US EditionStarfleet Academy Producers on the Return of a Classic Character: 'It Was Very Strange'
The episode uses archival Avery Brooks material and returns Jake Sisko and the Dax symbiote to explore Benjamin Sisko’s unresolved legacy 26 years after Deep Space Nine ended.
- The latest episode of Starfleet Academy, "Series Acclimation Mil," attempts to address Sisko's unresolved fate, which remains one of the Federation's biggest mysteries, over 800 years later.
- After Deep Space Nine concluded, the Prophets have withheld clear answers for centuries about Sisko's ambiguous fate after his final confrontation with the Pah-wraiths.
- Avery Brooks, actor who played Benjamin Sisko, has long retired from acting, so producers used a spoken-word poem he recorded with his permission, co-showrunner Noga Landau confirmed.
- Cirroc Lofton returns as Jake Sisko, and Academy faculty Illa reveals she is the current host of the Dax symbiote, while SAM investigates Sisko's life through Federation records.
- Fans and franchise observers note that new Starfleet Academy episodes debut weekly on Paramount+ on Thursdays, keeping the Sisko mystery current and commemorating his legacy in Starfleet lore.
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