A preview for the third season of “Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds” dropped this morning, and Trekkies — together with those right here at /Movie — instantly extracted their tweezers. The one-minute trailer revealed a variety of , deep-cut Trek particulars that may have sailed previous a number of the present’s extra informal followers. Trekkies could have caught one or two of them on their first watch, but it surely’s probably that die-hard followers watched this factor a number of occasions in a row, desperate to see what kind of references they may spot.
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We right here at /Movie noticed a number of of our personal, and we’re completely happy to share our findings with enthused readers. The upcoming season will promise a number of acquainted characters, a number of cameos from recognizable aliens, at the least one spectacular visitor star, and the re-introduction of some identified “Star Trek” expertise which will or could not indicate a shift within the collection timeline. Learn on to discover 5 particulars from the “Unusual New Worlds” season 3 trailer you may need missed.
A homicide thriller storyline on a holodeck prototype
There are a number of scenes within the new “Unusual New Worlds” trailer that see the principle forged members wearing Thirties-style clothes, and play-acting some sort of homicide thriller plot. La’an (Christina Chong) wears a grey plaid coat, a shawl, and a big purple hat. Each she and Spock (Ethan Peck) are additionally seen standing towards a black wall with a yellow grid on it, which Trekkies will immediately let you know is a holodeck.
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Holodecks, at the least those with the yellow grids, weren’t launched till “Star Trek: The Subsequent Era,” which takes place over a century after the occasions of “Unusual New Worlds.” Spock and La’an play-acting a homicide thriller on a holodeck implies that they’ve been thrown ahead in time (which is frequent on “Star Trek”), or that holodecks had already existed within the early days of the usS. Enterprise. The latter is definite attainable, as a holodeck-like expertise was offered on “Star Trek: The Animated Sequence,” which solely takes place a few decade after “Unusual New Worlds.” Trekkies already know that holograms had been put in on the unique U.S.S. Enterprise (Captain Pike is seen utilizing them, and hating them, on “Star Trek: Discovery”), so it is extra probably that holodecks had been round in Kirk’s time and the crew simply by no means talked about them.
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Both means, it implies that “Unusual New Worlds” is tapping right into a long-held Trek custom of giving the present visible selection by taking its characters right into a holographically simulated atmosphere. We’ll have to attend to see why La’an felt the necessity to examine an imaginary homicide in a Twentieth century vogue.
Patton Oswalt guest-starring as a mysterious Vulcan
Patton Oswalt is an outspoken nerd who loves fantasy and science fiction, and he has been concerned in quite a few high-profile style movies and TV reveals over time. He famously went on a rant about “Star Wars” on an episode of “Parks and Recreation,” and has performed at the least 4 completely different characters in Marvel tasks: He was in “Blade: Trinity,” “Brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “M.O.D.O.Okay.,” and “Eternals.”
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He additionally seems to be taking part in a Vulcan on the brand new season of “Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds.” He’s solely in a single shot of the preview, however his character is offered beneath a promise of romance; Oswalt is seen holding a bouquet of roses. “Unusual New Worlds” is simply one other feather in Oswalt’s nerdy cap.
It is also not his first time on a “Star Trek” collection. Oswalt additionally performed an artificially clever cat cartoon named Spot-73 in an episode of “Star Trek: Picard.” When Dr. Jurati (Alison Capsule) woke up in an evil alternate universe (by no means thoughts how), she was greeted by Spot-73 speaking about how public executions are evil. Dr. Jurati talked to Spot-73 briefly, and the aggravated animated cat defined that it was her creation. When different characters enter the scene, Spot-73 hisses at them.
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“Unusual New Worlds,” nonetheless, will mark the primary time Oswalt has appeared on digicam for a “Star Trek” challenge.
