Summary

An exclusive clip at NYCC shows a battle with Gorn ships, teasing an action-packed start to season 3.
Rhys Darby joins the cast in a mystery role, sparking fan speculation about classic Star Trek characters.
Showrunners hint at season 3 with odd words like "dancing, murder, and surprise," building anticipation for the upcoming episodes.

Last weekend, Star Trek actors and showrunners gathered at New York Comic-Con (NYCC), held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. As usual, the panels were jam-packed with updates about the upcoming seasons of the shows in the Paramount+ Star Trek universe, and fans finally got some exciting information about season 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Information about the upcoming season of the Paramount+ prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series has been sparse since the big reveals at San Diego Comic-Con in July. Fans have had little to go on other than some behind the scenes photos from the cast and the occasional update from the showrunners. The clips and behind the scenes photos confirmed that the entire bridge crew of the Enterprise will be back in season 3, but other than that, fans have been kept guessing. Luckily, they got some exciting answers -- and even more to speculate about -- at NYCC, including three big reveals.

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An Exclusive Clip Depicts an Epic Battle

During Paramount+'s Star Trek universe panel at the convention, fans got their second look at an actual scene from season 3. The three-minute clip picks up approximately where season 2 left off, with the Enterprise and its crew engaged in a brutal battle, surrounded by Gorn ships. Anson Mount's Captain Pike looks uncharacteristically overwhelmed as Una repeatedly asks for orders.

After asking his crew to come up with options for saving their compatriots, who've been abducted by the Gorn, the bridge crew rattles off multiple brilliant ideas, in iconic Star Trek fashion. After ruling out several of them, they finally land on attaching a beacon to an unarmed torpedo, and shooting it at the Gorn ship.

The clip confirmed what fans assumed -- that the third season will pick up where the classically Trek cliffhanger from season 2 left off. It also confirms that, at least the beginning of season 3, will feature the escalating conflict with the Gorn. If this scene is representative of the season, it promises to be an action-packed ride.

New Cast Member Revealed

Perhaps the most exciting news of the weekend was the announcement that Our Flag Means Death and Jumanji: The Next Level actor Rhys Darby will join the cast in a mystery guest role. Showrunners hinted that Darby is portraying a Legacy Star Trek character, but wouldn't say more, sparking speculation throughout the fandom.

Strange New Worlds has already shown fans what several TOS characters were up to in the years before Kirk took over the Enterprise. However, there are plenty of major and minor characters fans haven't encountered yet, most notably, Leonard "Bones" McCoy, the Enterprise's Chief Medical Officer.

Odd Hints About the Stories in Season 3

During a panel with Strange New Worlds showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers and cast members Ethan Peck (Spock) and Carol Kane (Pelia), the moderator asked each of them to describe the show's third season in just three words. Their choices were interesting, to say the least.

Goldsman replied, "Get to season 4."

Kane said, "Too much fun."

Peck's responded, "History, betrayal, growth."

But Alonso Myers' response was, by far, the best: "Dancing, murder, and surprise."

Given that Jonathan Frakes, who frequently directs Star Trek episodes as well as stars in them, has already teased a murder mystery episode, Alonso Myers' murder comment makes sense. But dancing? And betrayal? Though the three-word responses didn't reveal much, they do build even more excitement for season 3.

Fans can expect the first episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 in 2025, though an official release date hasn't yet been announced.

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