The first thing longtime Star Trek fans will likely notice about the new series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, is that the cast is big. But according to the current boss of all things Star Trek on TV, producer Alex Kurtzman, the format of Starfleet Academy allows its cast to expand and change even more in future seasons. “It feels weirdly like a limitless engine that could go on for a very, very long time,” Kurtzman tells Inverse ahead of the launch of Starfleet Academy. Even the post-Discovery era in which Starfleet Academy exists is fairly free from canon constraints. This fact, combined with the unique structure of the show, makes Kurtzman think that there could be a lot of Starfleet Academy for years to come.