Christina Chong, who stars in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, has given what may be the strongest indication yet that the planned Star Trek: Year One spinoff would be a completely different kind of show, even if it does move forward. Chong says that nothing is set in stone, but her comments show how final the end of Strange New Worlds seems for its characters and how unsure any follow-up really is.
Talking about the possibility of a spinoff, Chong is candid about how little the actors actually know and how much would change if Year One becomes reality. "I don’t know what I’m going to be doing… Who knows if there’ll be a spin off? We don’t know yet. And if there is, we’re not all going to be in it. So it’s going to be a very different show. It’s not going to be Strange New Worlds. It’s going to be something different." (via TrekMovie.com)
That uncertainty aligns with public comments from the show’s creatives, who have framed Star Trek: Year One as a Kirk-era concept that would naturally narrow the focus to Paul Wesley’s captain and a more TOS-adjacent ensemble. (Continued...)