Star Trek is getting a number of new spin-off series over the next couple of years – but boss Alex Kurtzman has said that they will all feel fresh in different ways.

Comparisons have been raised to the late '90s, when Deep Space Nine and Voyager spin-offs led to fatigue of the franchise.

But with series centred on Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) coming, in addition to animated spin-off Lower Decks and Short Trek mini-episodes, Kurtzman said on Variety's TV Take podcast that the franchise has learnt from its previous mistakes.

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"What we're planning on is, I want to make sure that each show is a different and unique proposition," he said.

"I think that Deep Space Nine and Voyager got into a tricky spot where people were starting to feel like, 'I can't tell the difference between the shows', even though they were very different.

"Our job is to make sure that every time you get a new Star Trek show, it feels like a very different prospect from any other Trek show that exists.

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"In the same way in the world of Marvel or in the world of Pixar, you have multiple stories coexisting and yet each one feels different, while there is kind of an assumption and an understanding of what the brand identity of what that thing is.

"Every time you go to a Marvel movie, you kind of know what you're going to get. But one could be Ragnarok, and one could be Black Panther, and one could be Iron Man. And all of those have a very, very different feel, but the premium is always on the storytelling."



Star Trek: Discovery season 2 begins January 17 on CBS All Access in the US and January 18 on Netflix in the UK.

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