News Jones: Saru In Season Two of Star Trek: Discovery

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Doug Jones spoke recently to TrekCore about what’s in store for Saru for the second season. Note: mild spoilers ahead. One of...

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[Terok Nor]

There are no other Celpians in Starfleet because they've all been eaten at the many annual Admirals Banquets.

 

[Midquest]

I like the way Jones describes the story arc of the season. While I liked last season a lot, I also like the idea of season-long mystery that involves--even demands--exploration across the galaxy. This could be a nice melding of traditional Trek story tropes with serial storytelling structure.

So if these signals span 30,000 light years, where exactly in the galaxy are they? The visual in the trailer shows them surrounding a fiery central disc that would (presumably) have to be about a third of the size of the Galaxy. So where the heck is it?

 

[Borgminister]

Please... No Xindi.

 

[Mudd]

This really clearly delineates the audience that CBS marketing wants to reach with that first trailer released at SDCC...unsurprisingly, it was not aimed at the folks who are currently subscribing to CBS All-Access.

Consider that Culber's return is not being held as a surprise - the actor talks freely about it. Culber was one of the more popular characters in Season One, and both speculation about and demand for his return has been widespread on fan sites ever since his "death" on the show. Yet his return isn't even teased in the trailer. Why? Because it would be meaningless to a new viewer. Similarly, other than Sonequa, the series lead, the familiar returning characters are relegated to brief moments of reaction in the ad (except, of course, Tilly) in favor of introducing the new Captain.

I doubt that Pike is a lead character on equal footing with Burnham, but this trailer treats him as if he's at least that.

 

[XCV330]

I doubt that Pike is a lead character on equal footing with Burnham, but this trailer treats him as if he's at least that.

He might be. They realize by now they had a very popular character in Lorca, who filled some gap that otherwise would have been there. For all the talk of a belowdecks show, people want a show with an intersting captain. They'll want to repeat that, at least for a season while the show continues to get its legs. If Pike is extremely popular they can always spin him off.