The Star Trek: Strange New Worlds creative team revealed at San Diego Comic Con that they plan to wrap things up with season 5 — but that doesn’t mean they want to stop telling Star Trek stories. In fact, they “100 percent” have a dream plan to work on a spinoff series that centers on the first year as captain for Paul Wesley’s James T. Kirk.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds focuses on the years before James Kirk was captain of the Enterprise, with Anson Mount ‘s Christopher Pike at the helm. Paul Wesley recurs as Kirk, now a first officer who occasionally crosses paths with the Enterprise crew. He has also played versions of Kirk in alternate timelines.

Paul Wesley made his debut as Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as part of Season 1's season finale, "A Quality of Mercy," and made a return appearance in some episodes throughout Season 2. Casting an iconic character such as Paul Wesley generated an enormous amount of controversy among the fanbase of the franchise.