24 - The Dogs of War
Farewell, DS9. I’ll always love you best.
- DS9 Season 7, episode 25 - What You Leave Behind, Part 1
- DS9 Season 7, episode 26 - What You Leave Behind, Part 2
- VOY Season 5, episode 21 - Juggernaut
- VOY Season 5, episode 22 - Someone to Watch Over Me
- VOY Season 5, episode 23 - 11:59
- VOY Season 5, episode 24 - Relativity
- VOY Season 5, episode 25 - Warhead
- VOY Season 5, episode 26 - Equinox, Part 1
- VOY Season 6, episode 1 - Equinox, Part 2
- VOY Season 6, episode 2 - Survival Instinct
- VOY Season 6, episode 3 - Barge of the Dead
- VOY Season 6, episode 4 - Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy
- VOY Season 6, episode 7 - Dragon's Teeth
- VOY Season 6, episode 5 - Alice
- VOY Season 6, episode 6 - Riddles
- VOY Season 6, episode 8 - One Small Step
- VOY Season 6, episode 9 - The Voyager Conspiracy
- VOY Season 6, episode 10 - Pathfinder
- VOY Season 6, episode 11 - Fair Haven
- VOY Season 6, episode 15 - Tsunkatse
- VOY Season 6, episode 12 - Blink of an Eye
- VOY Season 6, episode 13 - Virtuoso
- VOY Season 6, episode 16 - Collective
- VOY Season 6, episode 14 - Memorial
- VOY Season 6, episode 17 - Spirit Folk
- VOY Season 6, episode 18 - Ashes to Ashes
- VOY Season 6, episode 19 - Child's Play
- VOY Season 6, episode 20 - Good Shepherd
- VOY Season 6, episode 23 - Fury
- VOY Season 6, episode 21 - Live Fast and Prosper
- VOY Season 6, episode 24 - Life Line
- VOY Season 6, episode 22 - Muse
- VOY Season 6, episode 25 - The Haunting of Deck Twelve
- VOY Season 6, episode 26 - Unimatrix Zero, Part 1
- VOY Season 7, episode 1 - Unimatrix Zero, Part 2
- VOY Season 7, episode 3 - Drive
- VOY Season 7, episode 4 - Repression
- VOY Season 7, episode 2 - Imperfection
- VOY Season 7, episode 5 - Critical Care
- VOY Season 7, episode 6 - Inside Man
- VOY Season 7, episode 7 - Body and Soul
- VOY Season 7, episode 8 - Nightingale
- VOY Season 7, episode 9 - Flesh and Blood, Part 1
- VOY Season 7, episode 10 - Flesh and Blood, Part 2
- VOY Season 7, episode 11 - Shattered
- VOY Season 7, episode 12 - Lineage
- VOY Season 7, episode 13 - Repentance
- VOY Season 7, episode 14 - Prophecy
- VOY Season 7, episode 15 - The Void
- VOY Season 7, episode 16 - Workforce, Part 1
- VOY Season 7, episode 17 - Workforce, Part 2
- VOY Season 7, episode 18 - Human Error
- VOY Season 7, episode 19 - Q2
- VOY Season 7, episode 20 - Author, Author
- VOY Season 7, episode 21 - Friendship One
- VOY Season 7, episode 22 - Natural Law
- VOY Season 7, episode 23 - Homestead
- VOY Season 7, episode 24 - Renaissance Man
- VOY Season 7, episode 25 - Endgame, Part 1
- VOY Season 7, episode 26 - Endgame, Part 2
- MOV - Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Trek returns to animation with its ninth series, and first all-out comedy, Star Trek: Lower Decks, aimed towards a more adult audience than The Animated Series or Prodigy.
- LDS Season 1, episode 1 - Second Contact
- LDS Season 1, episode 2 - Envoys
- LDS Season 1, episode 3 - Temporal Edict
- LDS Season 1, episode 4 - Moist Vessel
- LDS Season 1, episode 5 - Cupid’s Errant Arrow
- LDS Season 1, episode 6 - Terminal Provocations
- LDS Season 1, episode 7 - Much Ado About Boimler
- LDS Season 1, episode 8 - Veritas
- LDS Season 1, episode 9 - Crisis Point
- LDS Season 1, episode 10 - No Small Parts
2381, Part 1
- LDS Season 3, episode 3 - Mining The Mind's Mines
- LDS Season 3, episode 4 - Room for Growth
- LDS Season 3, episode 5 - Reflections
- LDS Season 3, episode 6 - Hear All, Trust Nothing
- LDS Season 2, episode 1 - Strange Energies
- LDS Season 2, episode 2 - Kayshon, His Eyes Open
- LDS Season 2, episode 3 - We’ll Always Have Tom Paris
- LDS Season 2, episode 4 - Mugato, Gumato
- LDS Season 2, episode 5 - An Embarrassment of Dooplers
- LDS Season 2, episode 6 - The Spy Humongous
- LDS Season 2, episode 7 - Where Pleasant Fountains Lie
- LDS Season 2, episode 8 - I, Excretus
- LDS Season 2, episode 9 - wej Duj
- LDS Season 2, episode 10 - First First Contact
- LDS Season 3, episode 1 - Grounded
- LDS Season 3, episode 2 - The Least Dangerous Game
We now travel back for our last Strange New Worlds episode, which is ABSOLUTELY a delight.
- SNW Season 2, episode 7 - Those Old Scientists
- LDS Season 3, episode 7 - A Mathematically Perfect Redemption
- LDS Season 3, episode 8 - Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus
- LDS Season 3, episode 9 - Trusted Sources
- LDS Season 3, episode 10 - The Stars at Night
2381, Part 2
- LDS Season 4, episode 1 - Twovix
- LDS Season 4, episode 2 - I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee
- LDS Season 4, episode 3 - In the Cradle of Vexilon
- LDS Season 4, episode 4 - Something Borrowed, Something Green
- LDS Season 4, episode 5 - Empathological Fallacies
- LDS Season 4, episode 6 - Parth Ferengi’s Heart Place
- LDS Season 4, episode 7 - A Few Badgeys More
- LDS Season 4, episode 8 - Caves
- LDS Season 4, episode 9 - The Inner Fight
- LDS Season 4, episode 10 - Old Friends, New Planets
The first Star Trek since The Animated Series to be geared explicitly for kids, Star Trek: Prodigy takes place on the border of the Delta Quadrant last seen in Voyager, and features the return of several characters from that series. Don’t dismiss this as “just a kids show” though — it’s quite complex, quite good, and quite Star Trek.
