Sybok in Discovery

[zenophite]

Since they are going with a storyline that includes Vulcan 'fanatics' I think Sybok would be an interesting character to portray.

One way to go might be to have him start off as a 'Logic Fundamentalist' against his father (possibly a reaction to Sarek having replaced his mother with a human and sired a half human sibling) and then eventually do a 180 into a complete embracing of emotion. It would be a potentially fruitful way to explore different aspects of those who are prone to fanaticism in general.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

With David Goodman indicating a Spock autobiography could be a thing, it would be interesting to see how Sybok is addressed there.

In true Spock fashion, it will not mention any of his family.

 

[Tenacity]

Of course it doesn't work that way, since the film is canon and the book is not, but it's remarkable that it was permitted to have that.

Don't see any reason the books have to agree with the events of the various series or the movies. They can go anywhere the authors want them to imo.

 

[CorporalClegg]

You know who'd be perfect for Sybok? Rainn Wilson.

Anyone know if he's available?

 

[Greg Cox]

Canon refers to the 'official' status of Trek works. As TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT and the TOS movies are all still canon, so is there D7 design.
Discovery's design called a 'D7' is also canon.

Exactly. "Canon" is not set in stone. It's whatever the latest show or movie says it is.

And for what it's worth, nobody at CBS has ever objected when I've referenced Sybok in my novels . . . or anything else from the fifth movie.

 

[cooleddie74]

Nothing tops the Laughing Vulcan

The marshmelons do. You heretic.

 

[The Wormhole]

In true Spock fashion, it will not mention any of his family.

Except Goodman has said he's already begun revisions on account of the revelation that Spock now has a previously unmentioned sister. If Michael's included, it's just going to be glaring that Sybok isn't.

 

[cooleddie74]

Sybok is also the older sibling, born seven years earlier and possibly Sarek's very first offspring. Having one's eldest child reject almost every tenet upon which they were raised and be banished from Vulcan never to return would be a deeply embarrassing wound for a man like Sarek. One son becomes an emotionally-driven religious fanatic, the other joins Starfleet against his father's wishes and his adopted daughter is a human orphan who isn't seen as an equal in Vulcan society and treated differently.

Sarek is a man in deep pain. Pain we won't learn of in great detail for more than another century.

 

[David cgc]

I would love it if they mention Sybok, just to underscore how weird and sad it is that Burnham and Spock both think they're Sarek's greatest shame and the other is the favorite child, never considering that no matter what happens, neither of them will ever be as bad as Sybok.

 

[Charles Phipps]

I would love it if they mention Sybok, just to underscore how weird and sad it is that Burnham and Spock both think they're Sarek's greatest shame and the other is the favorite child, never considering that no matter what happens, neither of them will ever be as bad as Sybok.

Which is sad because Sybok was a deeply spiritual man who actually lived by Surak's teachings--i.e. the search for wisdom and the giving of compassion.

It's just he came at them sideways through emotion instead of logic.

I view the Final Frontier as a potentially great story mired by a production which makes the Titanic look sound.

Edit:

If they did include Sybok, I'd do the Final Frontier like this:

I have been asked to discuss the events of my half-brother Sybok taking over the Enterprise but with respect to the Admiralty, I refuse. He was a man who was subject to much ridicule on Vulcan for his beliefs but died staying true to them as well as saving the Enterprise's crew. Others may debate the merits of his fantastical claims or the events of his seizure of the Enterprise but I will speak no more on the subject.

 

[Delaware123]

You know who'd be perfect for Sybok? Rainn Wilson.

Anyone know if he's available?

I tip my hat to you. Bravo.