Lower Decks' Tawny Newsome wants to get her co-stars involved in the new live-action Trek series

Star Trek: Lower Decks is coming to an end in December after five seasons. But will that be the last time the actors who brought the animated characters to life are part of the Star Trek franchise? Not if Tawny Newsome, who, along with Justin Simien, created the new live-action comedy, has anything to say about it. She wants to work with her co-stars again, especially since she's only ever gotten to work with one in live-action, and that was Jack Quaid. She and Quaid played their live-action characers on an episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

In a recent interview with CBR, Newsome was excited about the idea of working with her friends, but this new show won't be a spin-off from Lower Decks. These will be entirely new characters in an entirely new show. So you might see Jack Quaid playing a captain or a lieutenant on a vastly different ship.

"I mean, I always wanna work with my friends. So yes, without being able to like - there’s not even anything to spoil - I can definitely say that is part of my and Justin’s idea for setting it in the 25th century was so that everybody that we’ve come to love in the franchise, like everyone in the Picard era, all of our friends from Lower Decks, like the possibility is definitely there."

- Tawny Newsome

Newsome also wants to work with other actors from the franchise, and since the series will be set in the 25th century, that makes it more of a possibility that we could actually see characters like Quark and/or Worf again as well. Since Quark [Armin Shimerman] was a master at offbeat comedy on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, it would be a shame not to have him on the show. Worf [Michael Dorn] is, of course, the master of one-liners, and if that's the type of comedy the series is going for, he would fit perfectly.

Newsome's new show has not been greenlit yet, but there's no reason to believe that it won't. With Lower Decks ending, Paramount+ only has Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy on its roster of shows. So there are some openings to be filled. And this show could end up being a great watch.