First photo of the cast together

[Nyotarules]

^Threads are interrupted and hijacked all the time! lol

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

^Threads are interrupted and hijacked all the time! lol

No problem, just having some fun! Just like the cast!

 

[Tuskin38]

Well if it is set when Spock was already in Starfleet makes it even less likely Sarek is a member ot the crew.

And nowhere does it say he is a member of the crew.

 

[Christopher]

Menagerie was part of the season and it shows Spock in 2250s, so it is part of TOS.

STD, therefore, takes place in 2240s and is around 15ish

No, what Bryan Fuller specifically said last August was that Discovery is set about ten years before Kirk took command of the Enterprise. That would correspond to about 2255, the year after "The Cage."

 

[Tesophius]

Alrighty then. BTW, could Discovery have something to do with the Talosians? They are definitely one of the more interesting aliens compared to all the "basically human but slightly different" aliens.

 

[ALF]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing. This gets the imagination going way more than a bunch of photos of green screens and the backs of sets on stages. I wonder which ones are cast as humans which ones are going to be caked under makeup?

 

[cultcross]

While you lost points for the fact it wasn't a cast shot in uniform I'm glad to see the group together anyway. Table for 7 o'clock? Name of Captain Lorca.

 

[Sakonna]

According to Memory-Alpha

A scene cut from the final script of "Journey to Babel" established that Sarek was previously an astrophysicist before becoming a diplomat. (Star Trek Compendium, 4th ed., p. 89)

So they're canonizing an previously cut fact.

That would be a fun outcome, after all the stressing over continuity... Discovery, so canon it even tracks with the cut scenes!

 

[Noname Given]

Well if it is set when Spock was already in Starfleet makes it even less likely Sarek is a member ot the crew.

He's the Vulcan Ambassador to Earth. He could be on a Starfleet Earth ship as part of a diplomatic mission under orders of the Vulcan government. From all indications this series will be telling one over-arching story in Season One. It's not the 'let's go to a new planet this week' paradigm of previous Star Trek series.

 

[Tuskin38]

He's the Vulcan Ambassador to Earth.

Not in discovery, as far as we know. His character description only says Astrophysicist

 

[Christopher]

He's the Vulcan Ambassador to Earth. He could be on a Starfleet Earth ship as part of a diplomatic mission under orders of the Vulcan government.

Or not on a starship at all. We know there will be several different settings. No reason they couldn't include scenes on Vulcan or Earth.

 

[Kane2026]

That picture looks brilliant. I am glad the cast can get on well.

 

[Nyotarules]

Or not on a starship at all. We know there will be several different settings. No reason they couldn't include scenes on Vulcan or Earth.

That would be good and more entertaining for me

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

When was Sarek an astrophysicist? He's a diplomat.

No reason he can't be both.

 

[ralph]

Why are so many people assuming that the focus of the show will be solely on the crew of a single ship? That's the way it was done in the past, but this is something different. We already know that the cast includes crewmembers from two different Starfleet ships, some Klingon starship officers, a Klingon admiral, and a Starfleet admiral as well as Sarek. It should be clear enough that the story arc is going to span multiple settings and groups of characters. After all, this isn't episodic TV anymore. It's one big 13-episode arc. So naturally it's not going to be solely about the crew of one ship.

I fully agree with you.
I see the plot In a broader context, a richer context.
With 13 episodes I can imagine a dynamic story, without unnecessary episodes.

 

[sojourner]

I am glad the cast can get on well.

Let's hope they get on well. It's really not easy to tell that from one photo just over a month into shooting.

 

[Michael]

She was confirmed last year. (Reported on CBS' website, but strangely never an update on startrek.com)

Reported by CBS News (and other outlets), but it's not that startrek.com just hasn't updated it - there's been no official press release that I have seen.

Well, at least I'm not the only one who thinks this is the first time it's made official.

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

Sarek cannot be Vulcan Ambassador to Earth and serving on Starfleet ships as well on far flung missions....

Maybe he isn't Ambassador to Earth yet at the time this show takes place.
Perhaps (among other things) we will see what leads Sarek towards becoming a diplomat.

 

[Hey Missy]

According to Memory-Alpha

A scene cut from the final script of "Journey to Babel" established that Sarek was previously an astrophysicist before becoming a diplomat. (Star Trek Compendium, 4th ed., p. 89)

So they're canonizing an previously cut fact.

And who said he was serving on the ship? He could just be reoccurring.

Really? Cool! I love it when they incorporate stuff like that.

 

[Jedman67]

Reported by CBS News (and other outlets), but it's not that startrek.com just hasn't updated it - there's been no official press release that I have seen.

The original announcement was sufficient. A press release, www.startrek.com story, or 10 foot high letters on the Santa Clarita mountains are not necessary to "confirm" casting.