- PRO Season 1, episode 1 - Lost & Found, Part 1
- PRO Season 1, episode 2 - Lost & Found, Part 2
- PRO Season 1, episode 3 - Starstruck
- PRO Season 1, episode 4 - Dream Catcher
- PRO Season 1, episode 5 - Terror Firma
- PRO Season 1, episode 6 - Kobayashi
- PRO Season 1, episode 7 - First Con-tact
- PRO Season 1, episode 8 - Time Amok
- PRO Season 1, episode 9 - A Moral Star
- PRO Season 1, episode 10 - A Moral Star, Part Two
- PRO Season 1, episode 11 - Asylum
- PRO Season 1, episode 12 - Let Sleeping Borg Lie
- PRO Season 1, episode 13 - All the World’s a Stage
- PRO Season 1, episode 14 - Crossroads
- PRO Season 1, episode 15 - Masquerade
- PRO Season 1, episode 16 - Preludes
- PRO Season 1, episode 17 - Ghost in the Machine
- PRO Season 1, episode 18 - Mindwalk
- PRO Season 1, episode 19 - Supernova, Part 1
- PRO Season 1, episode 20 - Supernova, Part 2
As of this update, no episodes of this season have aired in a language I speak. It is possible that when they are viewed, I will wish to update their placement in this list. The below is tentative.
Also note, the listed titles are derived from their French-language titles, and their eventual English titles may vary.
- PRO Season 2, episode 7 - The Race
- PRO Season 2, episode 8 - Veritas?
- PRO Season 2, episode 9 - The Time Devouring Scavengers, Part 1
- PRO Season 2, episode 10 - The Time Devouring Scavengers, Part 2
- PRO Season 2, episode 11 - The Last Flight of the Protostar, Part 1
- PRO Season 2, episode 12 - The Last Flight of the Protostar, Part 2
- PRO Season 2, episode 13 - A Tribble Called Bridule
- PRO Season 2, episode 14 - The Mirror Universe
- PRO Season 2, episode 15 - The Ascent, Part 1
- PRO Season 2, episode 16 - The Ascent, Part 2
- PRO Season 2, episode 17 - On the Brink
- PRO Season 2, episode 18 - Behind Enemy Lines
- PRO Season 2, episode 19 - Ouroboros, Part 1
- PRO Season 2, episode 20 - Ouroboros , Part 2
- PRO Season 2, episode 1 - Into the Breach, Part 1
- PRO Season 2, episode 2 - Into the Breach, Part 2
- PRO Season 2, episode 3 - Who Saves the Saviors?
- PRO Season 2, episode 4 - Temporal Mechanics 101
- PRO Season 2, episode 5 - The Mystery Spiral
- PRO Season 2, episode 6 - Imposter Syndrome
The events of this Short Trek set the events of Star Trek - Picard, which we’ll be coming to shortly, in motion.
- SHO Season 2, episode 6 - Children of Mars
Okay. Deep breath. In 2387 the Romulan sun goes supernova, devastating the Romulan empire. A failed attempt by Starfleet to help stop this accidentally sends the Romulan mining vessel Narada back to 2233, creating an alternate reality known as the “Kelvin Universe” or “Kelvinverse.” We'll be watching the three movies set in this universe next. It's essential to note that this new timeline DOES NOT replace the original “Prime” timeline, which still exists as it always has and to which we will be returning shortly.
2233 - (Kelvinverse)
The USS Kelvin is destroyed by the Narada, newly arrived from the Prime Universe 2387. This begins the divergence from the Prime timeline.
2258 - (Kelvinverse)
Too action-oriented for some, and plot-holes galore, 2009’s “Star Trek” is not what I would want Star Trek to be all the time, but is a quite fun alternate take on the original series, with some great acting and effects. Don’t overthink the chronology and details of this batch of movies though, or you’ll start seeing all kinds of things that make no sense.
- MOV Star Trek (2009)
2259 - (Kelvinverse)
- MOV Star Trek Into Darkness
2263 - (Kelvinverse)
- MOV Star Trek Beyond
This film, while a solid improvement on Into Darkness, did not perform to expectations, meaning that the long-promised fourth film has been in-and-out of production for years, and I cannot say if we’ll ever see the Kelvin timeline again.
Therefore, we now return to the Prime timeline, already in progress.
- PIC Season 1, episode 1 - Remembrance
- PIC Season 1, episode 2 - Maps and Legends
- PIC Season 1, episode 3 - The End is the Beginning
- PIC Season 1, episode 4 - Absolute Candor
- PIC Season 1, episode 5 - Stardust City Rag
- PIC Season 1, episode 6 - The Impossible Box
- PIC Season 1, episode 7 - Nepenthe
- PIC Season 1, episode 8 - Broken Pieces
- PIC Season 1, episode 9 - Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1
- PIC Season 1, episode 10 - Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2
I gotta say, I strongly feel the Picard seasons all would make much more sense if you assume A LOT more time takes place between them than what the official sources say, but it is what it is.
- PIC Season 2, episode 1 - The Star Gazer
- PIC Season 2, episode 2 - Penance
- PIC Season 2, episode 3 - Assimilation
- PIC Season 2, episode 4 - Watcher
- PIC Season 2, episode 5 - Fly Me to the Moon
- PIC Season 2, episode 6 - Two of One
- PIC Season 2, episode 7 - Monsters
- PIC Season 2, episode 8 - Mercy
- PIC Season 2, episode 9 - Hide and Seek
- PIC Season 2, episode 10 - Farewell
- PIC Season 3, episode 1 - The Next Generation
- PIC Season 3, episode 2 - Disengage
- PIC Season 3, episode 3 - Seventeen Seconds
- PIC Season 3, episode 4 - No Win Scenario
- PIC Season 3, episode 5 - Imposters
- PIC Season 3, episode 6 - The Bounty
- PIC Season 3, episode 7 - Dominion
- PIC Season 3, episode 8 - Surrender
- PIC Season 3, episode 9 - Võx
- PIC Season 3, episode 10 - The Last Generation
As you watch this you’ll see why the exact placement can be debatable, but 3074ish seemed best. With this episode, we finish Star Trek: Voyager. Keep in mind that this episode takes place entirely in the Delta quadrant, far away from most of the events of the franchise.
- VOY Season 4, episode 23 - Living Witness
Several hundred years later, we rejoin Star Trek: Discovery, already in progress, to discover what has happened in the interim.
- DIS Season 3, episode 1 - That Hope is You, Part 1
- DIS Season 3, episode 2 - Far From Home
- DIS Season 3, episode 3 - People of Earth
- DIS Season 3, episode 4 - Forget Me Not
- DIS Season 3, episode 5 - Die Trying
- DIS Season 3, episode 6 - Scavengers
- DIS Season 3, episode 7 - Unification III
- DIS Season 3, episode 8 - The Sanctuary
- DIS Season 3, episode 9 - Terra Firma, Part 1
- DIS Season 3, episode 10 - Terra Firma, Part 2
- DIS Season 3, episode 11 - Su’Kal
- DIS Season 3, episode 12 - There is a Tide…
- DIS Season 3, episode 13 - That Hope is You, Part 2
- DIS Season 4, episode 1 - Kobayashi Maru
- DIS Season 4, episode 2 - Anomaly
- DIS Season 4, episode 3 - Choose to Live
- DIS Season 4, episode 4 - All is Possible
- DIS Season 4, episode 5 - The Examples
- DIS Season 4, episode 6 - Stormy Weather
- DIS Season 4, episode 7 - …But to Connect
- DIS Season 4, episode 8 - All In
- DIS Season 4, episode 9 - Rubicon
- DIS Season 4, episode 10 - The Galactic Barrier
- DIS Season 4, episode 11 - Rosetta
- DIS Season 4, episode 12 - Species Ten-C
- DIS Season 4, episode 13 - Coming Home
As of this update, not all of this season has aired. It is possible that when they are viewed, I will wish to update their placement in this list, so the below is tentative.
