First ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Image Reveals Sonequa Martin-Green And Michelle Yeoh
With upfronts happening this week, there’s a strong chance that we’ll soon get our first proper look at footage fromStar Trek: Discovery. But in the meantime, let’s just enjoy a first look at characters from the series. Specifically, a new new photo featuringMichelle Yeoh’s Captain Philippa Georgiou andSonequa Martin-Green’s First Officer Michael Burnham has been released.
The image debuted over atEntertainment Weeklyand I can’t help but look at this and think “CBS, you sly dogs.” While this is technically our first look at new characters at the forefront of a brand newStar TrekTV series, it hides their crew uniforms under several layers. Theyknowwe’re dying to get a good look at what the Starfleet uniforms will look like in this series (which takes place a decade before the original 1966 show) and they’re straight-up teasing us.
Plot details aboutStar Trek: Discoveryremain tightly under wraps, but we do know that Michael Burnham is first officer on board theDiscovery, a shipcommanded by Jason Isaac’s Captain Lorca. Philippa Georgiou is the captain of another ship, theShenzhou. It’s not clear if those desert outfits are there to simply protect them from the elements or if they’re undercover, possibly on a planet that has yet to achieve the technological breakthroughs that would warrant contact from Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets. However, they aren’t hidingtoohard, as Burnham’s belt is equipped with an old school flip communicator and what looks like a tricorder (as seen in the original series).
So the big question now is how do these two know each other and why are officers from two different ships seemingly on a mission together? If you asked me to speculate, I’d wonder if Burnham used to work under Georgiou, only to be transferred to another ship after accomplishing a major mission…or screwing one up.
