Not to the extend that they'd let the details in a couple scenes in an episode influence the creative decisions of a whole new show.
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Not to the extend that they'd let the details in a couple scenes in an episode influence the creative decisions of a whole new show.
Of course, the in-universe why is pretty simple. My comment was about real life, BTS and what have you.
If we really need an In-Universe explanation:
Doesn't the TOS/DISC era-enterprise run on shifts? If so, then it's as easy as to pretend that none of the new SNW main characters was on-duty when SSS happened.
Doesn't the TOS/DISC era-enterprise run on shifts? If so, then it's as easy as to pretend that none of the new SNW main characters was on-duty when SSS happened.
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Age primarily? They were all younger than Kirk. Presuming the character ages are the same as the actors, a decade prior Sulu and Chekov should both still be in Starfleet Academy. Uhura is a bit older, and presumably could be an ensign on her first assignment.
It'll look like this:
Chekov is a bit younger than Koenig, nearly a decade. Koenig is only five years younger than Shatner. Takei is actually younger than Koenig. Nichols is only a year younger than Shatner. So actors ages aren't a good measure. But if we go with that, then Uhura and Kirk are contemporaries.
We don't know if anyone from Such Sweet Sorrow is coming back or not and we won't be able to say one way or another until we at least find out details about the characters these actors are playing. It's perfectly possible and in the realm of reason that these announced actors will be the main cast, with the ones from SSS being support cast much like characters like Detmer, Owo, Bryce and Rhys on Disco.
I mean, aren't you the one usually lecturing everyone else not to jump to conclusions until an official announcement? How about practicing what you preach?
By her comments in the Start of Production video, Celia Rose Gooding more or less confirms that she's playing a bridge officer, so it's not a stretch to think that the series is returning to a more classic-Trek character setup where all (or most) of the Series Regulars are either bridge officers or Heads of Department, which means that if the SSS bridge crew actors were coming back, they'd be Series Regulars and we know that they're not.
We know who the science officer is.
we know who the captain is.
we know who the Helmsman is.
that leaves Navigator, Communications, engineering, there are other stations on the bridge.. Life support, damage control, Etc.
So that's 3+ on the bridge not accounted for, then other areas like doctor, nurse, security, counsolar. Etc. So plenty of options even if they keep some crew from the disco appearance.
And the ship was in dock for 3 months for repairs so anybody could leave.
we know who the captain is.
we know who the Helmsman is.
that leaves Navigator, Communications, engineering, there are other stations on the bridge.. Life support, damage control, Etc.
So that's 3+ on the bridge not accounted for, then other areas like doctor, nurse, security, counsolar. Etc. So plenty of options even if they keep some crew from the disco appearance.
And the ship was in dock for 3 months for repairs so anybody could leave.
Eh, not really. Keep in mind that Starfleet vessels presumably have at least 2 (more likely 3) crew rotations per day. For the sake of narrative convenience we seldom see the "night shift" and the like, but they have to be there. They might have just been the ones on the bridge at the time of Such Sweet Sorrow.
That would be an excellent episode.
have Spock Pike and number one somewhere on planet on a mission whatever and the episode shows the beta and gamma shift in some trouble.
Give whomever is the 2nd or 3rd officer some screen time
And actually give them one extra episode because you won't be seeing the main cast and it would be a bottle episode. So could be filmed when ever the stage is free.
have Spock Pike and number one somewhere on planet on a mission whatever and the episode shows the beta and gamma shift in some trouble.
Give whomever is the 2nd or 3rd officer some screen time
And actually give them one extra episode because you won't be seeing the main cast and it would be a bottle episode. So could be filmed when ever the stage is free.
The ship was launched at the end of SSS for a second five-year mission, i.e. 2258 to 2263. It's not out of the question for it to be restocked with lots of new crew.
Of the five, "Biodun/M'Benga" and "Miller/Chapel" are medical staff, which we never saw in SSS, so they could've been there the whole time. "La'an" is the security chief (probably Nhan's replacement). "Yeboah/Uhura" is explicitly fresh out of the Academy, so presumably replacing or assisting Lt. Nicola as an Ensign. And "Ortegas" is a Starfleet war vet (of the Klingon War no doubt) who might be replacing Amin as Navigator or Amin was just a relief. The description from the casting sheet has two of them as new crew and two medical staff and the other (La'an) we can infer as new crew because of the events of Discovery Season 2.
I'm not seeing any issue with the SSS crew continuing outside of Nicola and Amin (and Amin, who appeared in the SNW Short Treks, is likely to remain in some capacity).
I like the idea of La'an being a Vulcan security officer who is either unconsciously biased towards Spock or causes him personal discomfort due to his issues with Vulcans growing up. We don't really see him interacting with any Vulcan Starfleet officers in TOS and only a little bit in the movies.
Of the five, "Biodun/M'Benga" and "Miller/Chapel" are medical staff, which we never saw in SSS, so they could've been there the whole time. "La'an" is the security chief (probably Nhan's replacement). "Yeboah/Uhura" is explicitly fresh out of the Academy, so presumably replacing or assisting Lt. Nicola as an Ensign. And "Ortegas" is a Starfleet war vet (of the Klingon War no doubt) who might be replacing Amin as Navigator or Amin was just a relief. The description from the casting sheet has two of them as new crew and two medical staff and the other (La'an) we can infer as new crew because of the events of Discovery Season 2.
I'm not seeing any issue with the SSS crew continuing outside of Nicola and Amin (and Amin, who appeared in the SNW Short Treks, is likely to remain in some capacity).
I like the idea of La'an being a Vulcan security officer who is either unconsciously biased towards Spock or causes him personal discomfort due to his issues with Vulcans growing up. We don't really see him interacting with any Vulcan Starfleet officers in TOS and only a little bit in the movies.
The Kelvin universe movies changed a few of characters' ages to suit their story, and Disco has already altered Pike's to be closer to his Kelvin counterpart (he went to the academy with Georgiou), it's all up in the air.
I doubt they'll have a counselor (SNW is kickin' it Old Skool).
SNW's Enterprise is much more spartan, much more utilitarian, and much less "cruise ship" than TNG's version.
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IIRC, only Kirk and Chekov had established ages in TOS.The Kelvin universe movies changed a few of characters' ages to suit their story, and Disco has already altered Pike's to be closer to his Kelvin counterpart (he went to the academy with Georgiou), it's all up in the air.
When they made that episode they had no idea they'd be doing a spin off.
But once they did greenlight SNW, a conscious choice was made not to use the bridge crew characters from SSS as Series Regulars, and so they're most likely going to explain said choice narratively.
I see no reason to do so.
Internal narrative consistency.