- DIS Season 5, episode 1 - Red Directive
- DIS Season 5, episode 2 - Under the Twin Moons
- DIS Season 5, episode 3 - Jinaal
- DIS Season 5, episode 4 - Face the Strange
- DIS Season 5, episode 5 - Mirrors
- DIS Season 5, episode 6 - Whistlespeak
- DIS Season 5, episode 7 - Erigah
- DIS Season 5, episode 8 - Labyrinths
- DIS Season 5, episode 9 - Lagrange Point
- DIS Season 5, episode 10 - Life, Itself
Far Future:
Calypso is intentionally somewhat mysterious, and we have yet to learn exactly how it fits into the Star Trek timeline, but for now it seems to be the final part of our Star Trek Viewing Guide. There are still questions here. I expect Disco to answer them in Season 5, which will be the final season.
- SHO Season 1, episode 2 - Calypso
Click here to read about my methodology and intentions with this list.
If you use or have an opinion on this viewing order, I would LOVE to hear your thoughts!
How to watch Star Trek in order – both release and chronological orders
From The Original Series to Strange New Worlds, here's how to watch the entire Star Trek canon in order.
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It's a hugely exciting time to be a Star Trek fan, especially after the news that we'll be getting a new prequel movie from the director of Andor!
The Star Trek franchise has enjoyed a dramatic revitalisation in recent years, returning to its original home on the small screen to launch a sprawling shared universe of exciting shows.
Coming up next in the world of Star Trek, we've got Star Trek: Discovery season 5 to look forward to, as well as Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 after the series was saved by Netflix – and more! Meanwhile, Star Trek: Picard wrapped up with a third and final season, while we got renewals for shows like Lower Decks .
With all these interconnecting stories, it's not surprising that newcomers to the franchise want to ensure they are watching in the correct order. Fortunately, we can help with that.
Below, we've compiled how to watch Star Trek in release and chronological order, while we also weigh in on the pros and cons of each method. Once you have all the information you need, venture forth into the final frontier.
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How to watch star trek in release order.
Arguably, the most faithful way of watching Star Trek is in the order each series was made, allowing you to follow the franchise from its inception and explore its universe as the original fans did decades ago.
It makes sense to do it this way as while the shows do jump around in terms of time period, they still find ways to build on what came before in order of release.
In that sense, you're likely to get a slightly more complete picture of Star Trek by watching in this order, instead of piecing the shows together in a chronological timeline.
Star Trek release order (films listed in italics )
- Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS)
- Star Trek: The Animated Series (TAS)
- The first six Star Trek films (The Motion Picture up to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG)
- Star Trek: Generations
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9)
- Star Trek: Voyager (VOY)
- Star Trek films 8-10 (First Contact, Insurrection, Nemesis)
- Star Trek: Enterprise (ENT)
- Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Trek Beyond
- Star Trek: Discovery (DSC)
- Star Trek: Short Treks*
- Star Trek: Picard (PIC)
- Star Trek: Lower Decks (LOW)
- Star Trek: Prodigy (PRO)
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (SNW)
- Untitled Toby Haynes Star Trek prequel film
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* Star Trek: Short Treks premiered after Discovery, hence the listing here. However, Short Treks season 2 sets up some plot threads picked up in Discovery season 2 and beyond, so it's best to alternate between them if you can.
Some people who watch in this order choose to skip over the first three steps and begin with Star Trek: The Next Generation. There is a belief among certain Trekkies that TNG has aged better than The Original Series, making it an easier entry point for newcomers to the franchise.
It would be worth watching the first few episodes of TOS to see what you think of it, but if William Shatner's Captain Kirk doesn't quite cut it for you, feel free to move on to the dulcet tones of Patrick Stewart's Jean-Luc Picard. The two shows have relatively few connections, so you don't need to worry about feeling lost (although they do eventually cross over in a major way in the Star Trek: Generations movie).
How to watch Star Trek in chronological order
As previously stated, the various shows in the Star Trek universe take place at different points in a sprawling timeline, so an alternative method is to watch in chronological order.
This comes with pros and cons: on the one hand, it allows you to begin with a modern show, which may be preferable to some people. But on the other hand, some of the references contained in more recent episodes may not land with you in the way they were intended.
Star Trek chronological order (films listed in italics )
- Star Trek: Enterprise (Year: 2151-2161)
- Short Trek: The Girl Who Made the Stars (Year: 2230s)
- Short Trek: The Brightest Star (Year: 2239)
- Star Trek: The Cage – The Original Series one-off pilot episode (Year: 2254)
- Short Trek: The Escape Artist (Year: 2250s)
- Short Trek: Q&A (Year: 2253)
- Star Trek: Discovery season 1 (Year: 2256)
- Short Trek: Runaway (Year: 2257)
- Star Trek: Discovery season 2 (Year: 2258)
- Short Trek: The Trouble with Edward (Year: 2250s)
- Short Trek: Ask Not (Year: 2250s)
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Year: 2259)
- Star Trek: The Original Series (Year: 2265-2269)
- Short Trek: Ephraim and Dot (Year: 2267-2285)
- Star Trek: The Animated Series (Year: 2269-2270)
- The first six Star Trek films (Year: 2273-2293)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (Year: 2364-2370)
- Star Trek films 7-10: Generations up to Nemesis (Year: 2293-2379)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Year: 2369-2375)
- Star Trek: Voyager (Year: 2371-2378)
- Star Trek: Lower Decks (2380)
- Star Trek: Prodigy (Year: 2383)
- Short Trek: Children of Mars (Year: 2385)
- Star Trek: Picard seasons 1-3 (Year: 2399-2402)
- Star Trek: Discovery seasons 3-4 (32nd Century)
- Short Trek: Calypso (far future, year unknown)
Note – Star Trek: Short Treks was a two-season anthology series, which visits various periods on the franchise timeline. Anything listed as a Short Trek is a single episode of this show (with a runtime between 8 and 18 minutes).
It's not currently confirmed where precisely Toby Haynes' film will sit in the chronology but we do know it'll be a prequel film, taking place "decades" before Star Trek (2009).
For those wondering, the recent trilogy of Star Trek movies directed by JJ Abrams and Justin Lin – Star Trek, Into Darkness and Beyond – are set in an alternate universe, meaning they do not connect to a chronological order of the series.
