Star Trek: Starfleet Academy cast react to ‘hard’ cancellation: ‘Stay woke’
Gina Yashere and Karim Diane in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Paramount+)
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has been cancelled.
The first season recently finished airing on Paramount+, with a second season already filmed.
On Monday 23rd March, it was announced that the show will be cancelled following its second season.
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“We’re incredibly proud of the ambition, passion, and creativity that went into bringing Star Trek: Starfleet Academy to life,” CBS Studios and Paramount+ said in a statement to Deadline.
“The series introduced audiences to a bold new group of characters, welcomed familiar faces, and expanded the Star Trek universe in exciting new ways.”
Karim Diané, who plays the Star Trek universe’s first gay Klingon character, took to Instagram to react to the news.
He said: “Season two will be our last season. That is really hard for me to say. Because I love this show so much.”
Queer performer Gina Yashere, who plays Lura Thok in the show and hit back at Elon Musk’s fat-shaming comments about her, also responded to the news: “I’ll let you guys come to your own conclusions as to why we didn’t get to continue building on this wonderful legacy.”
“Right now, I’m just grateful at having been part of it, and in a business that veers often between feast & famine, I’ve been able to build the life of my dreams, being able to tell authentic stories, an ability which I truly believe is now under attack.”
She finished the post by saying: “Be safe out there peeps. Stay woke. Wokeywoke. Wokest of the woke. Wokeyliscious. A cacophony of woke.”
Some fans have taken her statement as a dig at critics of the show, who weren’t happy with its diverse range of characters.
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