CBS debuted a new trailer for Star Trek: Discovery today at SDCC, giving Trekkies their first good look at the series. The new trailer focuses on the reemergence of the Klingon Empire and their attack on several Starfleet ships.
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We also get a good look at Sonequa Martin-Green’s Lt. Commander Michael Burnham, who seems to be a bit more action-oriented than other Star Trek protagonists. The trailer also gives fans a glimpse of Rainn Wilson’s Harry Mudd, an intergalactic conman who made several appearances in the original Star Trek series.
We learned earlier today that Burnham is the adopted sister of Spock and was raised by Spock’s father Sarek. That would explain a running conversation between Burnham and Sarek in the trailer in which Burnham appears to look to Sarek for advice.
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 premieres Sept. 24, 2017.
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