They do, however, contain references to The Original Series – most notably the return of Leonard Nimoy as Spock – but can be watched at any point as standalone stories.
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How to watch Star Trek in order
Whether you're wanting to check out the Original Series or Discovery, figuring out how to watch Star Trek in order is a breeze with this easy guide!
Is it just us or is figuring out how to watch Star Trek in order getting more and more complex with each passing year? The prospect of watching Star Trek in order would be daunting for even the most decorated of starship captains with multiple series being brought to life on both the big and small screens. But fear not Trekkies - we've got you covered!
If you've ever tried to watch the Marvel movies in order , you'd be forgiven for thinking that was the most complicated franchise on the planet, but we kid you not - it has nothing on Star Trek. The 55-year-old sci-fi franchise includes nine (soon to be 11) TV shows and 13 movies and it spans 1000 years, making for one super complicated and vast timeline.
So, what is the best way to watch Star Trek in order? Well, that depends. For you purists out there, you might like to opt for viewing this franchise by release date, just like all the original Trekkie fans did back in the day. This will allow you to follow along as they did and get a similar experience. While the timeline does jump around, ( Star Trek: Discovery , for example, is set at the end of the 32nd century but was released before Star Trek: Picard , which is set in the 24th century), it gives you a more complete picture.
Because the Star Trek franchise involves movies and TV series that take place at different times, another option is to watch everything in chronological order. This means you get to start with something a little bit more modern, but the one problem with this is that references will often be made to films you've not yet seen, which could make certain elements difficult to follow.
To be honest, just like we recommend in our guide to how to watch the Star Wars movies in order , it really is a matter of personal preference. As long as you have one of the best TVs , you'll find you enjoy this franchise no matter what order you decide to watch it in.
So, without further ado, here's how to watch Star Trek in order - based on release date and in-universe continuity...
Star Trek TV shows and movies in chronological order
This is probably the list you're looking for if you're trying to figure out how to watch Star Trek in order. It's where things get really interesting, as Star Trek movies and TV shows have a habit of jumping around the franchise's chronology with sequels, prequels and bits in between. There are even two distinct timelines – but don't worry, we'll explain all that.
The original ‘Prime’ timeline was started by the Original Series, the Next Generation-era TV shows, and the first ten movies, The alternative ‘Kelvin’ timeline, meanwhile, was created in JJ Abrams’ first Star Trek (2009) to allow the familiar Enterprise crew of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu, Uhura and Chekov to have new adventures without contradicting canon . To avoid confusion, we've defined the two timelines as separate entities below.
This list doesn't, however, include all of the brief Short Treks – short stories which are mostly set around the Star Trek: Discovery era – and adventures where Starfleet crews time-travelled to the eras before any of the shows/movies are set (eg visits to 1986 in The Voyage Home and 2063 in First Contact). We've also left out upcoming Discovery spin-off Star Trek: Section 31 , since it's not yet in production. (Also, we're not entirely sure exactly when it'll be set.)
Let's start with everything in one big list.
- Star Trek: Enterprise (seasons 1-4)
- ‘The Cage’
- Star Trek: Discovery (seasons 1-2)
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
- Star Trek: The Original Series (seasons 1-3)
- Star Trek: The Animated Series
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan
- Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock
- Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home
- Star Trek 5: The Final Frontier
- Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country
- Star Trek: Generations (opening sequence)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 1-5)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (seasons 6-7), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (seasons 1-2)
- Star Trek: Generations
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (seasons 3-4), Star Trek: Voyager (seasons 1-2)
- Star Trek: First Contact
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (seasons 5-6), Star Trek: Voyager (seasons 3-4)
- Star Trek: Insurrection
- S tar Trek: Deep Space Nine (season 7), Star Trek: Voyager (season 5)
- Star Trek: Voyager (seasons 6-7)
- Star Trek: Nemesis
- Star Trek: Lower Decks
- Star Trek: Prodigy
- Star Trek (2009) – Prime timeline sequences
- Star Trek: Picard
- Star Trek: Discovery (season 3-)
- Short Treks: 'Calypso'
If you watch in the order given above, you'll get a continuous ‘history’ of the 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 32nd centuries according to the Star Trek timeline. That said, you will notice some odd discrepancies – thanks to the time in which respective shows were made, the technology in prequel show Star Trek: Discovery is significantly more advanced than what Kirk and Spock used in the Original Series.
Below, we'll explain how the different eras of the shows and movies break down for context.
Note that Gene Roddenberry's original pre-Kirk Star Trek pilot, 'The Cage', is counted as an instalment of the Original Series. You'll usually find it listed as a bonus episode as part of season one when you're watching it on streaming services.
Star Trek: Enterprise era (22nd century) Begins and ends with: Star Trek Enterprise seasons 1-4
About a century before James T Kirk and his crew embark on their famous five-year mission in Star Trek: The Original Series, Captain Jonathan Archer leads Earth's first steps into the wider universe.
Star Trek: The Original Series era (23rd century) Begins with: 'The Cage' Ends with: Star Trek: Generations (opening sequence)
For many this is the most familiar era of Star Trek, since it involves Kirk, Spock and the classic Enterprise crew.
This section of the Trek timeline kicks off with the original unaired Star Trek pilot, 'The Cage' . Next up in franchise chronology are the first two seasons of Star Trek: Discovery , which work as a prequel to the Original Series (they even feature a younger version of Spock), but it's all change in season 3 – the events of the season 2 finale send the crew into the distant future of the 32nd century. More on that later...
Upcoming spin-off Strange New Worlds will follow the adventures of Captain Pike, Number One and Spock on the Enterprise after the USS Discovery travelled to the future. And at some point after that, Captain James T Kirk will take command of Starfleet's most famous ship – a role he filled throughout The Original Series , The Animated Series and the first six Star Trek movies ( Star Trek: The Motion Picture , The Wrath of Khan , The Search for Spock , The Voyage Home , The Final Frontier and The Undiscovered Country ).
The latest point we've seen (so far) in the 23rd century era is James T Kirk being taken away by the Nexus ribbon in the prologue of Star Trek: Generations . This is the event that allows Kirk to meet Picard when the Next Generation crew take on the mantle of headlining the big screen franchise.
Star Trek: The Next Generation era (24th century) Begins with: Star Trek: The Next Generation Ends with: Star Trek (2009) – Prime timeline sequences
The richest, most complicated period in Star Trek chronology. During The Next Generation era, Star Trek was experimenting with the idea of a shared universe years before Marvel got in on the act, with three TV shows (TNG, Deep Space Nine and Voyager ) and four movies ( Generations , First Contact , Insurrection and Nemesis ) interweaving through the same timeline – Voyager's Captain Kathryn Janeway even shows up in Star Trek: Nemesis as a newly promoted admiral.
