Is the future of Star Trek suddenly in flux? For the longest time, "Discovery" was a pioneer than the shepherd of this franchise in the next phase of Paramount+ Streaming, but the series finally came to the end of last year. Dito for "Dolni decks", the animated show that helped to expand the property horizons in another medium in its entirety (though, of course, the "animated series" was the one that would first break that terrain) before its own cancellation in 2024. Now, after the planned fifth and last season of "Strange New Worlds" in the years ahead of us, this gap will leave the entire IP in one condition progressed. But can it be where the "Starflit Academy" enters?

The upcoming Star Trek series should not arrive by 2026, but now we have received our first official view thanks to New trailer released during 2025 in San Diego's comic ... And it seems that everything seems to be about the idea of continuing with the Starflit torch. Set at the same time with the last season (s) of "Discovery", in the distant future of the 32nd century, "Starflit" Academy focuses on humanity's attempts to rebuild the organization's leader and train the next generation of officials appearing in space. But that is not the only aspect that has attracted our attention.

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We can expect many links to "Discovery", largely in the form of returning characters Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wisman) and Etet Renault (Tig Notaro), but the footage includes several open references to other "paths" of Yore. Robert Picardo's appearance, as the Voyager's holographic doctor is a nice touch, but the new series seems to be even more in the past and pay tribute to One of the best and most beloved characters of all: Benjamin Cisko of Avery Brooks. Like the "Deep Space Nine", this feels like a big swing and a daring choice to show in a trailer ... and, given the ambiguous end around the former captain and emissar, we hope this is more than simple teasing.

Several people in Star Trek cast a longer shade than Benjamin Cisco, the unprepared leader who continued to play a massive role in Win the war dominion And eventually it became a quasi-religious figure of Bayor's locals as their emissaries of the prophets. The Deep Space Nine final ended with the desired captain who seems to die in the fire of fame ... Although, in reality, he was detained in the other "heavenly temple" as a reward for fulfilling his spiritual purpose. Since then, what actually happened with Cisco has remained a topic of great interest-and among the fans and, as it turns out, in the universe among the characters of the franchise "Star Trek".

The Starflit Academy trailer includes a tantalizing shot where the young Cadet Sam (Carrie Brooks) looks at what looks like a museum installment dedicated to the good captain. "Did he die in Bayor's fire caves?" and "Did he live in the heavenly temple?" Are two potential questions rhetorically on the plaque, which do not offer easy answers to what hangs over the head of the property, as the "Deep Space Nine" ended in 1999. Can the series set a real resolution of Cisko's fate? Can this be an attractive way to make a sequel to the back of the show, very the same way Brilliant documentary "Star Trek" "What We Leave Behind" suggested?

It is extremely suspicious, but this marks the first time the franchise tried to solve this loose thread for plot ... Canonian, at least. A few novels that are not canon have tried to answer this, the most significant book "Unity" that came as part of the series "Deep Space Nine" to mark the 10th anniversary of the show. The recent series of "Godshock" comics is also revolving around Cisco's return, and even made him join with the assortment of "Trek" characters like Beverly Kruser, Tom Paris, data and more. For the time being, we will have to wait and see what (if something) "Starflit Academy" is doing to explore this topic when it arrives at Paramount+ sometime at the beginning of 2026.