Star Trek: Lower Decks Blu-Ray Lower Dectionary Examines Mariner and Freeman in an Exclusive Clip

Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ first season comes to Blu-ray on May 18th and ComicBook.com has an exclusive clip from the home media release’s special features. The clip comes from the Lower Decktionary, an episode-by-episode look into the creation of Star Trek‘s first animated comedy. This clip sees star Dawn Lewis, creator Mike McMahan, and other members of the show’s staff digging into Ensign Mariner’s relationship with her mother, Captain Freeman, and how that relationship mirrors the dynamics between the bridge crew and lower decks crew aboard the USS Cerritos. You can watch this exclusive clip in the video above.

Star Trek: Lower Decks is the first animated Star Trek comedy. Emmy Award-winning creator Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty, Solar Opposites) and executive producer Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard) developed Lower Decks. The show follows the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least significant ships, the USS Cerritos, in 2380.

The Blu-ray, DVD, and limited edition steelbook offer fans all 10 episodes from the debut season and almost two hours of exclusive special features. Here are the details:

• CRISIS POINT: THE RISE OF VINDICTA TRAILER (Exclusive) – An exclusive, over-the-top action trailer based on the in-episode movie from “Crisis Point.”
• FACES OF THE FLEET – A deep dive into the crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos, alongside producers, writers and the cast of Star Trek: Lower Decks. Highlighting character backstories and the behind-the-scenes development of their hilarious on-screen personalities, this exclusive featurette takes a look at Ensigns Beckett Mariner, Ensign Brad Boimler, Ensign Samanthan Rutherford, Ensign D’Vana Tendi and more.
• HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (Exclusive) – An inside look at canon and hidden Easter eggs throughout the series, including freeze frame images and insightful commentary from producers, creatives and cast.
• LOWER DECKTIONARY:
  • JOINING STARFLEET (Episode 101) (Exclusive) – Producers and crew discuss the development of season one from storyline to visual artistry.
  • ALIENS AMONG US (Episode 102) (Exclusive) – Dives into the different aliens Ensigns Brad Boimler and Beckett Mariner encounter as they escort K’orin to the Tulgana 4 planet.
  • THE ANIMATION PROCESS (Episode 103) (Exclusive) – A look at the efficiency and creativity needed to put together an episode of Lower Decks in this other-worldly look at the animation process.
  • THE MAIN TITLES (Episode 104) (Exclusive) – Immersed in the creation of the episode’s title sequence, the featurette explores the graphic design and thematic music developed for Lower Decks.
  • ART DESIGN (Episode 105) (Exclusive) – A look at characters’ style and the sets that elevate the animated on-screen adventures of the U.S.S. Cerritos.
  • THE HOLODECK (Episode 106) (Exclusive) – Including interviews with cast and creatives, the featurette highlights what Holodeck experience they would like, how characters use it, and how it’s not only used for skills training, but sanity.
  • DIVISION 14 (Episode 107) (Exclusive) – Not everything goes right for Starfleet – catch up with Division 14 who is tasked with dealing with all the unexpected mishaps.
  • DECK DYNAMICS (Episode 108) (Exclusive) – A dive into the upper and lower deck dynamics, and how their comedic interactions contribute to the storyline throughout season one.
  • THE MUSIC OF LOWER DECKS (Episode 109) (Exclusive) – Star Trek music is iconic. Explore how traditional themes have been integrated into Lower Decks and the episode’s in-story movie in this deep dive into the differences of scoring for animation versus live action, and comedy versus drama.
  • ALL IN THE FAMILY (Episode 110) – As the debut comes to a close, fans can take a look at evolution of the crew and their relationships over the last year, and how Lower Decks fits into the Star Trek family as a few legacy characters appear.
• FULL LENGTH ANIMATIC (Exclusive)
• DELETED AND EXTENDED ANIMATICS (Exclusive)

Pre-orders for the Star Trek: Lower Decks Blu-ray, Blu-ray SteelBook and DVD are live here on Amazon now. You can also find them here at Best Buy.

Star Trek: Lower Decks comes to Blu-ray on May 18th

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