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.
Very Short Treks premiered on September 8, 2023, and consisted of five shorts.
Episodes
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|Title = Walk, Don't Run
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|ShortSummary = D'Vana Tendi hosts a celebration of Star Trek: The Animated Series''' 50th anniversary, but it goes wrong real fast. |LineColor = 223E3E }} }}
Cast and characters
Jonathan Frakes as William T. Riker
Armin Shimerman as Quark
Doug Jones as Saru
Ethan Peck as Spock
Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher
Celia Rose Gooding as Nyota Uhura
Connor Trinneer as Trip Tucker
Bruce Horak as Hemmer
Noël Wells as D'Vana Tendi
George Takei as Hikaru Sulu. Gia Sandhu as T'Pring Cristina Milizia as M'Ress and additional voices Carlos Alazraqui as Scotty Pete Holmes as Captain Dana Snyder as Bragu Sarah Sherman as Mucara Angus Imrie as Zero Ethan Phillips as Neelix Bonnie Gordon as Ship Computer and additional voices Eric Bauza as Antedian, Screwhead, Red Shirt, Lieutenant, Ensign
Additionally, Beckett Mariner and Brad Boimler from Star Trek: Lower Decks appeared. 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.
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. Very Short Treks was marketed as "anything but canon", establishing that the series is not a part of the official Star Trek canon. An additional episode, "The Making of very Short Treks with Casper Kelly" was released on October 10, 2023.
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 debuted digitally in September on StarTrek.com with physical copies available at New York Comic Con in October.