Why the Enterprise has old-school analogue expertise
The “Unusual New Worlds” preview additionally offered scenes from an episode whereby the odd-talking Pelia (Carol Kane) must, for causes but to be revealed, “wire” the Enterprise. The usS. Enterprise is, after all, a miracle of expertise that may journey many occasions sooner than the velocity of sunshine and teleport folks magically via area. There’s nothing wired or analog about it. As has been beforehand established, although, Pelia is a really historic alien, many hundreds of years previous, and she or he’s collected a variety of antiques and junk in her travels. Plainly amongst her knickknacks is a set of Twentieth-century-era telephones. Pelia must wire the telephones into the Enterprise’s communications community, and the crew must speak on old-school receivers.
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That is probably a nod to Trek’s Nineteen Sixties origins, and the phone tech that audiences had entry to on the time. Or possibly it is only a enjoyable conceit. One may surprise what sort of phone tech would have been employed had Pelia occurred to be keen on the Nineteen Nineties or early 2000s. Are you able to think about the crew of the usS. Enterprise utilizing a Nokia 5110? Or a Motorola RAZR?
One may discover that Commander Chin-Riley is utilizing an old-school Nineteen Eighties joystick as effectively, though that could be customary Federation problem. All Trekkies recall (with a wince) the Enterprise’s “handbook steering column” in “Star Trek: Rebellion.”
Rhys Darby could possibly be taking part in a traditional Unique Sequence villain
New Zealand actor and comic Rhys Darby got here to the general public eye along with his common position of Murray on “The Flight of the Conchords” in 2007, and shortly grew to become a luminary of the NZ comedy scene. He ultimately started showing in main American productions as effectively, having visitor spots in reveals like “How I Met Your Mom,” and movies like “Sure Man.” He has since clinched his nerd cred as effectively, showing as a were-monster — or was it a were-human — in the most effective episodes of “The X-Information.” He additionally starred within the beloved however short-lived homosexual pirate romantic comedy collection “Our Flag Means Dying,” reverse common collaborator Taika Waititi.
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Darby is seen in “Star Trek” in a elaborate coat, standing behind a bar, snapping his fingers. The ornate coat and swooping hairdo recall the look William Campbell sported when he performed the omnipotent child-god Trelane within the authentic “Star Trek” episode “The Squire of Gothos” (January 12, 1967). Ultimately 12 months’s New York Comedian Con, it was confirmed that Darby might be taking part in a “legacy” character, so let’s assume in the intervening time that he is taking part in Trelane. Meaning Pike (Anson Mount) met the character earlier than Kirk (William Shatner).
The snapping of his fingers, nonetheless, is one thing that Q (John de Lancie) did on “Star Trek: The Subsequent Era.” As Trekkies have been positing for years, Trelane could have simply been an adolescent member of Q’s species, though that has by no means been confirmed in any canonical supply (the one supply that acknowledged it outright was a tie-in novel referred to as “Q-Squared”). An earlier episode of “Unusual New Worlds” toyed with the concept that Trelane is a Q, however did not actually state it outright.
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If Trelane goes to be on “Unusual New Worlds,” then Trekkies could lastly get the definitive reply they have been ready for.
Yep, that Alien bartender comes straight from the Star Trek animated collection
In a short scene, one can see a three-armed alien shaking three cocktail shakers behind a Federation bar. Sharp-eyed Trekkies will be capable of see — with the character’s pores and skin tone, facial options, and three arms — that this bartender is an Edosian. An Edosian named Mr. Arex (James Doohan) had beforehand been seen on the helm of the usS. Enterprise in “Star Trek: The Animated Sequence.” The makers of “Star Trek: Decrease Decks” additionally featured an Edosian physician named Toz in 4 episodes.
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Animated reveals can extra simply envision three-armed and three-legged species like Edosians, as they might be laborious to appreciate in live-action. Fortunately, fashionable results strategies have caught up sufficient that an Edosian can have a cameo on “Unusual New Worlds,” shaking three cocktail shakers. The live-action look is, by this previous Trekkie’s eyes, fairly wonderful. Lots of the wilder alien species from “Star Trek: The Animated Sequence” popped up on “Decrease Decks,” though few have made the transition all the way in which to live-action. It is a uncommon prevalence.
The third season of “Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds” will debut on Paramount+ this summer time, and can run for ten episodes. We won’t wait to have all our questions answered.
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