Star Trek: Discovery is an agonizing almost year away, but here's something to help hold us over until May 2017: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star Michelle Yeoh has been cast as a Starfleet Captain, Deadline reports.
Though Discovery's main character will have a female "Number One" serving as lieutenant commander on the Federation starship Discovery -- don't look for Yeoh on that vessel. She'll reportedly play Han Bo, leader of the ship Shenzhou. That means the lead character, rumored to be another non-white female, may be second in command.
That wouldn't be the first time the main character isn't a commanding officer on Star Trek -- Benjamin Sisko, played by Avery Brooks on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, rose through the ranks after starting as commander -- but then, this iteration of the franchise is expected to explore all kinds of new dimensions, including having at least one gay character.
Do Trekkies approve?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 26 2016, @03:09AM
Sisko was still the commanding officer. He just wasn't a Captain, at first, and you can't really "rise through" the ranks if you're only going up one level.
Don't forget how Sisko rose through the Bajoran religious ranks. He started as a Nonbeliever, was kicked upstairs to Emissary, and was promoted to Prophet at the end.
(Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 26 2016, @03:40AM
I did not know that. And, I'm also impressed that you were watching it through to the end. THAT must have took a lot of resolve.
(Score: 3, Informative) by SanityCheck on Saturday November 26 2016, @04:17AM
DS9 was my favorite ST series by far. Though it was one that was furthest from Roddenberry's vision I would say.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 26 2016, @05:15AM
It helped that J. Michael Straczynski wrote most of the basic outline for the series, albeit under the title "Babylon 5."