New animated comedy spin-off Lower Decks is set a year after Picard and the Next Generation crew's final mission in Star Trek: Nemesis, while Nickelodeon kids' cartoon Star Trek: Prodigy will see Kate Mulgrew reprising her role as Voyager's captain, Kathryn Janeway. That suggests it will presumably be set at a similar point in the Star Trek timeline.
In JJ Abrams' first Star Trek movie (2009), the destruction of Romulus and Spock Prime's accidental trip back to the pre-Original Series era (in the Kelvin timeline) also take place after the events of Nemesis.
In the list above, we've shown how the movies (roughly) fit into the chronology of The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager.
Picard era (turn of the 25th century) Begins with: Picard Ends with: ???
Aside from glimpses of the destruction of Romulus in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek (2009), Star Trek: Picard gives us our first post-Star Trek: Nemesis look at what the United Federation of Planets has become.
Since we last saw Jean-Luc Picard, he's retired to his vineyard in France, an android uprising on Mars has led to a ban on all synthetic life, and a disabled Borg Cube (known simply as the 'Artifact') is being mined for technology.
Distant future (32nd century) Begins with : Star Trek: Discovery season 2 (finale) Ends with: ???
In order to save the galaxy, the brave crew of the USS Discovery set off on a one-way mission 900 years into the future in Star Trek: Discovery 's season 2 finale. Their 32nd century destination is new territory for Star Trek – thanks to the mysterious 'Burn', most of the dilithium in the galaxy has been destroyed, making warp travel impossible. As a result, the Federation is a shadow of its former self – even Earth has decided to go it alone.
This isn't, however, the furthest Star Trek has ventured into the future – Short Trek ' Calypso ' is set on the Discovery in a distant future where the ship's computer has become sentient.
Star Trek's alternate 'Kelvin' timeline explained
In 2009's Star Trek movie directed by JJ Abrams, Spock Prime tries to save Romulus from a supernova, inadvertently creates a black hole while doing so, and gets pulled into the past, along with Romulan mining vessel the Narada. Once there, the Narada attacks the USS Kelvin on the day James T Kirk is born. The ship is destroyed as Kirk's father, George, sacrifices himself to save the rest of the crew.
When all that happens, the alternative ‘Kelvin’ timeline is created, with events unfolding in parallel (but with remarkable similarity) to the original Prime timeline.
Got all that? There are just three movies set in the Kelvin timeline:
- Star Trek (2009)
- Star Trek into Darkness
- Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek TV shows and movies in release date order
- Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969)
- Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973-1974)
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
- Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
- Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock (1984)
- Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home (1986)
- ‘The Cage’ (previously unavailable Star Trek pilot from 1965, given VHS release in 1986)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)
- Star Trek 5: The Final Frontier (1989)
- Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999)
- Star Trek: Generations (1994)
- Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001)
- Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
- Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
- Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005)
- Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
- Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
- Star Trek Beyond (2016)
- Star Trek: Discovery (2017-)
- Short Treks (2018-2020)
- Star Trek: Picard (2020-)
- Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020-)
- Star Trek: Prodigy (2021, TBC)
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TBC)
Considering The Original Series was cancelled after just three seasons in 1969, it's remarkable that Star Trek is still around half a century later. But as the show's popularity grew in syndication on US TV, Trek fandom became a big enough force for the five-year mission to resume via Star Trek: The Animated Series in 1973. Most of the original cast – with the notable exception of Walter Koenig (Chekov) – were enticed back to voice their characters.
Then, helped by Star Wars turning sci-fi into the hottest genre in Hollywood, Star Trek beamed onto the big screen with 1979's The Motion Picture . The original crew headed up five more movies ( The Wrath of Khan , The Search for Spock , The Voyage Home , The Final Frontier and The Undiscovered Country ) before bowing out in 1991. The ’80s also gave the world a hint of the Star Trek that never was when 'The Cage' , the original unaired pilot, was released on VHS in 1986 (it appeared on TV two years later). Of the pilot crew, only Leonard Nimoy's Spock went on to reprise his role in the TV show, though footage from 'The Cage' was used extensively in the Original Series’ only two-parter, 'The Menagerie'.
While the Enterprise was making it big in cinemas, the franchise returned to its TV roots in 1987 with The Next Generation . Set over 70 years after Kirk and Spock's final mission, it featured a new crew – led by Captain Jean-Luc Picard – on board a new starship Enterprise. The Next Generation was arguably even more successful than the Original Series, spawning two spin-off series: Deep Space Nine (which began in 1993) played with the Trek format by focusing on a space station, while Voyager (1995) dumped its crew on the other side of the galaxy, hundreds of light years from home.
The Next Generation crew also fronted four movies of their own ( Generations , First Contact , Insurrection and Nemesis ) between 1995 and 2002.
After Voyager came to an end in 2001, Star Trek left the Next Generation era behind, and went in a completely different direction – Star Trek: Enterprise was a prequel set a century before Kirk and Spock's adventures. Enterprise lasted only four seasons, however (The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager all made it to seven), and was canceled in 2005.
These were also dark times for the movie branch of the Trek franchise, as the disappointing box office performance of Nemesis had put the film saga on hiatus – it wasn't until 2009 that Star Trek warped back onto the big screen.
Future Star Wars: The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams (already hot property as director of Mission: Impossible 3 and co-creator of Lost) gave the franchise an action blockbuster makeover, recasting Kirk, Spock and the rest of the original crew as rookies on their first mission. The reboot, simply titled Star Trek , made more than twice as much at the box office as any of its predecessors, and two sequels ( Star Trek into Darkness , Star Trek Beyond ) followed.
Star Trek belatedly returned to TV in 2017 with Star Trek: Discovery . Set a decade before the Original Series, it was a darker, more serialized Trek than we’d seen before – more in tune with the prestige shows of the so-called Golden Age of TV. As it’s turned out, it was just the beginning of Star Trek's renewed assault on TV...
A series of brief Short Treks appeared online ahead of Discovery's second season, while The Next Generation follow-up Star Trek: Picard left spacedock in January 2020. Animated series Lower Decks followed in August 2020, and Discovery spin-off Strange New Worlds – featuring Anson Mount's Captain Pike, Rebecca Romijn's Number One and Ethan Peck's Spock on the pre-Kirk Enterprise – is now in production.
There's also another cartoon offering heading for the Alpha Quadrant, in the form of animated kids show Star Trek: Prodigy.
And there's potentially even more to come, as the much-talked about Michelle Yeoh vehicle Section 31 is still in development. But with Paramount Plus programming boss Julie McNamara telling Variety that the streaming service's current aim is to debut "a new Trek every quarter", we may have to wait for Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks and/or Strange New Worlds to stand aside before we get a new TV iteration of Trek.
