James Kirk in "Discovery"?

[Tim Thomason]

Now Saru has evolved into Balls of Steel Saru™, I can see him being captain next season.

*Ba'uls of Steel Saru™

 

[Tim Thomason]

Season 3 perhaps will bring in kirk.

I think all the main TOS cast will be introduced by the time discovery run its course. kirk, mccoy, uhura, sulu, chapel.

Season 6 will bring in Captain Ed Leslie, who will berate the Discovery crew for their unprofessional behavior and ignoring the rules. He gets demoted to Crewman.

 

[Amasov]

Perhaps he could appear, but, I'd rather Discovery not become a stage for the TOS characters to return just because it's in their era. I wouldn't mind a low-key name drop on occasion, though. It would be funny to hear Kirk's name mentioned during that time period given that he isn't the famous Starfleet legend he eventually becomes.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Maybe Saru gets to be Captain on another ship instead of on DSC. My impression is Burnham will be the last Captain of DSC.

I predict she'll be captain by end of this season or next season.

 

[BillJ]

I predict she'll be captain by end of this season or next season.

If they were doing a new show and told me Sonequa Martin-Green was going to be playing the captain, I think it would work. But I don't think Michael Burnham as captain does.

 

[valkyrie013]

Captains of Discovery:
Season 2: Captain Pike
Season 3: Commodore Nogura
Season 4: Captain Saru
Season 5: ""
Season 6: ""
Season 7: Captain Killy
Final Episode: Acting Captain Burnham

 

[F. King Daniel]

I wouldn't mind a low-key name drop on occasion, though. It would be funny to hear Kirk's name mentioned during that time period given that he isn't the famous Starfleet legend he eventually becomes.

I thought his legend began with the Kobayashi Maru when he was a cadet

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I thought his legend began with the Kobayashi Maru when he was a cadet

I thought it was because everybody thought that Kirk had nice legs.

"A stack of books with legs," Mitchell called him.

 

[Amasov]

I thought his legend began with the Kobayashi Maru when he was a cadet

Oh, true. I forgot, stupidly.

Today's Monday, right?

 

[Nerys Myk]

I thought his legend began with the Kobayashi Maru when he was a cadet

Nah, he just altered a few computer records to make it seem so.

 

[CaptainXaviOfEarth]

Not just because his mum is one of the producers, but Jake Cannavale (nepotism from two Hollywood film families) strikes me as a little Kirkian. He was okay in The Mandalorian.

I’d also live for the meltdowns over Kurtzman making Kirk mixed race and covered in tattoos...

 

[The Wormhole]

Given season 3's time period, I think it's a safe bet Kirk won't be there.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Given season 3's time period, I think it's a safe bet Kirk won't be there.

With all his time travel shenanigans, I wouldn't be surprised if he was.

 

[The Wormhole]

Hmm, I guess even with the novels, not all of his seventeen transgressions have been covered...

 

[Racefuel]

If JTK shows up at any point in any Discovery season..I hope it's just a photo, and if they do, they use Chris Pine just to watch people's heads explode

 

[Nerys Myk]

Hmm, I guess even with the novels, not all of his seventeen transgressions have been covered...

Those are just the ones the DTI knows about

 

[The Wormhole]

If JTK shows up at any point in any Discovery season..I hope it's just a photo, and if they do, they use Chris Pine just to watch people's heads explode

That would just fuel those who've been insisting this is the Kelvin Timeline all along.

 

[Racefuel]

That would just fuel those who've been insisting this is the Kelvin Timeline all along.

Good point, that'd be bad

 

[CaptainXaviOfEarth]

Given season 3's time period, I think it's a safe bet Kirk won't be there.

I should have mentioned I meant in the potential Pike series or as a Short Trek. Or even Section 31.

 

[Paul755]

If they had kept Discovery in the 23rd Century I have no doubt we’d have seen him.

But now I’m sure he’ll get named dropped as someone on the crew does research on Federation history. Something along the lines of “widely regarded as the greatest Captain in Starfleet history, James Tiberius Kirk...”