Exciting News for Star Trek Fans: Discovery Season 5 Premiering at SXSW

Premiere and Delay

Star Trek: Discovery will premiere its fifth and final season in March at SXSW. After a long delay resulting from the dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, Paramount+ previously announced that Star Trek: Discovery season 5 will premiere on the streaming service in April 2024.

Star Trek Discovery Season 5

Discovery season 5 is the flagship Star Trek on Paramount+ series' final season following the show's surprise cancelation in March 2023. This means Discovery season 5 will premiere one year after Paramount+ announced the end of Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the USS Discovery's 32nd-century voyages.

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What to Expect

Star Trek: Discovery season 5 is a hunt for 'the greatest treasure in the known galaxy', said to be an ancient power that has been dormant for centuries. Captain Michael Burnham and the USS Discovery will compete with new aliens, including mercenaries L'ak (Elias Toufexis) and Moll (Eve Harlow), for the prize, and Burnham must also contend with Starfleet Captain Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie), who is no fan of Michael's.

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Following the announcement of Star Trek: Discovery's cancelation, reshoots were held in spring 2023 before the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes to turn Discovery's season 5 finale into an ending for the entire series. Jonathan Frakes directed the first half of Discovery's two-part ending, episode 9, 'Lagrange Point,' while Olatunde Osunsanmi helmed Discovery's final episode (and the reshoots), titled 'Life, Itself.'

Discovery Season 5 Couriers

Exclusive Premiere at SXSW

As the only live-action Star Trek series in 2024, Star Trek: Discovery is the biggest Star Trek on Paramount+ event of the year, and the lucky audience at SXSW will be the first to see the world premiere episode of Star Trek: Discovery season 5.

Burnham Riding Ship Discovery Season 5