STLV 2024 Levels Up With Big Celebrity Guests And ‘Treksperts’ Stage Packed With Star Trek Luminaries

The Star Trek franchise sets course for Sin City, as Creation Entertainment’s STLV: The 58-Year Mission convention begins on August 1^st, once again at the newly renovated Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. And this year’s lineup is shaping up for what may be one of the best years yet.

TrekMovie will be there to cover the 4-day event, as well as holding a panel and co-hosting a party. Panels and events will be spread across three separate stages and there is, as always, a dealers room with Star Trek merchandise along with a number of celebrities signing autographs.

So – whose coming?

The guest list for the STLV 2024 has been locked down, featuring 177 names encompassing almost every era of the franchise, including favorites William Shatner, Sonequa Martin-Green, Jonathan Frakes, and Anson Mount, as well as some celebrities who don’t often attend Star Trek conventions, including Christopher Lloyd, Laurence Luckinbill, Mary McDonnell, Carol Kane, and Ray Wise. So far, cancellations have been minimal, with only Daniel Davis, Andrew Robinson, and Ethan Phillips unable to attend.

“After last year’s successful show and Covid fully over we wanted to really try for our best Trek guest list ever”, said Gary Berman, co-CEO of Creation Entertainment. “We also wanted to up the game on the non-main stage tracks, add free parties; and essentially continue making the event more show biz while honoring the basic values of Gene Roddenberry’s legacy that make this convention unique. Hopefully, we fully succeeded because everyone has worked really hard on making sure everyone coming has a wonderful time.”

The full schedules for Thursday and Friday have already been posted with Saturday and Sunday coming soon at creationent.com.

William Shatner at STLV 2023 (TrekMovie.com)

Ingloriously go

The convention will feature extensive curated programming from the podcast we named as “The Best Star Trek Podcast of 2021”, The Inglorious Treksperts. Hosts Mark A. Altman, Ashley Miller, and Daren Dochterman will be presenting 4 days worth of panels in the DeForest Kelley Theater. The topics range from the very beginnings of Trek to the present day, with many celebrities and behind the scenes personnel as guests. Highlights include a series of big anniversary celebrations: a 30th anniversary Star Trek: Generations reunion with director David Carson and writers Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga, a Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 35th anniversary panel featuring Sybok himself, Laurence Luckinbill, and a 40th anniversary celebration of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock with Robin Curtis, producer Ralph Winter, and Leonard Nimoy’s assistant (and obnoxious punk rocker) Kirk Thatcher. Trekspert Daren Dochterman, an associate producer of the recent Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director’s Edition, will present a special look at that project as the film celebrates its 45th anniversary.

“We were delighted to be invited by Gary and Adam to create this unique programming track and I think we have some incredible plans that will delight audiences all week”, said Altman. “I could not be more excited about our staged reading of Plan Nine From Outer Space, featuring a remarkable array of Star Trek and genre talent including an Oscar nominee, Mary McDonnell, performing what may be one of the worst films of all time, as well as such incredible talents as Anson Mount, John DeLancie, Dan Fogler, Terry Farrell, and many more including Lower Decks Vanessa Marshall appearing at her first Trek convention. We even have a theremin player providing musical accompaniment.”

It’s an exceptionally ambitious slate that covers almost every aspect of the franchise imaginable and could be a convention all its own. Their full schedule can be found here.

Party on

In addition to the traditional panels, there will be other special events, including a 12 Monkeys mini-con featuring Todd Stashwick and Terry Matalas, a celebrity-filled Dungeons & Dragons game also with Stashwick and celebrity players, a makeup workshop with Michael and McKenzie Westmore, among many other things. And there is a lot to see around the con, including multiple photo opportunities, a gallery of original Star Trek art, the world’s largest collection of LEGO Star Trek models and much more to keep you occupied between panels.

Like every year, a number of special events will be held in the evenings. A big highlight this year will be a staged reading of the sci-fi film Plan 9 from Outer Space with Anson Mount, John deLancie, and more Trek celebs. There will be the traditional Saturday Night Gala, a Galaxy Quest screening, a “Broadway to the Stars” show with Anthony Rapp and more Broadway vets, karaoke parties with Enterprise’s Dominic Keating and Connor Trinneer, the Cosplay Contest, The Rat Pack concert, and much more.

Tickets still available

All 4-day packages are still available for the show with the exception of the Gold and VIP packages. You can also purchase single-day general admission passes for $70 each day (with higher rates for preferred seating depending on day). Individual photo ops are available within the packages or can be purchased stand-alone. Note, some special evening are priced seperately. For more details, visit creationent.com.

TM@STLV

TrekMovie.com will provide our usual coverage of the event both live via our social media accounts along with on-site and post-event coverage on our two podcasts. We will be co-hosting the annual “Landing Party” at the Rio Masquerade Bar on Wednesday evening at 9 pm, where there will be a trivia contest with cool prizes.

We will also be conducting a “Star Trek Status Report: 2024 And Beyond” panel in The Lounge (formerly Jimmy’s Place) on Saturday at 11:00 AM. TrekMovie editors and podcasters Anthony Pascale, Laurie Ulster, Matt Wright, and Brian Drew will talk about where things stand and where things are headed for the franchise on television, film, and beyond. Please come and say hi, there will be a Q&A to ask any burning questions you have. Laurie will also be modering the “Discovery’s Found Family” panel with Anthony Rapp, Blu del Barrio, Ian Alexander, and Wilson Cruz on Friday 1:15 on the main stage.