Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 moves further up theStar Trektimelinewith a callback to the series finale ofStar Trek: Enterprise. Premiering in summer 2025, the highly anticipatedStrange New Worldsseason 3 delivers 10 new episodescontinuing the genre-bending voyages of Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the USS Enterprise. Of course,Strange New Worldsis a prequel set years before and setting up the events ofStar Trek: The Original Series.
InStar Trek’s Prime Universe timeline,Strange New Worldsbegins in 2259, months after the USS Discovery jumped to the 32nd century at theend ofStar Trek: Discoveryseason 2.Star Trek: Strange New Worldsdoesn’t adhere to the ‘one season = one year formula’that was prevalent inStar Trek: The Next Generation’s era. AlthoughStrange New Worldsis more flexible with the passage of time, theend ofStrange New Worldsseason 2happens at some point in 2260, so roughly a year has passed between seasons 1 and 2.
Strange New Worlds’ Enterprise Callback Confirms When Season 3 Happens In Star Trek’s Timeline
There Looks To Be A Time Jump In Strange New Worlds Season 3
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s trailer has a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it callback toStar Trek: Enterprise’s era and the founding of the United Federation of Planets. Behind a multi-armed alien bartender is a sign that says"United Federation of Planets Centennial.“As seen inStar Trek: Enterprise’s series finale, Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) oversaw the signing of the articles that birthed the Federation in 2161. This meansStrange New Worldsseason 3 will enter 2261 to celebrate the one-hundred-year anniversary of the Federation.
15 Cool Things We Learned From Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3’s Trailer
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3’s trailer shows off the USS Enterprise’s next 10 adventures, and there is a lot of cool stuff in store.
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3 immediately picks up the cliffhanger fromStrange New Worldsseason 2’s finale of the Starship Enterprise’s crisis against the Gorn in 2260. However,there must also be a time jump at some point inStrange New Worldsseason 3to bring the show up to 2161. This is also borne out by how Ensign Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) has longer hair than she does inStrange New Worldsseason 2’s finale and the season 3 premiere.
How Many Years Are Left Until Strange New Worlds Ends & Star Trek: The Original Series Starts
The Clock Is Ticking For Pike As Captain Of The Enterprise
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3brings the prequel one year closer toStar Trek: The Original Series, when Captain James T. Kirk (WIlliam Shatner) takes command of the USS Enterprise from Captain Pike. It also inches Pike toward his tragic destiny of being horribly disfigured and confined to a wheelchair. Kirk canonically becomes Captain of the Enterprise in 2265, which leavesabout four yearsto go afterStrange New Worldsseason 3 enters 2261.
Strange New Worlds Sets Up Another Member Of Kirk’s Classic Star Trek Enterprise Crew
Paul Wesley’s Lt. James T. Kirk meets another member of his future Enterprise crew in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3.
However, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ fluidity with time can postpone Pike and Kirk’s inevitability for as long as Paramount+ keeps the show on the air. Ideally,Strange New Worlds, which is currently in production on season 4, will run for many more years to come. Meanwhile, the Federation’s Centennial is another welcome nod toStar Trek: Enterprise’s era afterStar Trek: Strange New Worlds' season 2 crossover withStar Trek: Lower Decksreaffirmed the importance of Captain Archer’s Enterprise to Captain Pike and his crew.
