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Star Trek : Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan on where he ’s at with things post - finale , the future tense of the " Star Trek " Universe , and more .
To say it ’s hard to say goodbye when you ’re on such a beloved boob tube show , specially when you have plenty of stories to tell , would be an understatement . But there have been quite a few instances throughout the chronicle of the Star Trek enfranchisement where that ’s happened , fromThe Original Seriesgetting that last - min third time of year , Enterprisefailing to secure that fifth time of year on UPN , and in the streamer era , Prodigyand , nowLower deck . As in the grammatical case of the animise shows , both had their scratch line on Paramount+ with theDan and Kevin Hagemanseries getting the nag pulled after one season before down its second season on Netflix , but still in limbo . Lower Deckswas provide to have five season before Paramount+ decided five seasons was enough , and while creatorMike McMahanand company took what the streamer gave them , they were anything but mute about wind the journeying of the U.S.S. Cerritos up . McMahan speak toTrekMovie.comabout the series last and its future .
Star Trek: Lower Decks Creator on “Taking the Victory Lap” for Now
WhileProdigywas canceled despite much of season two workplace being fill out , fanfare confirm mostly from creatives and talent about make unnecessary the Nickelodeon series before Netflix at long last come through . With Netflix neglect all 20 episodes of season two at once rather of splitting them up into different window , there was n’t any good sense of finality as we did ; we more of legacy character withWil Wheaton’sWesley Crusher " reunite " with blank space momGates McFadden’sDr . Beverly Crusher at the end to meet his half - buddy Jack Crusher , Jr. Then nothing as Netflix has n’t announced if a season three is run low to take place .
As far asLower Decksgoes , McMahan and cast members likeDawnn Lewis(Freeman ) andFred Tatasciore(Shax ) accept multiple season are ready to be moil out should Paramount+ have a change of heart about ending the series or allowing it to find another home . TheRick & Mortyalum had a few ideas about how the series can preserve .
" I mean , it ’s rugged . If you ask people from the gang and production , of line , it ’s potential . We ’d all wish to keep making it . I have more narrative I want to assure . Our cast wants to keep exercise together . Our producer loves to pay his mortgage . [ laugh ] But at the same time , the reality of the office is we have five time of year of a show that is a miracle that it exists , " McMahan said . " And with the help of [ my original series ] ' hush-hush Hideout , ' I got to make on the dot the show I wanted to make . And I grew up as a writer making this show . This was my first show I ever sold . This was my first at - bat . I ’m really lofty of what we did . And there ’s thing happening in the industriousness , not just at Paramount , but all over the place . We are in a moment of regroup , which I guess is the dainty way to put it . For me , okay , when do I take my shot again at getting to do more of this ? Because you do n’t amass ' no ’s ' and then twist in all the " no ’s " tickets like at an arcade to get a slappy bridge player . If you start to amass ' no ’s , ' you are for good the guy who was recount " no , " and then you do n’t get to do it again . "
McMahan also helped keep things in perspective about the current state of the Star Trek franchise while being thankful for the chance he get . " So , for me , it ’s spend a penny sure that the fans know that we love the show . I ca n’t assure them how to vocalize that they need more of it . I ca n’t be the one who leads that charge because I benefit creatively and financially from this show . It takes more voices than mine for cause any alteration to happen . But the people that I have entree to talk to , they love the show too . Like , if our executives on the studio side could have kept the show going , they would have too . There ’s forces at workplace that are big than us . I ’m also mad about seeing the other Star Trek stuff . I ’m excited for Section 31 . I ’m activated for ' Starfleet Academy ' and ' Strange New Worlds ! ' This is n’t like the ending of ' initiative ' where it ’s like question marks . There ’s three Star Trek things come that you guy wire even know about ! So , for me , being a Trek fan in general , I ’m happy . I love that there ’s more Trek coming . I eff that we have the ' Lower Decks ' comic . I hump that we commence to do ' Lower Decks . ' As a Lower Decks fan , I ’m going to just regroup , take the victory lap for a second , and then when the industry and Paramount seem to kind of be in a position where ' Lower deck ' can pop back again , I ’m going to make a heavy push button to get to do whatever we can get – more episodes , a movie , a live - action mechanism spinoff ? Who have intercourse ? "
All episodes ofStar Trek : Lower Decksare useable to stream on Paramount+
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