From what I've heard, keeping unused sets--even broken down in pieces and kept in storage--costs a lot of money that only gets more expensive as time goes by. It might be actually have been cheaper (in the long run) to trash the sets and then just rebuild them once it was official production would resume. Yes, it doesn't make sense, but that's Hollywood economics, IMO.
Also, with the time frame between seasons.... they could easily say that a refit was done, which would explain the new look.
There actually aren't very many sci-fi productions in a futuristic setting around these days outside of major franchises like Star Trek or Star Wars. Doctor Who, I guess, on occasion, though that films in Britain and therefore the Orville sets won't do them much good over there.
I say the same thing about my storage unit but I still haven't gotten rid of it yet.
Would you if the storage unit now costs way more than what's inside it and you are no longer receiving the income to pay for it?
Exactly. It becomes expensive and with no gaurantee of return on investment makes it very unpalatable to the book keepers.
It is and never will be Star Trek.
This is great news. After the Section 31 trailer and the serious doubts about Academy and I guess no more Prodigy and likely a few years wait for season 4 of SNW I am glad to see the return of a STAR TREK show we know is good. Hopefully this year they will make the official canon connection to what we all already know in our hearts to be true.
Sure it is. And Trek would be lucky to have it.
I know. It’s better.
What makes you think it will be a few years? They're already far enough along that we got the clip and SDCC, and I can't imagine it will take that long if they've already gotten that far into production
