A new trailer for Star Trek Discovery was revealed at SDCC and it features loads of cool stuff… like Rainn Wilson as Harry Mudd!
Anyway, also revealed at SDCC was something that Trek fans are having weird feelings about: Spock has a sister.
Whaaaaaaaaat?
Yup, turns out that Sonequa Martin-Green’s character Michael Burnham is the daughter of Spock’s mother, Amanda. His father, Sarek, is her surrogate dad.
Oh, and she too was raised on Vulcan.
Fans obviously looked a bit puzzled at the con and Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman reassured them: “We’re aware. You’ll see where it’s going, but we are staying consistent with canon.”
Huh. Didn’t see that coming.
Are you a Trek fan? What say you to this news? Let us know…
Sonequa Martin-Green (“First Officer Michael Burnham”), Jason Isaacs(“Captain Gabriel Lorca”), Doug Jones (“Lt. Saru”), Shazad Latif (“Lt. Ash Tyler”), Mary Wiseman (“Cadet Sylvia Tilly”), Anthony Rapp (“Lt. Paul Stamets”), James Frain (“Ambassador Sarek”), and Rainn Wilson as Harry Mudd rounds out the cast.
The series will premiere on the CBS Television Network Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017 with all subsequent episodes available on CBS All Access, the Network’s digital subscription video on demand and live streaming service, and will be distributed concurrently by CBS Studios International on Netflix in 188 countries and in Canada on Bell Media’s Space channel and OTT service CraveTV.
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