To keep things simple, all the shows above are listed by the date their first episode aired. While the chronology does jump around if you watch Star Trek in order of release date, there are some benefits. For example, the prequel shows assume a fair bit of knowledge of earlier series, like the Borg's appearance in Star Trek: Enterprise episode 'Regeneration', or Star Trek: Discovery's revelations about the ultimate fate of Christopher Pike (the Enterprise captain in 'The Cage', who later shows up in 'The Menagerie'). Moments like that undoubtedly make more sense in the context of later events in the Star Trek timeline.
How to stream Star Trek TV shows and movies
If you just want to know how to stream the 13 Star Trek movies and eight TV shows in the US and the UK, we've laid it out below.
In the US, the newly rebranded Paramount Plus (formerly CBS All Access) is definitely the place to go, with every TV show available to watch. In the UK, Netflix hosts all the Star Trek series except for Picard and Lower Decks.
Watching the 13 Trek movies is a rather more complex affair, with the films spread across numerous streaming services in the US and UK – and some of them you'll have to pay to rent/buy.
The TV shows
- Star Trek: The Original Series ( US: Paramount Plus, Amazon Prime Video UK: Netflix)
- Star Trek: The Animated Series ( US: Paramount Plus UK: Netflix)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation ( US: Paramount Plus, Amazon Prime Video UK: Netflix)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( US: Paramount Plus, Amazon Prime Video UK: Netflix)
- Star Trek: Voyager ( US: Paramount Plus, Amazon Prime Video UK: Netflix)
- Star Trek: Enterprise ( US: Paramount Plus, Amazon Prime Video UK: Netflix)
- Star Trek: Discovery ( US: Paramount Plus UK: Netflix)
- Star Trek: Picard ( US: Paramount Plus UK: Amazon Prime Video)
- Star Trek: Lower Decks (US: Paramount Plus US: Amazon Prime Video)
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture ( US: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu UK: Only available to rent/buy)
- Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan ( US: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu UK: Sky Cinema/Now TV)
- Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock ( US: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu UK: Sky Cinema/Now TV)
- Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home ( US: Paramount Plus, Amazon Prime Video UK: Sky Cinema/Now TV)
- Star Trek 5: The Final Frontier ( US: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu UK: Only available to rent/buy)
- Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country ( US: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu UK: Only available to rent/buy)
- Star Trek: Generations ( US: Paramount Plus, Amazon Prime Video UK: Sky Cinema/Now TV)
- Star Trek: First Contact ( US: Paramount Plus UK: Only available to rent/buy)
- Star Trek: Insurrection ( US: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu UK: Only available to rent/buy)
- Star Trek: Nemesis ( US: Paramount Plus, Amazon Prime Video UK: Only available to rent/buy)
- Star Trek 2009 ( US: DirectTV UK: Sky Cinema/Now TV)
- Star Trek Into Darkness ( US : FX Now UK: Amazon Prime Video)
- Star Trek Beyond ( US: Amazon Prime, Hulu UK: Amazon Prime Video)
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Richard is a freelance journalist specialising in movies and TV, primarily of the sci-fi and fantasy variety. An early encounter with a certain galaxy far, far away started a lifelong love affair with outer space, and these days Richard's happiest geeking out about Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel and other long-running pop culture franchises. In a previous life he was editor of legendary sci-fi and fantasy magazine SFX, where he got to interview many of the biggest names in the business – though he'll always have a soft spot for Jeff Goldblum who (somewhat bizarrely) thought Richard's name was Winter.
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- Learn how to watch all 13 Star Trek movies in chronological order by following their theatrical release timeline.
- Dive deeper into the Star Trek universe by watching the films in their in-universe timeline order instead.
- Keep an eye out for new Star Trek movies - one on Paramount+ focusing on Section 31 and potential future theatrical releases.
Here's how to watch the 13 Star Trek movies in chronological order in a couple of ways. Starring William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock, Star Trek: The Original Series ' 3 seasons aired on NBC from 1966-1969, but the show exploded in popularity in syndication. After the blockbuster success of Star Wars in 1977, Paramount refashioned a planned TV series revival titled Star Trek: Phase II into a feature film: 1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture . Star Trek officially became a movie franchise.
Since the 1970s, every decade up to the 2020s thus far has seen a Star Trek movie produced. Star Trek: The Original Series ' cast starred in 6 films from 1979-1991. The torch was then passed to the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation , who starred in 4 films from 1994-2002. Producer and director J.J. Abrams then rebooted Star Trek: The Original Series , casting stars such as Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and Karl Urban to play younger, alternate reality versions of Captain James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy in a trilogy of Star Trek movies from 2009-2016. Whether you want to watch them in order of theatrical release or in order of when the films stand in the Star Trek timeline , here's how to watch the 13 Star Trek movies.
J.J. Abrams' Star Trek relaunched the movie franchise and reintroduced audiences to Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise.
How To Watch The Star Trek Movies Chronologically In Theatrical Release Order
The first 6 star trek movies are helpfully numbered.
Watching the Star Trek movies in their theatrical release order is the simplest way to go . The 13 films are broken up into easy-to-digest blocks: the 6 Star Trek: The Original Series films, the 4 Star Trek: The Next Generation films, and the three Star Trek movies produced by J.J. Abrams that are set in the alternate Kelvin timeline. Here are the 13 Star Trek movies in theatrical release order:
How To Watch The Star Trek Movies By In-Universe Timeline Order
From 1986 to 2379 in two different star trek timelines.
A more interesting, and challenging, way to watch the Star Trek movies is by in-universe timeline order. Although the 'present day' of the Star Trek movies is either The Original Series ' 23rd century or The Next Generation 's 24th century, some of the Star Trek movies involve time travel and flashbacks, while the J.J. Abrams films are actually before the events of Star Trek: The Original Series.
In J.J. Abrams' Star Trek 2009 , the destruction of the USS Kelvin in 2033 by time-traveling Romulans, which led to the death of James T. Kirk's father, Lt. George Kirk (Chris Hemsworth), spawned an alternate reality where numerous major events happened in an accelerated pace. Factoring in time travel and alternate universes, here's how to watch the Star Trek movies by in-universe timeline order.
What Is The Next Star Trek Movie?
The next star trek movie won't be released in theaters.
The next Star Trek movie won't be a theatrical release, but it will be a made-for-streaming film on Paramount+. Star Trek: Section 31 starring Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh is the first Star Trek movie made for Paramount+ . Section 31 is written by Craig Sweeney and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. A spinoff of Star Trek: Discovery , Section 31 will detail what happened to Yeoh's popular anti-heroine, Emperor Phillippa Georgiou after she left Discovery in season 3, and the film will purportedly explore Georgiou's ties to and the history of Section 31, Starfleet's infamous black ops organization.
Star Trek: Section 31 introduces a new cast of characters joining Michelle Yeoh's Emperor Georgiou. Section 31 began filming in January 2024 in Toronto and is expected to wrap in March. Although no release date has been announced yet, Star Trek: Section 31 could be released on the streamer in late 2024 if not in 2025.
Depending on Star Trek: Section 31 's success, a new Star Trek movie could be released on Paramount+ every 2 years.
