Six decades after Captain Kirk first split an infinitive by boldly going where no one had gone before, Star Trek: The Original Series is getting a fresh 60th Anniversary release. Paramount Home Entertainment has it slated for September 8, 2026, and pre-orders are already open.
There are three ways to bring it aboard. The standard DVD set runs $83.99, the standard Blu-ray costs $104.99, and the Amazon-exclusive collector’s edition Blu-ray lands at $139.99. Whichever transporter pad you step onto, you get the same core cargo: all three seasons and the full 79-episode run, remastered with restored picture, sound and revamped special effects, plus over nine hours of bonus features.
The Amazon collector’s edition is where the fan-service dilithium really glows. Alongside snazzy new packaging and a set of limited-edition lobby cards, it ships with a 4-inch Tiny Vinyl that plays the Star Trek themes from all three seasons along with a selection of the show’s classic sound effects. It’s a charmingly analog artifact for a franchise built on warp cores and communicators.
Not every Trekkie is beaming, though. The set has drawn a chilly reception on Amazon, sitting at a 2.7 rating as fans pick apart the value proposition. The chief grievance is that this edition offers less than the previous milestone package: the 50th anniversary collection from a decade ago bundled the series with the first six films and Star Trek: The Animated Series for $208.99. Yes, that was pricier, but some viewers would happily pay more for the fuller haul.
The other sore point is resolution. This is another 1080p release, and a vocal chunk of the fanbase was holding out for a proper 4K upscale of the remastered footage. In an era where physical media increasingly means Ultra HD, a Full HD reissue of a landmark series feels, to some, like it’s running on impulse power rather than full warp.
The timing doesn’t help the mood. Star Trek on screen has thinned out considerably: only Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy remain, and both are winding toward their conclusions. Lower Decks, Prodigy and Discovery all wrapped in 2024, while the streaming film Star Trek: Section 31 was savaged by critics and fans alike when it hit Paramount Plus in early 2025.
With the Chris Pine-led fourth Kelvin-timeline film scrapped in favor of an as-yet-unnamed project from Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, and Paramount itself under new management, the franchise’s future feels genuinely uncertain. For now, this anniversary boxset is the tangible thing on the schedule — a nostalgic time capsule for the faithful, complete with a vinyl record you can actually hold, even if the debate over what it should have been is far from settled.
