Moving On Without Chekov
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I would love Marcus to come back, and technically Chekov was navigation and weapons officer, so that could fall within Marcus' training.
Well, he wasn't technically dead...
But it gave us IDIC at the end of the Boldly Go series.
They shouldn't recast or replace Chekov with another speaking role. There are a lot of characters in these movies as it is. Introducing a new one would only take valuable screen time that could go into fleshing out other crew members or the new villain (which is a sore spot for Kelvinverse).
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Kirk: Where's Chekov?
Sulu: Oh, he asked me to leave a note in his place.
Kirk: Pick it up, Spock.
Spock: Alright, Sir... "Captain Kirk, personal".
Kirk: Personal?
Spock: Yes.
Kirk: Well, give it to me!
Spock: Oh. Unusual perfume - petrol.
Kirk: Ahem. "Dear Cap', Thanks for letting me off, had to go up to the smoke for a few days to do a deal. I think I can swing it for a grand, but I shall have to drop the geezer a pony. On the other hand I may cop it for a bit under the odds in which case I'll have to sweeten him with a monkey. Half a bar for his nippers. P. S. Here's a couple of oncers for yourself." How dare he try to bribe me?! I shall see him in the office as soon as he comes back.
Spock: Aye, Sir, there's going to be quite a queue there, isn't there?
Kirk: Alright, that'll be enough.
Sulu: Oh, he asked me to leave a note in his place.
Kirk: Pick it up, Spock.
Spock: Alright, Sir... "Captain Kirk, personal".
Kirk: Personal?
Spock: Yes.
Kirk: Well, give it to me!
Spock: Oh. Unusual perfume - petrol.
Kirk: Ahem. "Dear Cap', Thanks for letting me off, had to go up to the smoke for a few days to do a deal. I think I can swing it for a grand, but I shall have to drop the geezer a pony. On the other hand I may cop it for a bit under the odds in which case I'll have to sweeten him with a monkey. Half a bar for his nippers. P. S. Here's a couple of oncers for yourself." How dare he try to bribe me?! I shall see him in the office as soon as he comes back.
Spock: Aye, Sir, there's going to be quite a queue there, isn't there?
Kirk: Alright, that'll be enough.
Agreed. TOS managed without for the first season and he wasn't even on the enterprise in TWOK either. He has never been a major character for me. Don't recast out of respect, write him out and move on.
Name drop and move on.
Recasting deceased Anton Yelchin is bad.
Recasting deceased Persis Khambatta is good.
They did it no bother with Leonard Nimoy, Jeffery Hunter and Majel Barrett.
Given that the recent passing I feel that his recasting is more touchy than with other older actors.
Apples and oranges.
Anton Yelchin was the actor playing the Kelvin Universe Chekov and tragically died right before Star Trek Beyond was released.
Persis Khambatta died from a massive heart attack about nineteen years after she'd played Ilia, a one-off character who died and doesn't have a Kelvin Universe counterpart, in a 1979 ST:TOS era movie.
Assuming the same cast, given covid-19, by the time a new Star Trek movie opened in theaters Yelchin would have passed over seven years before.
It still comes across as quite insensitive.
Its business though. If the producers decide Star Trek can't be without Chekov they'll recast, if not they'll either introduce another character of just leave the navigator as an extra, which would be cheaper so is most likely what they'd ultimately do.
I have no doubt that they'll recast if necessary. I am simply observing possible reactions. And, since there is no 4th film it is an exercise in speculation and nothing else.
Honestly there doesn't need to be mention of Reliant and just have him reassigned.
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