Star Trek Into Darkness’s Mystery Villain: If NOT Khan or Mitchell, Then Who?

Benedict Cumberbatch has, in cooperation with the Star Trek Into Darkness writers and producers, kept fans totally in the dark so far as to the identity of his villainous, mysterious role in the upcoming science fiction epic.That said, with the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey about a week away and many IMAX prints of that film featuring a nine-minute introduction to the new Star Trek film, we should get some more clues as to who the villain is during the fairly sizable chunk of the movie Paramount intends to tease audiences with on Friday. For that reason, it seemed an ideal time to look at the most likely candidates.We’ve already examined both Gary Mitchell and Khan Noonien Singh, the two most popular choices by far but also a pair of characters who have been expressly denied by filmmakers and actors involved with the production. Today, it seemed as good a time as any to look at some of the other choices that have been suggested to us by Trek fans.