There's no questioning the overall success of the Star Trek franchise, but its modern era has perhaps unexpectedly pushed the saga onward.

Star Trek has had a lot of firsts since it first debuted in 1966, but it took until 1995 for them to actually start happening. That's when Kate Mulgrew took on the role as Captain Kathryn Janeway, becoming the first woman to helm the bridge of a starshipin the franchise.

But after 60 years of films and television shows, it can be an intimidating franchise for newcomers. Where do you start? What series are canon and which ones are not? How do the movies connect to the shows?

Section 31 arrives on the 2025 movies schedule and reunites fans who have a Paramount+ subscription with Michelle Yeoh’s Philippa Georgiou, the former leader of the Terran Empire in the Mirror Universe.