EXCLUSIVE: You might want to set your Comic-Con phasers to stunning for this one.

CBS All Access is bringing its entire existing Star Trek fleet to the San Diego confab with a Hall H takeover that will include the cast of mothership Star Trek: Discovery, the animated Star Trek: Lower Decks and the legend himself Captain Jean-Luc Picard, I’ve learned.

In what is being called SDCC 50, the back-to-back panels from the latest franchises of the series that really started it all will take over the sprawling convention center’s largest room from 11:30 AM – 1 PM on July 20. The Starfleet triple threat will launch with SDCC alum Discovery back in the house. Among those expected on stage before the thousands certain to pack Hall H are Comic-Con vet Sonequa Martin-Green, plus Discovery executive producers Alex Kurtzman, Michelle Paradise and Heather Kadin. Adding to the jambalaya, Discovery guest star Tig Notaro, who plays Chief Engineer Reno on the series, will be moderating the shindig.

Next up with a first look Lower Decks preview for the hardcore fans will be the forthcoming animated series EP Mike McMahan. One or two special guests are in store to join him, I hear.

Then Star Trek kingpin Kurtzman will be back on stage with knight of the realm Patrick Stewart for the first ever SDCC Star Trek: Picard panel. No word yet if there will be a preview of the 10-episode series set to launch on CBS All Access later this year, but you never know. What I do know is that Picard co-stars Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera and Harry Treadaway, plus Michael Chabon, and EPs Akiva Goldsman and Kadin will be joining Sir Patrick and Kurtzman in Hall H for what has to now be one of the most anticipated panels of the whole fangirl and fanboy fest.

Here’s the thing, the Trekverse action is happening outside Hall H too.

There’s an exclusive set of Trek pins available during SDCC, including, as you can see here, the Picard coat of arms.

Getting your hands on one of those or both will occur on the 20th and the 21st at the Star Trek Universe booth on the convention floor – which is #4237. There will also be an opportunity for fans to literally get on the U.S.S. Discovery and take a immersive transporter experience. As well, expect talent from all the CBS All Access shows to be at the booth throughout the weekend.

Celebrating the long run Stewart’s Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation, a Jean-Luc Picard: The First Duty exhibition will be open to fans. The set-up plans to display original props, costumes, and other artifacts like Picard’s cherished Ressikan flute, the family album, Starfleet uniforms, models of ships Picard captained and all that remains of the “Borg Queen.”

San Diego Comic-Con runs from July 18 -21.

As usual, Deadline will be in the Comic-Con trenches this year with top-notch coverage. Attending the confab will be Editorial director Anthony D’Alessandro, Associate Editor Dino-Ray Ramos, Hero Nation columnist Geoff Boucher and myself who will be breaking all the news inside and outside the Convention Center.

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