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Star Trek producer Alex Kurtzman has confirmed a new set of Short Treks is coming. 1 / 8

The mini-episodes focus on different Star Trek: Discovery characters and run less than 20 minutes. 2 / 8

The first wave premiered this past October to set up Season 2 of Discovery. 3 / 8

Kurtzman announced there will be four live-action mini-episodes and two animated. 4 / 8

Kurtzman sees Short Treks as an opportunity to be more experimental with the franchise. 5 / 8

The animated entries will be more oriented for younger audiences than the live-action ones. 6 / 8

Discovery director Olatunde Osunsanmi and Michael Giacchino are helming the animated mini-episodes. 7 / 8

Short Treks marks Giacchino's directorial debut after scoring many high profile films. 8 / 8