Star Trek: Discovery Star Explains Federation's War With The Klingons

08/01/2017 10:05 am EDT

The Federation and the Klingons are on a path to war Star Trek: Discovery. It is this conflict, apparently begun by Commander Michael Burnham based on dialog from the show's trailer, that is at the core of the new Star Trek prequel series.

While we still don't know what starts the war between the Federation and the Klingons, Star Trek: Discovery actor Doug Jones, who plays Lt. Saru, helped explain why it becomes a violent conflict.

"The Klingons in our storyline are the bad guy," Jones tells IGN. "They are the ones that can't be reasoned with and they are trying to take over the universe for their own altruistic reasons that they think are right. But in the sensible world of reason, we are trying to peacefully work this out. They won't have it."

Jones goes on to explain that Saru's role in the conflict to help keep Starfleet on that higher ground.

"So I reflect the attitude of Starfleet in that we have to win this, but we must do it in Starfleet fashion," he explains. "We have rules and a Federation to adhere to that is civilized."

Set 10 years prior to the five-year mission of the Enterprise in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Discovery follows the adventures of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new lifeforms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself. The series will feature a new ship, new characters, and new missions while embracing the same ideology and hope for the future that inspired a generation of dreamers and doers.

Star Trek: Discovery's cast also includes Jason Isaacs as the starship Discovery's Captain Lorca, Rainn Wilson as Star Trek: The Original Series character HarryMudd, James Frain as Sarek, Spock's father, and Michelle Yeoh as CaptainGeorgiou, the captain of another Starfleet ship, the Shenzhou, which will be important to the plot of Star Trek: Discovery. Doug Jones and Anthony Rapp both play science officers. Mary Wiseman will play a final year Starfleet Academy cadet.

Star Trek: Discovery was created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman. Fuller was originally intended to be Discovery's showrunner but was forced step down due to commitments to Starz' adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods. Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts have taken over as showrunners.

Star Trek: Discovery was announced in 2015 and, though the series intends to abandon at least one key Roddenberry principal and adjust the series for modern expectation, CBS hoped to have the series debut as part of Star Trek's 50th-anniversary celebration. CBS missed that window and instead, the series will come close to a debut on the 30thanniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Star Trek: Discovery premieres Sept. 24, 2017.

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