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Not every voyage needs to be a full episode long. CBS's streaming show Star Trek: Discovery will explore some strange new backstories with a series of shorts called Star Trek: Short Treks. (Disclosure: CBS is CNET's parent company.)

The announcement came on Friday during a Star Trek: Discovery panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego. CBS All Access will release four standalone films, each running 10 to 15 minutes.