Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has complex origins. It technically began as a spinoff for Star Trek: Discovery, with Captain Pike, Mr. Spock, and Una Chin-Riley lending the crew of the Discovery a hand during the second season. Shortly thereafter, that series moved forward into the 32nd century, leaving Strange New Worlds to continue telling Star Trek stories in the era it left behind. That also places the series in an odd place in the franchise’s timeline.Strange New Worlds is a sequel to Discovery, which makes it a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series, which begins a few years later. It’s also a sequel to Star Trek’s very first pilot, “The Cage,” which makes it slightly more complicated. That act also informs Strange New Worlds’ characters and storylines in significant ways. With a busy canon history — particularly in the 23rd century when the show takes place — it all takes a little unpacking.When Discovery first premiered in 2017, Star Trek hadn’t aired a new TV series in over a decade. The choice in the timeline stemmed from early concepts that envisioned an anthology approach akin to the hit American Horror Story, starting with a prequel to The Original Series and moving forward through the different Star Trek eras once a season. Hence, Discovery begins some ten years before the events of The Original Series on the eve of the Klingon-Federation War. The timetable also sets up one of Discovery’s most important dramatic arcs: Michael Burnham’s status as Spock’s adoptive sister.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has complex origins. It technically began as a spinoff for Star Trek: Discovery, with Captain Pike, Mr. Spock, and Una Chin-Riley lending the crew of the Discovery a hand during the second season. Shortly thereafter, that series moved forward into the 32nd century, leaving Strange New Worlds to continue telling Star Trek stories in the era it left behind. That also places the series in an odd place in the franchise’s timeline.
Strange New Worlds is a sequel to Discovery, which makes it a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series, which begins a few years later. It’s also a sequel to Star Trek‘s very first pilot, “The Cage,” which makes it slightly more complicated. That act also informs Strange New Worlds‘ characters and storylines in significant ways. With a busy canon history — particularly in the 23rd century when the show takes place — it all takes a little unpacking.
When Discovery first premiered in 2017, Star Trek hadn’t aired a new TV series in over a decade. The choice in the timeline stemmed from early concepts that envisioned an anthology approach akin to the hit American Horror Story, starting with a prequel to The Original Series and moving forward through the different Star Trek eras once a season. Hence, Discovery begins some ten years before the events of The Original Series on the eve of the Klingon-Federation War. The timetable also sets up one of Discovery‘s most important dramatic arcs: Michael Burnham’s status as Spock’s adoptive sister.
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