Will There Be A Star Trek 4 From J.J. Abrams?
Two star trek theatrical movies are reportedly in development.
8 years after Star Trek Beyond hit movie theaters, there is still no Star Trek 4 produced by J.J. Abrams . Star Trek 4 (AKA Star Trek 14 ) was scheduled for a December 2023 release date after audience polling by Paramount Pictures determined there was audience interest in seeing another Star Trek movie starring Chris Pine and the cast Abrams assembled. However, high-profile filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, Noah Hawley, S.J. Clarkson, and Matt Shakman were unable to overcome the "creative differences" to get Star Trek 4 in front of cameras.
Star Trek 4 is said to be the "final chapter" of the voyages of the USS Enterprise commanded by Chris Pine's Captain James T. Kirk and his crew.
Following the resolution of the WGA writers' strike, a new report indicated two Star Trek movies are in development at Paramount. Star Trek 4 is said to be the "final chapter" of the voyages of the USS Enterprise commanded by Chris Pine's Captain James T. Kirk and his crew. Meanwhile, a Star Trek origin film set "decades before" Star Trek (2009) is being developed by director Toby Haynes ( Star Wars: Andor ) and writer Seth Grahame-Smith ( Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunte r). While it seems inevitable that a new Star Trek movie will return to the big screen one day, it looks like the long wait will continue into the foreseeable future.
Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation movies are available to stream on Max.
Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness , and Star Trek Generations are available to stream on Paramount+.
How to watch Star Trek: The Next Generation TV shows and movies in order
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Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science-fiction show, set in the 24 th Century. The series – created by Gene Roddenberry – follows the story of the crew of the USS Enterprise and its exploration of space.
The series was created as a follow-up show to the popular Star Trek TV series of the 1960s, as well as the successful run of Star Trek movies of the late ‘70s onward. Unlike the original show and movies, which focused on the adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and his crew, The Next Generation focused on Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his team, including Riker, Data, Worf, Geordi La Forge, Deanna Troi, Tasha Yar, and Beverly and Wesley Crusher.
Upon making its debut, Star Trek: The Next Generation built up a loyal fanbase, and became popular with audiences. Over time, it established itself as a fantastic piece of television, stepping out the shadow of its predecessor, and boasted excellent stories and well-written characters.
So, when it came time to end the show on television, not everybody was quite ready to say goodbye. Mere months after the television adventures wrapped, the Next Generation crew took to the big screen to appear in a series of movies.
And the Next Gen journey didn’t quite end with movies either. Almost two decades after the final film hit screens, Jean-Luc Picard, and a handful of his crew mates, returned for another television show.
In short: Between shows and movies, there’s a lot of Next Generation content out there. But if you’re a complete newcomer to The Next Generation , where do you begin?
With this post, of course!
Below, I am providing a run-through of Star Trek: The Next Generation , detailing the viewing order for the shows and the movies. So, if you’re not sure how best to watch the series, how many seasons there are, or when to begin watching the films, you simply need to follow the details below.
Understanding Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation hit television screens in 1987, with the two-part story: Encounter at Farpoint . This double-length episode, kicked off the show’s first season, which comprised a total of 26 episodes.
The following year, The Next Generation returned for its second season. This was then followed by seasons three, four, five, six, and seven, all popping up on an annual basis.
The seventh and final season of the show, aired between 1993 and 1994, concluding with the two-part story: All Good Things… . By the time the show reached the end of its run, Star Trek: The Next Generation had clocked up 178 episodes of television.
But this wasn’t the end for The Next Generation – the cast simply side-stepped from television into movies, beginning with Star Trek Generations (1994). The movie combined the cast of the original Star Trek television show, with the cast of The Next Generation , for a big screen adventure.
Star Trek Generations proved to be a box office hit, and The Next Generation cast returned for further movies, including: Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
Star Trek: Nemesis essentially ended the adventures of The Next Generation crew on the big screen, and bar the odd guest spot on television, the actors largely stepped away from the Star Trek universe. But this still wasn’t the end – in 2020, actor Patrick Stewart (aka Jean-Luc Picard) returned to the small screen for yet another television show.
The series was called Picard . It centred largely around the eponymous character, but also included various Next Gen cast members, who appeared in the series in guest roles.
Due to the popularity of Picard ’s first season, as well as a positive reception from critics, the show returned for subsequent seasons.
Star Trek: The Next Generation in order
If you wish to watch Star Trek: The Next Generation in order, begin with the original television show, taking it season by season, then move onto the four films followed by Picard .
The Star Trek: The Next Generation viewing order is as follows:
- Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season One (1987 – 1988) – TV series
- Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season Two (1988 – 1989) – TV series
- Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season Three (1989 – 1990) – TV series
- Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season Four (1990 – 1991) – TV series
- Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season Five (1991 – 1992) – TV series
- Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season Six (1992 – 1993) – TV series
- Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season Seven (1993 – 1994) – TV series
- Star Trek Generations (1994) – Movie
- Star Trek: First Contact (1996) – Movie
- Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) – Movie
- Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) – Movie
- Picard – Season One (2020) – TV series
- Picard – Season Two (2022) – TV series
- Picard – Season Three (2023) – TV series
If you’re a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation , you may be interested to know that all the episodes of the original showare currently available on Blu-ray in a neat little box set.
Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Complete Series Blu-ray Box Set includes all seven seasons of the show, covering 178 episodes.
Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Complete Series Blu-ray Box Set is available from all good entertainment stockists, including Amazon US and Amazon UK .
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How to Watch the 'Star Wars' Movies in Order
S panning 11 live-action feature films and six live-action TV shows (and counting), the "Star Wars" universe is ever-expanding. And starting with the very first installment, filmmaker George Lucas made clear to audiences that he was telling a saga out of order. The title "Episode IV: A New Hope" underlined there was both a past and a future beyond the 1977 film, and indeed this saga has moved forward and backward in time throughout its history, telling a number of different kinds of stories in a galaxy far, far away.
To that end, whether you're new to the franchise or hold it dear as a favorite film series, you may be looking for a way to watch all the "Star Wars" movies in order. From young Anakin Skywalker to Rey Palpatine, we've got the full story in order below.
But not just that - we also weave in how to watch the "Star Wars" shows in order, and for the hardcore fans, how to watch the movies and shows together in order. And even an update on all the new "Star Wars" movies and TV shows currently in the works.
With May the Fourth and the 25th anniversary of "The Phantom Menace" impending, there's never been a better time to start a "Star Wars" binge-watch.
"Star Wars" Movies in Chronological Order
Chronologically, the "Star Wars" story begins with George Lucas' 1999 prequel "The Phantom Menace," which introduced audiences to young Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd) before chronicling his turn to the Dark Side (later played by Hayden Christensen). The episodic entries make the chronological order easy, but you also have to factor in the spinoffs "Solo" and "Rogue One." All together, this makes for a complete (and time-intensive) marathon.
