Star Trek: Very Short Treks

Star Trek: Very Short Treks (stylized as very Short Treks) is a series of promotional short films created by Casper Kelly for the fiftieth anniversary of Star Trek: The Animated Series. The shorts represent most of the previous Star Trek television series, and featuring characters and actors from the respective shows.

Star Trek: Very Short Treks
Genre
Created byCasper Kelly
Based onStar Trek: The Animated Series
by Gene Roddenberry
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producers
  • Casper Kelly
  • Ashley Kohler
Production companies
Release
Original network
Original releaseSeptember 8 (2023-09-08) –
October 4, 2023 (2023-10-04)
Related

Very Short Treks premiered on September 8, 2023, and consisted of five shorts.

Episodes
No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Skin a Cat"Aaron HawkinsCasper KellySeptember 8, 2023 (2023-09-08)
Amidst a Klingon attack, the USS Enterprise's captain keeps accidentally insulting his crew members by using figures of speech they find offensive.
2"Holiday Party"Aaron HawkinsClaire FriedmanSeptember 13, 2023 (2023-09-13)
At a First Contact Day party on the USS Enterprise, Spock is in charge of entertainment and showcases what he calls a blooper reel, which disturbs the crew.
3"Worst Contact"Aaron HawkinsCasper KellySeptember 20, 2023 (2023-09-20)
William Riker and Beverly Crusher initiate first contact with a new alien species with particularly gross customs.
4"Holograms, All the Way Down"Aaron HawkinsAaron J. WaltkeSeptember 27, 2023 (2023-09-27)
Various interconnected holodecks simulations.
5"Walk, Don't Run"Aaron HawkinsCasper KellyOctober 4, 2023 (2023-10-04)
D'Vana Tendi hosts a celebration of Star Trek: The Animated Series' 50th anniversary, but it goes wrong real fast.

Cast and characters

Additionally, Beckett Mariner and Brad Boimler from Star Trek: Lower Decks appeared.[1] The characters Una and Christine Chapel from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds appeared in the shorts without any voiced lines.

Production

The series was announced on July 21, 2023 at San Diego Comic-Con as a series of 5 promotional shorts animated in the style of Star Trek: The Animated Series in celebration of that series' 50th anniversary.[1]

Release

The shorts premiered on StarTrek.com and the Star Trek YouTube channel on September 8, 2023, with each new short releasing weekly on Wednesdays through to October 4.[2] Very Short Treks was marketed as "anything but canon", establishing that the series is not a part of the official Star Trek canon.[3] An additional episode, "The Making of very Short Treks with Casper Kelly" was released on October 10, 2023.[4]

Tie-in media

Star Trek: The Animated Celebration Presents The Scheimer Barrier was announced alongside the series in July 2023. IDW Publishing publish the comic book, which is also written by Casper Kelly. It is expected to debut digitally in September on StarTrek.com with physical copies available at New York Comic Con in October.[1]

References
  1. Pascale, Anthony (July 21, 2023). "'Jonathan Frakes, Doug Jones, And Armin Shimerman Voicing New 'Star Trek: The Animated Celebration' Shorts". TrekMovie. Archived from the original on July 22, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  2. Petski, Denise (September 5, 2023). "Star Trek: Very Short Treks To Be Unveiled By CBS Studios On Star Trek Day". Deadline. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  3. Edwards, Nathan (September 5, 2023). "Star Trek is getting five new 'very Short Treks'". The Verge. Archived from the original on September 9, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023. The five animated shorts from the 'Too Many Cooks' guy feature voice actors from a bunch of Star Trek shows and are 'anything but canon.'
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9sSW82IxiA
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