Summary

• Star Trek actors create a video to save Lower Decks after news of its final season.
• Fans unite in a campaign to extending the run of Star Trek: Lower Decks.
• Star Trek fans and actors want Star Trek: Lower Decks to get a season 6.

Actors from Star Trek shows past and present unite in a video to save Star Trek: Lower Decks, meaning that Lower Decks season 5 would be the series' last after streaming later this year. Series creator Mike McMahan and Star Trek showrunner Alex Kurtzman also expressed regret that Star Trek: Lower Decks would not continue. McMahan and Kurtzman's message to fans of Star Trek: Lower Decks, posted on the official Star Trek Instagram , thanked fans for their continued , "for filling convention halls and chanting 'Lower Decks!'"

The repeated chant of "Lower Decks!" is from Star Trek: Lower Decks itself, invented by Ensign Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome) in Star Trek: Lower Decks season 1, episode 1, "Second " to celebrate Mariner and the other junior officers on the USS Cerritos: Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid), D'Vana Tendi (Noel Wells), Samanthan Rutherford (Eugene Cordero), and as of Lower Decks season 4, Provisional Lieutenant T'Lyn (Gabrielle Ruiz). Echoing the chant in real life has been a way for fans of Star Trek: Lower Decks to signal their love of the show, and a call of for the scrappy Star Trek that could.

Star Trek Actors Cheer For Star Trek: Lower Decks In Fan-Sponsored Video

"Lower Decks! Lower Decks! Lower Decks!"

In an effort to save Star Trek: Lower Decks, fans pooled funds to request personalized video messages from Star Trek actors on Cameo. Each individual video was stitched together to create a compilation of actors from various Star Trek series performing the "Lower Decks!" chant. Even though the messages were purchased through Cameo, it's clear that many of the Star Trek actors involved in the project genuinely Star Trek: Lower Decks. Watch the video below:

The Save Star Trek: Lower Decks video features Star Trek actors like Michelle Hurd from Star Trek: Picard, Robert Picardo from Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Prodigy, Nana Visitor from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and John de Lancie from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Jonathan Frakes, who also appeared on Star Trek: Lower Decks and voiced Captain William T. Riker, spoke in of continuing Star Trek: Lower Decks. It's certainly fun to see Star Trek actors from across the generations chant "Lower Decks! Lower Decks!"

How Fans Plan To Save Star Trek: Lower Decks

Fans Rally To Save Star Trek: Lower Decks With An Online Campaign

The compilation video of Star Trek actors rallying to save Star Trek: Lower Decks is only one small part of a larger fan-run campaign. On SaveLowerDecks.com, the website acts as a central hub that details all the ways that people can get involved in expressing their for extending the run of Star Trek: Lower Decks beyond 5 seasons. Besides g a petition to show for more Star Trek: Lower Decks, fans can participate in the Save Lower Decks campaign by streaming Star Trek: Lower Decks to show there's a dedicated audience, requesting Star Trek: Lower Decks on Netflix, and ing social media groups designed to organize further action.

Fan-run campaigns are nothing new in the Star Trek fandom, but the television landscape has changed since the days when paper letters that called for the renewal of Star Trek: The Original Series flooded studio offices. Demand for a Star Trek: Discovery spinoff starring Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) resulted in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 will be on Netflix, but similar campaigns championing Star Trek: Legacy as a potential Star Trek: Picard spinoff haven't yet been effective. Getting Star Trek actors on board might just tip the scales in favor of a renewal for Star Trek: Lower Decks season 6.

Source: Jessie Gender After Dark on YouTube.com