Here's a rundown of the "Star Wars" movies in chronological order.
- "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace"
- "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones"
- "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith"
- "Solo: A Star Wars Story"
- "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"
- "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope"
- "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back"
- "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi"
- "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
- "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"
- "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"
"Star Wars" Movies in Release Order
Of course, you can also watch the "Star Wars" movies in the order in which they were released, which is how most fans came to the franchise. At least at first. From Lucas' first six installments to the Disney era, here's a list of the "Star Wars" films in release order.
- "Star Wars: A New Hope" (1977)
- "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" (1980)
- "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" (1983)
- "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" (1999)
- "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones" (2002)
- "Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith" (2005)
- "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (2015)
- "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" (2016)
- "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" (2017)
- "Solo: A Star Wars Story" (2018)
- "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" (2019)
What's the best way to watch the "Star Wars" movies in order?
This is an age-old question -- is it better to watch the "Star Wars" movies in chronological or release order? While watching them in chronological order is a fun exercise, there are a couple of main drawbacks: One, the prequels pale in quality when compared to the original trilogy so you're slogging through some fairly intergalactic politics and stilted acting. And two: The added context from the original trilogy makes the Anakin saga much more tragic (and interesting) than watching his downfall in a vacuum.
Here's my recommendation: If it's your first time watching "Star Wars," watch them in release order. If you've seen most or all of the movies before, watch them in chronological order for fun.
So the best way to watch the "Star Wars" movies is arguably to watch in release order. This is how they were made, and also avoids the jarring effect of going from the prequels to the recent spinoffs back to George Lucas' original trilogy.
"Star Wars" Shows in Chronological Order
And then we come to the "Star Wars" TV shows. The first to get off the ground was an animated series called "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" - first in 2003, as a show from Genndy Tartakovsky, and then in 2008, as a different animated "Clone Wars" series from Dave Filoni. Then, of course, in the Disney era, we have the live-action shows and the animated series "Star Wars Rebels," which all take place before "The Force Awakens."
"Obi-Wan Kenobi" is set in the oldest era, 10 years after the events of "Revenge of the Sith," and then "Andor" and "Star Wars Rebels" take place during the lead-up to "A New Hope," while "The Mandalorian" picks up five years after "Return of the Jedi."
We're leaving out the more minor shows like "Ewoks" (yes, there was an animated "Ewoks" series) to keep it to the shows that have the biggest connections to the "Star Wars" saga. So below, here are the "Star Wars" shows in chronological order.
- "Star Wars: The Clone Wars"
- "Obi-Wan: Kenobi"
- "Star Wars Rebels"
- "The Mandalorian" Seasons 1-2
- "The Book of Boba Fett"
- "The Mandalorian" Season 3
"Star Wars" Shows in Release Order
You can also just watch the "Star Wars" shows in the order in which they were released to see the progression of investment from Disney and Lucasfilm, especially as "The Mandalorian" rose to popularity.
- "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (2008 - 2020)
- "Star Wars Rebels" (2014 - 2018)
- "The Mandalorian" (2019 - present)
- "The Book of Boba Fett" (2021)
- "Obi-Wan Kenobi" (2022)
- "Andor" (2022)
- "Ahsoka" (2023)
How to watch the "Star Wars" movies and shows in chronological order
If you want to get really nerdy, here's the complete chronological "Star Wars" timeline of how to watch all the movies and TV shows in order of events.
- "Obi-Wan Kenobi"
- "The Mandalorian"
Upcoming "Star Wars" Shows
But that's not all! There are many more "Star Wars" shows to come, all of which hail (in some form or fashion) from Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau, the folks responsible for "The Mandalorian."
First up is "The Acolyte" on June 4, 2024, which was created by Leslye Headland ("Russian Doll") and focuses on the dark side 100 years before the events of "The Phantom Menace."
2024 will also bring us "Skeleton Crew," described as an Amblin-esque adventure of kids lost in the galaxy and trying to find their way home. The show hails from Jon Watts, who directed the Tom Holland "Spider-Man" movies and will debut in December.
There's also the long-in-the-works "Lando" TV series, which is being developed by Donald Glover and his brother Stephen Glover, with whom he worked on "Atlanta."
- "The Acolyte" (2024)
- "Skeleton Crew" (2024)
- "Andor" Season 2 (2025)
- "The Mandalorian" Season 4 (Release Date TBA)
- "Lando" (Release Date TBA)
Upcoming "Star Wars" Movies
On the film side, things have been quiet but are starting to heat up.
"The Mandalorian & Grogu" is set for release on May 22, 2026. The film is a big-screen continuation of the "Mandalorian" saga with Jon Favreau set to direct. Production will get underway in 2024 .
Then there's an untitled film that will feature the return of Daisy Ridley as Rey , as announced at Star Wars Celebration in April 2023. This film had been in the works for quite a while, with Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson writing the screenplay and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy attached to direct. Lindelof and Britt-Gibson departed the project in early 2023 with Lindelof later admitting he was "asked to leave" the film, and currently "Peaky Blinders" and "Spencer" scribe Steven Knight is working on the script.
This new Rey movie will take place some time after the events of "Rise of Skywalker" and find her shepherding a new era for the Jedi.
There are also several other "Star Wars" movies in the works.
Dave Filoni, long a fixture in the "Star Wars" universe with shows like "The Clone Wars" and "Star Wars Rebels," is directing his first live-action film. The movie is set before the events of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and is expected to draw together the various characters and plot threads from the live-action TV shows he's been helping to spearhead with Jon Favreau, including "The Mandalorian" and "Ahsoka."
The third new "Star Wars" movie announced at Star Wars Celebration is a film set in the distant past in the "Star Wars" universe, to be directed by "Logan" and "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" filmmaker James Mangold. Set 25,000 years in the past, the film chronicles the dawning of the Force and will be an origin story of sorts for the entire "Star Wars" universe. Mangold is writing the screenplay himself.
In 2022, it was announced that "Free Guy" and "The Adam Project" filmmaker Shawn Levy would be directing a "Star Wars" movie of his own, although not for some time as he's currently finishing up "Deadpool & Wolverine" and working on the final season of "Stranger Things."
And Taika Waititi is writing and directing a "Star Wars" movie of his own, which is still in development.
Lucasfilm had intended for a new movie called "Rogue Squadron," directed by Patty Jenkins and following a squadron of X-Wing fighters, to be the next "Star Wars" movie released in 2023. But that film was pulled from the schedule following delays and ultimately never happened. Jenkins now says the film is still in the works .
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige was producing a new film being written by "Loki" and "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" screenwriter Michael Waldron, but that project has been scrapped.
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The Chronological Star Trek Saga
1. Star Trek: Enterprise
2. Star Trek: Discovery
3. Star Trek
4. Star Trek: The Animated Series
5. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
6. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
7. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
8. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
9. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
10. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
11. Star Trek: The Next Generation
12. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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