SDCC '26: STAR TREK celebrates 60 years with Hall H panel, screenings and off-site activations
Star Trek is set to dominate San Diego Comic-Con once again, and this year's presence doubles as a celebration of the franchise's 60th anniversary — with a stacked Hall H panel, an early screening of Strange New Worlds Season 4, and off-site activations spread across downtown San Diego.
The centerpiece is Saturday's Hall H panel, kicking off July 25 at 12:30 p.m. PT. The first half will spotlight Strange New Worlds ahead of its Season 4 premiere, which lands on Paramount+ on July 23, 2026. Showrunners Henry Alonso Myers and Akiva Goldsman, along with franchise architect Alex Kurtzman, will join series stars Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, and Paul Wesley on stage.
The panel's second half pivots to the franchise-wide anniversary celebration, pulling together actors across Trek's history, including George Takei, Michael Dorn, Robert Picardo, Connor Trinneer, Doug Jones, Cirroc Lofton, Michelle Hurd, Jerry O'Connell, and Karim Diane, for what's shaping up to be one of the weekend's biggest legacy-cast reunions.
Ahead of the panel, fans can catch an exclusive early screening of the Season 4 premiere, "Valles Marineris," plus a preview of episode 402, on Friday, July 24 at 7 p.m. at the Balboa Theater. The screening is free and doesn't require an SDCC badge, but seating is limited, and RSVPs are required through 1iota.
Off the convention floor, Paramount+ returns with its annual Lodge activation, running July 22–26 at Happy Does in downtown San Diego. This year's activation once again includes a recreation of the Strange New Worlds shipboard bar, as well as the Port Galley and, notably, the public debut of the recovered original 33-inch U.S.S. Enterprise model built for the franchise in 1965, courtesy of Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's estate. Lodge tickets are currently sold out, though additional releases are possible before the weekend. On the show floor, Paramount+'s Press Play Arcade (Booth #3529) will let attendees try a Strange New Worlds-themed bridge memory game.
Two of Trek's newer licensing partners, LEGO and Magic: The Gathering, which is launching its own Star Trek crossover set this November, will host Star Trek: The Collector Frontier panel on Thursday, July 23, from 11 a.m. to noon, promising exclusive reveals that could include a follow-up to last year's LEGO Enterprise-D set. The pair will also run a Star Trek: Boldly Built photo-op activation at the Marriott Marquis from July 23–26.
Rounding out the weekend, the mobile game Star Trek: Fleet Command will host its own off-site experience, the 60 Years of Star Trek Archives Experience, at The Sinclair from July 24–26, featuring archival props, a Holodeck VR experience, claw machines, and a personalized souvenir photo station.
Source: Paramount+
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